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KENDO 5O EASY 50 Years Ago We Championed Af Ordable Insurance Designed for Students, When Others Wouldn’T 2018 THREE NUMBER SPECIAL SEMINAR EDITION 8th -12th August 2018 A warm welcome to: Saburo Iwatate Sensei, 8th Dan Hanshi Tamiya Ko Sensei, 8th Dan Hanshi Michio Ujiie Sensei, 8th Dan Hanshi REPRESENTING IAIDO, JODO AND KENDO 5O EASY 50 years ago we championed af ordable insurance designed for students, when others wouldn’t. Today, we are still as committed to providing value for money. Using our expertise we have extended our products and services to professionals and business niches too, shaping protection for the things that matter most to our customers. To fi nd out more, visit endsleigh.co.uk or call us on 0800 028 3571 Endsleigh Insurance Services Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. This can be checked on the Financial Services Register by visiting their website at www.fca.org.uk/register Endsleigh Insurance Services Limited. Company No. 856706 registered in England at Shurdington Road, Cheltenham Spa, Gloucestershire. GL51 4UE. THE OFFICIAL BRITISH KENDO ASSOCIATION’S MEMBERSHIP PUBLICATION Contents NUMBER THREE 2018 This issue contributors: Kendo Summer Tonbo Cup Fay Goodman, John Howell, Clive Sinclaire, Last years report Nigel Kettle, Jon Fitzgerald, Stojanka Vidinic, 03 Seminar 51 Hugh Darby, Goodmedia, Fraser Biscomb, Sensei bios Rob Wix, R. Sidoli, Asta Stasiuleviciene, Kobe visit Jenni Wilding, Tom Widdows. Thoughts from 53 training in Japan Cover photo: 04 the Co-Editor Turning Japanese Goodmedia 56 Coventry Young Deadlines Around the Bu Ambassador Japan Copy and images: Conference Please submit copy and images anytime by Iaido email. We CANNOT accept copy by post. 07 Images should ideally be sent as 300dpi jpegs Injury issues or psd files and labeled appropriately. Image files larger than 10MB should be sent Jodo Achilles Tendonitis as compressed files via WeTransfer, Hightail 09 or similar. 57 Prevention and treatment Copyright Remembering... The magazine follows international copyright and Fair Use law. Images taken Trevor Chapman by contributing photographers remain their 11 A fitting tribute from property and are stored electronically in Rob Wix Kihaku’s photolibrary. Re-usage of images without permission of the photographer is strictly forbidden. Images taken from the public domain are not credited, as the original Profile owner can not always be verified. Images John Howell Sensei supplied by BKA members and external A life in budo 11 sources must either be labeled with source 15 details or have permission (accreditation) given for re-use. In these circumstances, Kihaku cannot be Articles held responsible for copyright breaches, and if required, the source will be named if Tomoe Gozen requested by the authorities. 17 Female bushi The copyright of all written text remains the property of the author. Reproduction in any 17th WKC way or by any means requires the authors 19 Looking forward to this permission. years tournament The Enemy Within 15 25 Visualisation in kata The London Cup 2018 29 Popular Kendo Taikai We need your help. MJER 31 A history of over 450 years We want to make this a membership publication for all your questions and Just how bad is curiosities. 35 a seminar for you? Pt. 2 39 We’d like info on your teacher(s), their teacher(s), dojo stories and experiences; Koshirae your thoughts on the arts, philosophy, 39 Sword fittings concepts, the whys and wherefores, trivial or not so trivial. Your feedback and Manners questions, so they can be addressed in one place for the good of our Association. 45 What constitutes them? For this publication to work, it needs to be current, accurate and informative. Jodo So, if you have something to say, please 47 A brief introduction say it here. After practice ... 47 49 Folding your clothing © Copyright British Kendo Association 2018 KIHAKU | 2 KENDO SUMMER SEMINAR Sensei bios: Saburo Iwatate Sensei Tamiya Ko Sensei Michio Ujiie Sensei 岩立 三郎 先生 神 民也 先生 氏家 道男 先生 Kendo Hanshi 8th Dan, Kendo Hanshi 8th Dan, Kendo Hanshi 8th Dan, from Chiba prefecture. from Fukuoka prefecture. from Tokyo Metropolitan. Iwatate Sensei is a retired Policeman. Ko Sensei is a retired business man. Ujiie Sensei is a Professor at He performed Nippon Kendo Kata as He has participated in many of the Kokushikan University, and he will also Uchidachi at the 16th WKC Opening main Kendo Taikai, for example the be a 17th WKC as a referee. Ceremony in Tokyo. All Japan Championship, Meiji-Mura He has participated in the All Japan Taikai and the Tozai-Taikoh. He will be the 17th WKC Shimpan- Kendo Championship gaining 3rd cho, and has participated in many of place, and the All Japan Selected 8th the main Kendo Taikai, for example Dan Championship gaining 2nd place. the Meiji-Mura Taikai and the Tozai-Taikoh. 