[plaiskegizils]

I agree. IMO, too, it would be a shame if kendo became more and more about money. IMO the most precious thing you can win in shiai is knowledge; it is the fact that you learned something. It would change the spirit of the kendoka if shiai was about money... I think that then many kendoka would fight rather respectlessly like in the usual soccer game. Just think of agression instead of respect, striving for medals instead of striving for improvement... Just think of Zidan in the soccer world championships this year...