November 5-6th, 2005
La Crosse, Wisconsin
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MWKF
Taikai November 5-6th, 2005 La Crosse, Wisconsin |
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Photo by Tom Okawara |
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A shot of the head table with all officials and 5th dan sensei and above.
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Photo by Tom Okawara |
The Sportsman pledge delivered by youth participants from the hosting dojo. |
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Photo by Tom Okawara |
This is a good look at how many people the MWKF can get together for an event. This wasn't held in a major US city, this was a town on the upper Mississippi river, way out in the sticks, and almost 200 legitimate kendo practitioners showed up to compete in a friendly competition. This is a huge change compared to what I knew in the 1980's. The venue was a big high school in the small community of Holmen Wisconsin, with very nice facilities. |
Photo by Noriko Mack |
From the great state of Michigan, (left to right) Terry, Jordan, Matsuura sensei, Travis, Big Bob, and yours truly. |
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Photo by Travis Hill |
| After the lunch break there was a demo by Carly & John Born. John is a member of the new dojo at Carleton College, where he practices kendo. But he is a 4th dan in Kyudo and his wife is a 5th dan. She performed a beautiful demonstration while he explained the art of kyudo. I personally was very moved by the beauty of this art. I only wish I could live life over, and study yet a whole new set of martial arts, different from this life of 53 years (so far.) I could see giving this budo a lifetime of study, I was so moved by it. If you live anywhere near the Borns, drop what you are doing and call them now. |
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Photo by Noriko Mack |
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This is the 3rd Place Senior Youth Team. Left to right, Travis, Jordan and unknown. |
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Photo by Travis Hill |
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Michigan boys enjoying lunch. |
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Photo by Terry Tokuhiro |
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We had to stop at this lookout gazebo for a photo. There was a nice view behind us of the Mississippi river, where it was quite wide. This was on the road between La Crosse and the city of Holmen. Also there was a huge ?fiberglass? sunfish there, Travis took a photo of it, but a sun streak in the camera ruined it. |
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