[Goodwin]

As a boxer and boxing enthusiast, I have seen the disgraceful Olypicification of the sport. As a backgrounder, Olympic boxing up to the early '90's was judged by 3 judges based on boxing point scoring principles still used in amateur boxing today. Olympic boxing went to a point scoring system using the "touch" method a la fencing where the glove has white areas used to score valid punches/touches in valid areas (head and torso). Each touch is scored one point based on approval of 2 of 3 judges. This has created a mentality in boxing of "I can win by jabbing and not really boxing" where the clearly superior boxer by knowledgeable standards loses out to the boxer that can jab his way to a win. This is definitely not how I want to see kendo progress. Despite this though, I would like to see the IKF/AJKF move to be recognized as the sole governing body of worldwide kendo so as to preserve the principles of kendo that we have come to believe.