Samurai in present-day, a photo from Tokyo, Kanto

Photographer's Note

This photograph is taken in the women's kendo convention held Tokyo Budokan Hall in Ayase, Tokyo four years ago. Kendo is the martial art which game-ized the art of fencing of Japan. It performs poking and striking operation which wears a kendo implement and uses a bamboo sword by 1 to 1. It is also the martial art which trains mind and body, so it aims at character building by continuing exercise on the other hand. It was devised in the middle of the Edo period（1603–1868) of the Samurai age, and has passed through development of a protector or changes of a rule after that. In the junior high school government guidelines for teaching in 1958, kendo, judo, and sumo were made into regular course gymnastics, and it has continued till today. Moreover, female kendo will begin from the 1960s with postwar by coeducation or a woman's advance in society, and history is short compared with male kendo.

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1. Basic description of photograph
Courtesy(Left)-concentration(Center)-action(Right)

2. The situation of a competition site: workshop

3. The swords women who do the match standby: workshop

pajaran, ikeharel, danos, photoray, mcmtanyel, papagolf21, mirosu has marked this note useful

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pajaran (116971) 2014-02-04 22:55

Dobar dan, popodne.
Kod mene je jutro.
Interesantan i dobar tekst o Kendo, sa istorijom i opisom ...
Dobar trenutak snimka i kontarst, lepo pokazan mec kendo majstora.
Dobar rad sa lepim fotografijama u radionici.
Ja sam ucio Judo, u Srbiji ima kendo skola.
Lepo popodne i sve najbolje sa lepim secanjem na kendo takmicenje.
Paja.

Good afternoon, this afternoon.
For me it is morning.
Interesting and good article about Kendo, with a history and description of the ...
Good time recording and kontarst, nicely shown match kendo master.
Good work with the beautiful photographs in the workshop.
I studied Judo, Serbia has kendo school.
Nice afternoon and all the best with beautiful memories of kendo competition.
Paja.

ikeharel (114499) 2014-02-05 8:39

Trully wondered for a long time, how come i do not see Samrai photo as a subject on pictures from japan, finally didi it, Mikio.
Great three photos, well taken whike in motion, and diff. posed on the duel's.
The pic. in the middle is most impressive - intriguing how their faces would be looking.
Best regards,
Ike

danos (110407) 2014-02-05 9:49

Hi Mikio,
nice the triplex of the photos during the education of the women using a bamboo sword.I like the beautiful event as the different snapshots from the presentation.

Regards,Danos

photoray (13981) 2014-02-05 11:41

Howdy Mikio,

Excellent 3-screen Kendo images, with the martial combatants active and a slight blur to accentuate movement. And a reminder of history and culture.

Well done,
Cheers,
Ray

mcmtanyel (69127) 2014-02-05 18:28

Hi Mikio,
Nice collage showing samurai in action. The motion blur brings dynamism into these frames.
Regards,
MT

fabbs99 (17179) 2014-02-05 23:38

Hello Mikio,

The fighting Samurais look great in your collage shot.Japan is famous for its martial arts and I hope it continues to be like that in days to come.TFS.

Regards,
Farhat

papagolf21 (152607) 2014-02-09 14:40

Bonsoir, Mikio,
Félicitations pour cette très originale présentation.
La mise en images nous permet de mieux comprendre ce sport de combat.
Bravo !
Amitiés.
Philippe

mirosu (16313) 2014-02-13 2:35

Hi Mikio,
Another excellent collage with nice dynamic content. I like the arrangement in long landscape format. Well done.
Greetings
Miro