第1回全日本剣道選手権大会決勝榊原正錬士対阿部三郎教士第1回全日本剣道選手権大会は、昭和28年11月8日、東京の蔵前国技館で全国より53名の剣士が参加して開催。1万人を超える観衆が集まった。本大会は、戦前の剣道界の慣習であった専門家、非専門家の区別を廃し、選手の資格は年齢、段位、称号などに一切の制限を設けず、各府県の予選を経て代表者を出し、剣道日本一を決するという画期的な構想によるものだった。優勝の榊原正は大正9年愛知県蒲郡市生まれの33歳、名古屋矯正管区法務教官(剣道師範)、のちに剣道範士八段。戦前は名門東邦商業で活躍した剣士。準優勝の阿部三郎は大正8年福島県相馬生まれの34歳、警視庁の剣道選手でのちの範士九段。戦前は満州にわたり満州鉄道大連道場で剣道範士高野茂義のもとで修行にはげんだ剣士である。 栄えある第1回全日本選手権者となった榊原はのちにこう振り返っている。「試合が始まった。勝つか、負けるか、無我夢中であった。試合時間もだいぶ過ぎたと思われるころ、『あっ』と思った瞬間に、出頭の小手が打てた。『二本目』開始まもなく、試合終了のベルが鳴った。一本勝ちで試合終了。5分間の試合時間がとても短かったように思われた」(剣道時代2005年5月号より)。参考文献「剣道百年」(庄子宗光著)【The 1st All Japan Kendo Championship】The 1st Kendo Championship FinalTadashi Sakakibara (Renshi) against Saburo Abe (Kyoshi)The 1st Kendo Championship was held on 8 November 1953 in Tokyo. Over 10,000 spectator gathered to see the matches participated 53 Kenshi.The championship was very innovative since it ignored the traditional custom of dividing professional and amateur players and invited all the kenshi regardless of their age and title instead. The kenshi went through regional qualification matches for the championship.Tadashi Sakakibara, who won the championship, was 33 year old from Aichi who later became Hanshi 8 dan. Saburo Abe, who took the second place, was a 34-year old police officer who later became Hanshi 9 dan. Abe had trained under Shigeyoshi Takano Hanshi in Manchuria before WW2.Sakakibara, who became the honourable first champion of the Kendo Championship, looked back at the match and said, "I was so absorbed in the match whether I would win or lose when it began. After some time I had this moment of 'it's now!' and I found myself hitting Degashira Kote. The bellto end the match rang immediately after the nihonme began. I won with Ippon. Five minutes seemed to have passed quite quickly." (from Kendo Jidai Magazine May 2005 issue)Reference: Kendo Hyakunen written by Munemitsu Shoji今年11月3日に開催される全日本剣道選手権大会の詳細は以下の特設サイトをご覧下さいAll Japan Kendo ChampionshipSpecial Web Site http://www.kendo.or.jp/champ/財団法人 全日本剣道連盟All Japan Kendo Federationhttp://www.kendo.or.jp [ More Detail ]
This Kendo clip is from Japan Public Broadcasting's documentary on " A Human's reaction ablitiy".The show includeded a short track start,Pro Baseball batter and Light weight Boxcer as well.Interest thing about the show was that former studies suggested that Humancan not react no faster than 0.2 second limted bb the speed of electric pulse running through eye - frontal cortex brain - the body muscle..But, new sport analysis studis foundsome athletes could react in less than 0.2 second. Mr. Tanakanabe had much better reactive ability than Mr. Teramoto's. But,he could not catch up Teramoto's Men already released before his.Takanabe mentioned in his interview later that" He froze for a moment whenTeramoto change his move from aiming DO to MEM". This split second frozenmoment made his defeat. The narration concluded the segment stating that" Takanabe won in reactive superiority, but Teramoto won in Kendo". [ More Detail ]
Watch as little kids go through what can only be described as the remnants of warrior training. A kid's kendo class held in a prison outside of tokyo [ More Detail ]
Translated by user smiyamura. Thanks a lot for your help! ----------In 1940 the third Ten-ran jiai (competition before the emperor) was held inside the imperial palace. This competition was held to commemorate the 2600th year in Koki (imperial calendar). Kendo, kyudo, and judo competitions were held for three days from 18th June, but on the 20th when the emperor was present, all competitors are said to have prepared themselves by bathing and visiting the shrine in the morning. (around 1.00 minute of the video clip)The first match in semi finals was between:Kayaba Teruo from Miyagi prefecture (in Nito);Yoshioka Shingo from Ehime prefecture (in Itto).After a close match, Kayaba in Nito scored two Men to progress to the final.(around 2.12)The second match in semi finals was between:Mochizuki Masafusa from Tokyo;Takeshita Yoshiaki from Kagoshima.Mochizuki won with quick movement to score two Men cuts. Thus as many people expected, Kayaba in Nito-ryu and Mochizuki from Tokyo progressed to the final.(around 4.00)Selected Competitors categoryFrom all over the country, 32 competitors were selected on the ground of their excellent ability and character. The following four progressed to the semi finals:Omori Kojiro from Kyoto prefecture;Masuda Shinsuke, Shihan of Noma dojo;Tsuzaki Kanenori, teacher of Kyoto Busen; Ono Jyussei, Shihan of Keishi-cho.