A daily photo from Ōtautahi, Christchurch, New Zealand
This afternoon I went along to watch Kendo. Kendo is a Japanese sword fighting martial art. I know several kendoka (Kendo practictioners), but this was the first time I had watched competitions. The rounds were three minutes long and quite intense! It’s fast paced and very hard to photograph.
Your photos nicely capture the kendo sport! I had the chance to do it back in 1990 when I was teaching English in central Japan but I didn’t! Something about getting hit over the head with a bamboo sword! But now I wish I had tried it!
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Ooooh very very well done, and kinda frightening!
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Hi,
I was at the kendo competition this week end. Really nice pictures. The kendo2 I believe is a picture of a colleague kendoka from my club. Any chance to have the file from you?
Cheers,
Stephane.
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Hi Stephane, I’ve just emailed you the originals, they are quite large so should print out nicely.
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The second photo of the sole kendoka is nothing short of brilliant! Fabulous image!
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Hi Michelle
I’m the Kendoka in the second photo (Kendo2) great shot Michelle , many thanks
Dave
Aotearoa Kendo Club
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