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**PlayboyAtWork** · 07-08-2006, 08:00 AM

Heh, it's weird.
I personally disagree with all of them.

Electro scoring would eliminate the need for ki-ken-tai and most waza in general, since it's all about reaching the target with force. it'd become a brawl with bamboo sticks.

Sonkyo is beautiful. I like it. The more respect the better.

Cheering is okay after the match has ended, but it would not enhance kendo in any way. If you watched the 11 WKC official tape, you'll hear a lot of cheering in portuguese in the brazilian matches

Colors and such are a completely irrelevant subject IMO.

The language factor is interesting, but to keep a recognizable pattern everwhere there has to be a common tongue. Else if I was to travel to, say, Sweden, I wouldn't understand anything at all.

By the tone of some of these ideas i can see you advocate for them Achilles, such as the sonkyo one and the colors, which you like so much to mention in other threads.

I'm ok with your views, since you apparently have this sympathy for the korean ways, I just don't think so, because there are no clear reasons to do so.

07-08-2006, 08:00 AM	#30
PlayboyAtWork Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 393 Senior Member	Heh, it's weird. I personally disagree with all of them. Electro scoring would eliminate the need for ki-ken-tai and most waza in general, since it's all about reaching the target with force. it'd become a brawl with bamboo sticks. Sonkyo is beautiful. I like it. The more respect the better. Cheering is okay after the match has ended, but it would not enhance kendo in any way. If you watched the 11 WKC official tape, you'll hear a lot of cheering in portuguese in the brazilian matches Colors and such are a completely irrelevant subject IMO. The language factor is interesting, but to keep a recognizable pattern everwhere there has to be a common tongue. Else if I was to travel to, say, Sweden, I wouldn't understand anything at all. By the tone of some of these ideas i can see you advocate for them Achilles, such as the sonkyo one and the colors, which you like so much to mention in other threads. I'm ok with your views, since you apparently have this sympathy for the korean ways, I just don't think so, because there are no clear reasons to do so.
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