2008 Aichi Iaido Competition, Bronze Medal

去年の中部大会では五位で、さらに敢闘賞を取る事ができました。今回は三位を取れたので嬉しいと思いまする。
I was able to place fifth and was awarded the "fighting spirit prize" at last years Chubu (Central Japan) Iaido competition. This time I am pleased with my third place in the Aichi state competition.

まず、愛する妻と家族に感謝しています。そして、日々ご指導くださる先生方に深くお礼を申し上げまする。
I humbly thank my wife, family and all of my sensei for their encouragement and support. I couldn't have done it without them.

頑張りましたが、もっともっと上手になりたいでござりまする。
I did my best but I feel I need to keep trying and keep improving. The road is long...
(and the floor was very grippy!)
床が滑りやすければ良かったのに・・・

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• Iaido
• Japan
• 2008
• Aichi
• taikai
• competition
• kata
• 無雙直傳英信流
• 三位入賞

[Samuraihitachi]

Very nice!!

[madyui]

Thank you Jason. I look back at these forms from March and I feel I made many mistakes.

[fabarati]

Finally up! And you're still better than me. There is always room for improvement though. Still, be proud of you're third place ^_^.

But I hear you about grippy floors. They're a pain.

[madyui]

Cheers mate! Hope to post another one soon. Every time I watch one of my videos I find more things I can fix. It's a long road, but a worthwhile and a very interesting one!

[madyui]

はじめまして　Djスミスさん。

This competition was held in the "Rainbow hall" in Nagoya city.

Do you have any videos of your kata? Do you study Muso Jikiden Eishin Ryu? If so, how long have you studied?

[SamHaLeKe]

Hello madyui, thanx for posting this video. You are my lookalike!

[djsumisu]

where in Aichi was this held? I practice in Toronto, but lived in Nagoya for years.