[VomsVomaMew]

Well if anything that link makes for a good submission for "quote of the day"

...Jade won all four of his bouts, repeatedly landing hits on opponents with his light sabre thingy (or shinai to the experts)...

[Smalmslobby]

hahaha!

Jade - I did some kurrati.

[IRYzouNv]

tbh, i wouldn't be suprised if the equivalent members of "water kayaking world forum" or "curling world forum" are doing the same thing thinking "god i hope no one thinks that's representative of what I do".

I know the other sports actaully get tv time but at least there are comments from randoms off the channel 4 forums like "I liked it there should be more kendo on tv". Remember that the only other "air time" that we get is stuff like Last Samurai and Kill Bill.

But yeah i do agree it was a bit :\ WOuld of been nice if they aired the national geographic documentary straight after or something

[Scfdglkn]

tbh, i wouldn't be suprised if the equivalent members of "water kayaking world forum" or "curling world forum" are doing the same thing thinking "god i hope no one thinks that's representative of what I do".

Apples and oranges. Most people already got an idea of what kayaking and curling is and what it is supposed to look like.

[goldeneggs]

Just to reinforce my point

i am the email contact for details about my club, i usually get 2-3 inquirys a month.

Today i have recieved 6 already. How can that be bad?

ummm, when you get 10 inquiries a week consistently for a couple of years... and when your dojo is 100+ members and there is not enough room for all so you have to tell each and every new inquirer that suscriptions are close.... aaah my friend, you'll kinda hate this position and start to see the bad side of it... i can tell you

[creewespock]

aye.. totally agree on the coverage.. I would of started kendo years ago if it was available here and I actually knew it existed.. just getting an honest chuckle out of the quote

[Muhabsssa]

ummm, when you get 10 inquiries a week consistently for a couple of years... and when your dojo is 100+ members and there is not enough room for all so you have to tell each and every new inquirer that suscriptions are close.... aaah my friend, you'll kinda hate this position and start to see the bad side of it... i can tell you

I wish kendo was popular enough in Great Britain, for that to happen, but it just isnt at the moment.

Everyone who i have spoken to who knows NOTHING about kendo (like most of the general public) were actually impressed by its representation on The Games, Like i said they cant really tell the difference between people who are good, and people who arent. So they just thought it was really cool.

[Haftdrarp]

Looks great to me, congrats to BKA for a really good effort. I imagine there were all sorts of sports vying to be included in that program.

Paburo, my sensei's advice on getting a really big beginner's class is to simply make it tougher, sooner. The people who were going to stay will stay no matter what, and all the quitters will just quit sooner.

[vNZsk39B]

I was involved in the demo for the games with D'art, and everything i have heard about the Kendo was positive....

Most people who I know... that know nothing about Kendo... everyone I spoke to said things like.

OOO I want JK to win... Oh no I wanted Peter to win.

They don't understand or want to understand the technical side of kendo.. they just wanted to see some resonably famous people possibly making fools of themselves.

The guys who actually did the games where all saying that their first match they hated it.... but by the last match they loved it, and I think that it is obvious by watching Marcel's (MC Plat's) matches.... his first match was runnning around and just hitting but after he had seen the other rehersal's by the BKA members he had changed totally and was actually trying to do kendo.

Jade was excellent for someone with 4-6 sessions under his belt, and was obviously going to win.

JK was trying so hard.... he was asking for advice on how he should be fencing etc... and deserved to be in the final

Peter Duncan was so concerned with doing the art justice it was unbelievable... that was all he kept saying....

all in all they took to the idea of Kendo very very well. It was basically the arty types on the program that tried to take the show off at tangents.

Personally I think Budden Sensei and Honda Sensei did a first class job at keeping the show on track, but also giving just enough to make Kendo appeal to the masses.. which all in all can only be a good thing.

[teodaschwartia]

Well if anything that link makes for a good submission for "quote of the day"

...Jade won all four of his bouts, repeatedly landing hits on opponents with his light sabre thingy (or shinai to the experts)...

the ceefax commentry was better.

kendo, a martial art that utilises fierce bamboo swords.

[Soassesaisp]

the ceefax commentry was better.

kendo, a martial art that utilises fierce bamboo swords.

Well they can be quite fierce. There are times when I almost daren't open my shinai bag.

Cheers,

Matt.

[Peabelilt]

Well they can be quite fierce. There are times when I almost daren't open my shinai bag.

Cheers,

Matt.

Well i must have fierce Hakama, cause there times when i almost darent open them too!

[crumoursegemo]

Most people who I know... that know nothing about Kendo... .

GMason .. you know me, and the fact I know nothing about kendo
I thought the Games were brilliant.

I dreaded it at the beginning.. listening to Theakston made me want to turn over, but once I saw the fencing, I started to enjoy it.

I was even cheering like a football lout during the final match, screaming
"Go-on Jade... go on"

I thought the fact that despite the big arena and the pressure of the crowd, he seemed to do his best to DO kendo. He was the best technically, in my opinion.

Corking entertainment.

Paulo

[golfmenorca]

Without going into too much detail family problems have meant that Kendo hasn't been even close to a priority for many weeks.

However, I managed to stumble over the E4 heats and was really excited to see Kendo on telly. I forgot all about the stress of the last few weeks whilst trying to spot people I know in the background of shots.

I have to say that heading back up the M1 to Yorkshire in time to catch the Finals it was only luck that didn't land me a driving ban.

I really enjoyed seeing it. I definitely miss Kendo at the moment but life gets in the way sometimes.

Mr Mason sir, I hope to be back at the end of March. Is that a Shiai night? If so, I guess I'll just have to break my Shiai virginity. Woot, as I believe the internet coolerati say!

[texprofi]

I would have been a lot happier if they had had commentators like Gareth on who knew what the were talking about, and maybe a good demonstration of what can be achieved. We do need more publicity, but it has to be positive. I spent the morning at work explaining 'its not quite like that...' and 'yes theres more to it...'

[tipokot]

they sucked so bad for the amount of time they had been practising, i swear to god most of them were standing in what looked like a karate stance, legs totaly bent, JK was like crouching with his back bent , ther was no zanshin at al, i dont think is aw a single person COMPLETE a sucesfull or unsucesful cut, the do was basicly a 90 degree movement like choping , they did tzubazeraiin the sky over their heads then jus stared at each othe , wierrrd they did theg reen dude was pretty good i reckon , most probly because he has "7 years" karate experience but apart from that it was DIRE . lets be hoenst after even a month most of us hav basic grasp of Suburi and footwork, maybe not fumikomi but they didnt carry themselvesl ike Kendoka ,

[Yyaqyped]

I think on balance it was a good thing.

If after only a few lessons they had displayed perfect Kendo then Kendo is too easy.

They did however fight with spirit, they tried and as Paul said the enthusiasm was contagious.

I enjoyed watching and people I work have asked is that Kendo I responded Kendo was much more than they had seen but it was a start, for the first time they asked questions. It has raised the profile of Kendo and this must be a good thing.


Andy What are the odds on 5 from 6 being bullied out in 2 weeks
( wish I was there to see it)

[CarmenSanches]

It's difficult to get a balance between entertaining people and educating them I guess... everyone has their own view on how it should be done.... BUT just be glad they axed the.....

All contesants in a semi circle in their best Ninja movie Hasso no Kamae :-)

It was soooo bad even the contestants complained it was cheesey :-)