3 | BRITISH KENDO ASSOCIATION THOUGHTS FROM THE CO-EDITOR Dear Member Welcome to the third edition of Kihaku! Thank you to those who took the time to voice your With the Kendo World Championships in Korea on the enjoyment of Kihaku. I am delighted with all the positive horizon and other international events and competitions for feedback from members, non-members and a range of Iaido and Jodo, we have much to look forward to. It is also organisations and practitioners around the world! important to remember that, whilst each bu may manage their affairs autonomously, we are still budo practitioners In the next issue we hope to introduce a new cartoon sharing the same values – or at least we should be. Finding series. Humour is important and offers us the ability to see ways to work together and complement our studies should the brighter side of life – especially when faced with daily be a priority. difficulties. I have been thinking about a cartoon series for some time and it was not until I saw Tom Widdows’ very With regards to the positive, I am very pleased to confirm funny send up of Iaido by the Kendo people, that I realised that the NC have agreed to prepare a draft Code of we have found our cartoonist! Conduct. We will seek your approval for this in due course. This important document will support and give guidance Amongst all the heavy dialogue over the past twelve towards ensuring we are very clear about our behaviour months, here was one picture which lightened the when engaging on social media, e.g. FB, Twitter, writing moment. It brought members together in laughter and was an email or acting as an ambassador at an event or media the most powerful tool to lighten the moment and help us campaign. smile. So, if you have any ideas for a cartoon theme please send them in to me ([email protected]). Please don’t So perhaps a little thought to ponder on is how we ALL go overboard as we can only publish fairly reasonable (and behave towards each other. clean!) content. Having said that, the funnier the better. 礼に始まり礼に終わる On a more serious note, I was recently reminded that we (rei ni hajimari, rei ni owaru) are the ‘British Kendo Association’ and therefore made [Kendo] starts with respect and ends with respect. up of THREE bu – possibly four if Naginata is added in the future. All organisations have their difficulties and it can be challenging to turn a stormy sea back into calm waters. This makes me think of the Japanese concept ‘Rishu’ (flowing water) and how we need to be adaptable and open to change. We can benefit from considering this concept, not just as an individual in our respective budo practice, but also as a group of people. As a group of people sharing a common interest, it is worth taking some time to appreciate the many hours and positive good work Fay Goodman being carried out within the BKA by officers, dojo leaders Kihaku Co-Editor and members alike. British Kendo Association KIHAKU | 4 AND Designs Ltd provides a range of structural engineering services for both domestic and commercial building projects across the UK and internationally. Based in Godalming, Surrey, we work closely with architects, contractors and surveyors, as well as building owners and users. Our experienced team takes pride in maintaining high standards and transforming creative ideas into feasible designs, whilst meeting time and budget constraints. Our services include, but are not limited to: • Preparing CAD-integrated structural calculations, mark-ups and drawings for a variety of materials including steel, concrete, timber and masonry • Design of basements for existing buildings • Foundation designs and details completed in accordance with NHBC standards • Liaising with Building Control for structural approval • Preparing structural reports. For further information please visit Call 01483 418 140 www.anddesigns.co.uk or email [email protected] 5 | BRITISH KENDO ASSOCIATION KIHAKU | 6 AROUND THE BU West Midlands Seminar The National Competition 7 | BRITISH KENDO ASSOCIATION Summer Seminar – Cambridge Kusama, Mitani and Azuma Sensei KIHAKU | 8 AROUND THE BU The National Competition 9 | BRITISH KENDO ASSOCIATION KIHAKU | 10 REMEMBERING Trevor Chapman By Rob Wix n budo we aspire to a life-long practice. It is possible to imagine Ithat in our senior years we might leave our infrmities behind, for a few minutes at least, and pick up our swords for one more challenge, before falling back into whatever comfort we may allow ourselves. Trevor Chapman succumbed to cancer in 2017 and was unable to experience those later years in that way. On Sunday 7th January 2018 a special practice Nottingham. That relationship not only resulted was held where many people came to remember in friendship and annual trips to Koubukan Dojo him. Members of Trevors‘ family were able to in Tokyo but gave him an introduction to many attend and see the affection in which Trevor was kendoka who would become significant over held.
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