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		<title>kenshi247 turned two!</title>
		<link>http://kenshi247.net/blog/blog/2010/07/30/kenshi247-turned-two/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:18:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George McCall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oops, I&#8217;ve been so busy with keiko that I almost never noticed that we turned two last month!! I must admit that this last year has been incredibly hectic keiko-wise and as such I probably haven&#8217;t dedicated as much time to kenshi247 as perhaps I should have. We still managed to churn out almost 60 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kendoka shashin meikan</title>
		<link>http://kenshi247.net/blog/blog/2010/07/25/kendoka-shashin-meikan/</link>
		<comments>http://kenshi247.net/blog/blog/2010/07/25/kendoka-shashin-meikan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 03:48:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Isaac Meyer</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://kenshi247.net/blog/?p=3779</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[a.k.a. kendoka pictorial directory Editors comment: what follows here is another great translation by Isaac which I believe will be useful to the researchers out there. This book &#8211; kendoka shashin meikan (剣道家写真名鑑) was published in 1925, and it attempts to catalogue the butokukai of that time. This includes not only various pictures but the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The kendo lifecycle</title>
		<link>http://kenshi247.net/blog/blog/2010/07/13/the-kendo-lifecycle/</link>
		<comments>http://kenshi247.net/blog/blog/2010/07/13/the-kendo-lifecycle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 11:44:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George McCall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(a.k.a.Kendo and you: what it means and how you approach it at various points in your life) I started kendo at the comparatively late age of 19 (I&#8217;m 35 now) and, with only 16 years of practise under my belt, I can say with no false humility that my experience is pretty shallow&#8230; considering that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bokuto ni yoru kendo kihon waza keikoho</title>
		<link>http://kenshi247.net/blog/blog/2010/06/28/bokuto-ni-yoru-kendo-kihon-waza-keikoho/</link>
		<comments>http://kenshi247.net/blog/blog/2010/06/28/bokuto-ni-yoru-kendo-kihon-waza-keikoho/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:32:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George McCall</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://kenshi247.net/blog/?p=3543</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am sure most if not all regular kenshi247.net readers have at least heard of bokuto ni yoru kihon waza keiko ho if not already actively practising it (some people for years I guess). The first time I was introduced to it was in 2000 (or 2001?) at a seminar in Brussels, Belgium (Editor: see [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Tanka of Eishin-ryū: Part Nine – Takiotoshi</title>
		<link>http://kenshi247.net/blog/blog/2010/06/21/the-tanka-of-eishin-ryu-part-nine-%e2%80%93-takiotoshi/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 22:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Stonell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[iaido]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[japanese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[series]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tanka]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eishin ryu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[takiotoshi]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://kenshi247.net/blog/?p=3492</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Kirifuri Waterfall, by HokusaiIn this series of articles, I am attempting to translate and contextualise the dōka of Hasegawa Eishin-ryū. All articles in this series can be found here. In this article, I will be looking at the tanka for the ninth technique, Takiotoshi. This is the final tanka translation in this series. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Notes on being an instructor</title>
		<link>http://kenshi247.net/blog/blog/2010/06/14/notes-on-being-an-instructor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jun 2010 22:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Sheppard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[concepts]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[teaching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[instructing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[sensei]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://kenshi247.net/blog/?p=3801</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you spend any time practicing kendo, you will be called upon to start teaching. Some people relish the thought of finally becoming an instructor. For me all the gloss came off when faced with a class of people looking expectantly at me awaiting direction and maybe even (gasp!) advice as to how to they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tachikiri</title>
		<link>http://kenshi247.net/blog/blog/2010/06/07/tachikiri/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 08:41:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Zoot</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[kendo]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://kenshi247.net/blog/?p=3872</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Every year, the kendo community in Aomori conducts two tachikiri events. Tachikiri is often rendered in English as “stand all the way training.” Even has a long time practitioner of kendo, the first time I got to witness tachikiri keiko, I would have been tempted to describe it as “loser stays in” kendo training. Essentially [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A very brief look at the formation of reiho used in todays kendo</title>
		<link>http://kenshi247.net/blog/blog/2010/05/31/a-very-brief-look-at-the-formation-of-reiho-used-in-todays-kendo/</link>
		<comments>http://kenshi247.net/blog/blog/2010/05/31/a-very-brief-look-at-the-formation-of-reiho-used-in-todays-kendo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 12:58:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George McCall</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://kenshi247.net/blog/?p=3808</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Without taking your eyes of your partner, and at a distance of roughly 9 steps do a standing bow (ritsurei) of 15 degrees, move your shinai from sageto to taito, take three large steps in and &#8220;draw&#8221; your shinai in a largish arc up and diagonally down through to the center of your opponent while [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kyoto Taikai 2010</title>
		<link>http://kenshi247.net/blog/blog/2010/05/30/kyoto-taikai-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://kenshi247.net/blog/blog/2010/05/30/kyoto-taikai-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 04:46:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George McCall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[iaido]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://kenshi247.net/blog/?p=3789</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Please check out regular kenshi247.net contributor Richards great pics from this years Kyoto taikai. Kendo, iaido, jodo, koryu&#8230; something for everyone! http://www.flickr.com/photos/oroshi/collections/72157624000341357/]]></description>
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		<title>Musha Shugyo Latin America Pt.II</title>
		<link>http://kenshi247.net/blog/blog/2010/05/13/musha-shugyo-latin-america-pt-ii/</link>
		<comments>http://kenshi247.net/blog/blog/2010/05/13/musha-shugyo-latin-america-pt-ii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 22:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alphons Metselaar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[americas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[world]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Montevideo]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The second leg of my travels brought me to Montevideo. Montevideo is the capital of Uruguay. Uruguay is wedged between the two biggest countries of South America: Argentina and Brazil. It has a population of about 3 million. Their claim to fame is that they won the first football world championship in 1930 and a [...]]]></description>
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