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**GoveMoony** · 01-05-2006, 08:00 AM

Originally posted by Confound
It has come to this... I need some advice from those living in Japan on how to deal with getting your stolen stuff back in the dojo.
If you know who it is, then technically it should be easier to get back...so you say he is a some kid, well then i think that there are three options you have, the first is go and talk to him see if you can convince him to give it back, this should embaress him of the thought that he is one of your pupils and that he had stolen from his teacher, in which if he is a keen kendokan then he will not want to jeapordise his kendo training as you will inevitably give him a hard time from training from which he can not do anything about.

secondly, you can then go to his parents house, and explain the situation to them, i am sure they would believe you because being his parents they should know what their son owns, and of course if they can't remember buying him that then it is a dead give away, i mean they should know what he owns in terms of kendo equipment because parents like to know how much their child is investing into this sport because it is an expensive sport and therefore keep an eye on what he buys.

third option would be, and if it is that important to you, to get your old sensai to come and identify it in front of the sensai of that dojo, surely he would be regarded as a reliable source of evidence to your current sensai. furthermore, if it is an old bokutou then the incription of his name should be quite fresh, in which you can argue that if he had decided to put his name on his bokutou for the purpose of identifying it as his, then he would have done so from the outset of when he bought it, so then why are there fresh markings on the bokutou...i am sure if your sensai is logical enough he will be able to see through this.

i don't recommend stealing it from him, as you say his name is now inscribed onto it, therefore it will be hard for you to disprove that it is not his, making it easier for him to get you into even more sh.it.

Anyhoo, i don't want to sound too bad to you, but for some reason i just find it quite hard to believe that someone would steal it...it just sounds to strange and too stupid for someone to do it from the same dojo because if i had found out who had stolen something of mine i would not be merciful.

I guess this situation will inevitably go into your black book of the hatred you feel for japan, what a shame i guess.

01-05-2006, 08:00 AM	#6
GoveMoony Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 470 Senior Member	Originally posted by Confound It has come to this... I need some advice from those living in Japan on how to deal with getting your stolen stuff back in the dojo. If you know who it is, then technically it should be easier to get back...so you say he is a some kid, well then i think that there are three options you have, the first is go and talk to him see if you can convince him to give it back, this should embaress him of the thought that he is one of your pupils and that he had stolen from his teacher, in which if he is a keen kendokan then he will not want to jeapordise his kendo training as you will inevitably give him a hard time from training from which he can not do anything about. secondly, you can then go to his parents house, and explain the situation to them, i am sure they would believe you because being his parents they should know what their son owns, and of course if they can't remember buying him that then it is a dead give away, i mean they should know what he owns in terms of kendo equipment because parents like to know how much their child is investing into this sport because it is an expensive sport and therefore keep an eye on what he buys. third option would be, and if it is that important to you, to get your old sensai to come and identify it in front of the sensai of that dojo, surely he would be regarded as a reliable source of evidence to your current sensai. furthermore, if it is an old bokutou then the incription of his name should be quite fresh, in which you can argue that if he had decided to put his name on his bokutou for the purpose of identifying it as his, then he would have done so from the outset of when he bought it, so then why are there fresh markings on the bokutou...i am sure if your sensai is logical enough he will be able to see through this. i don't recommend stealing it from him, as you say his name is now inscribed onto it, therefore it will be hard for you to disprove that it is not his, making it easier for him to get you into even more sh.it. Anyhoo, i don't want to sound too bad to you, but for some reason i just find it quite hard to believe that someone would steal it...it just sounds to strange and too stupid for someone to do it from the same dojo because if i had found out who had stolen something of mine i would not be merciful. I guess this situation will inevitably go into your black book of the hatred you feel for japan, what a shame i guess.
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