(around 4:52)Kyoshi Omori Kojiro in a black kendo-giKyoshi Masuda Shinsuke in a white kendo-giThe match was an exciting one living up to the expectation of the Selected Competitor category. Omori took the first point with Men, but Masuda from Noma dojo then scored two Men cuts to win the match.(7.35)The second semi final match was between Tsuzaki Kanenori and Ono Jyussei. As in the first semi final, it was an east Japan vs. west Japan competition. This time, Tsuzaki Kanenori of Kyoto Busen won with Kote and Men.As a result, Masuda of the east and Tsuzaki from the west progressed to the final.(9.03)Final of the Prefectural Competitors categoryAfter long and difficult fights, Kayaba Teruo and Mochizuki Masafusa stepped forward for the final. The referees were:Omote: Mochida Seiji Hanshi;Ura: Saimura Goro Hanshi.Under a tense atmosphre the final match started.Kayaba who was undefeated up to this point takes a strong Gyaku-nito posture. However in face of strong pressure from Mochizuki, Kayaba is stepping back. Mochizuki is said to have studied how to defeat Nito by taking Gyaku-nito himself and practicing without sleeping the previous night. His effort seems to be paying off already...part 2 here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zW3crWYVsoI [ More Detail ]
Nippon Kendo Kata instructional videoKendo Principles Part5 DVD by e-bogu.com www.e-bogu.comYou can learn all 10 Kata (7 kata with Tachi and 3 kata with Kodachi)You can learn the benefits many key points of Kendo Kata with various angles and good examples/bad examples.Produced by KOBY PICTURES www.kobypics.com [ More Detail ]
This is an instruction video about how to sit in seiza in kendo. It is very important to know how to how to sit in seiza becasue in kendo we sit in seiza all the time! It is also useful to learn because seiza is a part of Japanese culture. For more info, visit http://www.kendo-guide.com . [ More Detail ]
this is a documentary about kendo basics, enjoy !Une vidéo de kendo de la fédération japonaise, sur les bases du kendo, amusez-vous bien :-)[Part3] [ More Detail ]
This a documentary about kendo basics, enjoy !Une vidéo de kendo de la fédération japonaise, sur les bases du kendo, amusez-vous bien :-)[Part2] [ More Detail ]
This a documentary about kendo basics, enjoy !Une vidéo de kendo de la fédération japonaise, sur les bases du kendo, amusez-vous bien :-)[Part1] [ More Detail ]
A short video with Masahiro Miyazaki. The living legend of kendo! Mr. Miyazaki is : - 6 Times All Japan Kendo Champion- 2 Times Second Place All Japan Kendo Championships- World Kendo Champion- 6 Times All Japan Police Champion- 3 Times All Japan 7th Dan Chapmion [ More Detail ]
Part of a eight part series documentary on the Martial Arts of south and south east Asia, originally broadcast on the BBC in the early 1980s. This episode follows the history and development of Aikido, Kendo and some Naginata and explains why they took the sporting path and yet still maintain their spirituality. Part 1 of 4 parts. [ More Detail ]
Demonstration of the japanese swordmanship.Contains some basic stances and techniques of the Mizoguchi-ha Itto Ryu, paired kata of the Ryu and a demo Kendo match with bogu and shinais.Taken from the unknown older documentary narrated by by Mr. Terry O'Neill, known Karate person. Hopefully no one would mind I put this here. [ More Detail ]
Stop motion of a girl in gi and hakama. It's still a works in progress. Took about 4-5 weeks to get the puppet made and set made. used femo to sculpt the head which is painted on. That hakama was sure freaking hard to make.This was actually one of my assignments for my animation concepts class at Parsons. [ More Detail ]
This is an excerpt from an old TV show called "You Asked For It." This portion shows what Kendo is. .... Interesting is that this was back when sweeping was allowed in Kendo. [ More Detail ]
Videoclipe de kendo. Kendo videoclip. the band is called DeLaVega, it's a Belgian band, the people in the video are all from Ko Jika Kendo Club (Gent) The one at the beginning of the clip is Wesley Haecke, he's the current champion of Belgium, the woman in the clip is his wife, Yano Chieko. [ More Detail ]
risingsunproductions.netpresents:50 minutes. A new tape that shows you true Japanese Masters of the Samurai Sword. Learn all the cuts blocks kata and so much more. [ More Detail ]
This is part of the opening sequence of Kendo taken from The Empty Mind Documentary. It is mostly the 2003 All Japan Kendo Championship at the Budokan, Tokyo. Go to emptymindfilms.com for the feature length DVD. The superb soundtrack is by Richard Brookens of Yellowbell. [ More Detail ]