Comments on: Fujimoto Kaoru

By: blackknight

blackknight — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:46:14 +0000

I very much enjoyed the fact that he was discouraged from doing nito even back then. I guess things haven’t changed much! His example makes it easier to persevere for us modern nito players…

By: Usagi San

Usagi San — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:12:08 +0000

Forget it. I got it. Sorrrrryyyyy. You can delete these last comments if you want.

By: Usagi San

Usagi San — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:08:05 +0000

George, while tanslating the article I found a “problem”: he fought Noma SEIJI in the School Championships and then he fought his son, Noma HISASHI, in the Tenran, 3 years later?
It’s also HISASHI, in the School Championships right?

By: George McCall

George McCall — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:00:22 +0000

Cheers!! We aim to please.

There will be more in-depth historical related articles like this in the future… be sure to join our facebook page and/or syndicate the blog!

By: Sharpy

Sharpy — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:09:39 +0000

Brilliant article, invaluable to non Japanese speaking kendo community. Thanks.

By: George McCall

George McCall — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:53:02 +0000

Maurizio Ricci :
I finally got hold of a denshi jisho, so life is supposed ti be easier now. :)

I don't think thats going to help much! Let me know how you get on......

By: Maurizio Ricci

Maurizio Ricci — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:27:20 +0000

George McCall : Good luck reading it.

I finally got hold of a denshi jisho, so life is supposed ti be easier now. :)

By: George McCall

George McCall — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:35:11 +0000

ha ha yes, Maurizio, this was the book that you asked me about a few months ago!! Personally, I didn’t expect it to be as nearly interesting as it was (and I had a little trouble finding it in the book store). Its an interesting account.

Good luck reading it.

By: Maurizio Ricci

Maurizio Ricci — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:06:09 +0000

Oh, I see that in the end you purchased the book and readed through all of it.
This article of yours is a good non-direct answer to my initial question: “Do you know this book and would recommend it?”.
So I’m going to get it as well, even if I can understand only small parts. :)

By: George McCall

George McCall — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 04:09:33 +0000

Raffa (sorry, just saw your comment) — the video you have linked to above is 100% the third tenran shiai, and not the second. As I said above, all three tenran shiai had nito kenshi getting top places.