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**zithromaxlinks** · 01-25-2006, 02:11 PM

First, congrats with your shodan. Now back to the sandan without budo spirit. The sandan, shouldn’t have discredited other dojo. Some dojos are worth walking 1000 blocks. As most folks already said, gradings and winning tournaments aren’t always related. Besides that, kendo is a budo, not a sport (in my humble opinion). That doesn’t mean competition is not important. Winning shouldn’t be the main goal (I’m speaking from an iai perspective, but I assume that kendoka have the same view on this). This sandan doesn’t get the message. Weird that the guy got that far with an attitude like that. His sensei should teach him the meaning of humility (with a good ass whooping during a shiai

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01-25-2006, 02:11 PM	#7
zithromaxlinks Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 560 Senior Member	First, congrats with your shodan. Now back to the sandan without budo spirit. The sandan, shouldn’t have discredited other dojo. Some dojos are worth walking 1000 blocks. As most folks already said, gradings and winning tournaments aren’t always related. Besides that, kendo is a budo, not a sport (in my humble opinion). That doesn’t mean competition is not important. Winning shouldn’t be the main goal (I’m speaking from an iai perspective, but I assume that kendoka have the same view on this). This sandan doesn’t get the message. Weird that the guy got that far with an attitude like that. His sensei should teach him the meaning of humility (with a good ass whooping during a shiai ).
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