2010 8-dan Kendo Championships Finals

The finals of the 8th annual 8-dan kendo championships, held in Nagoya on the 18th of April, 2010. Finals between Funatsu Shinji, 54, of Osaka (winner in 2007) vs. Sato of Hyogo, 57

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Sports

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• 8-dan
• hachidan
• championships
• 八段選抜大会、８回、船津、佐藤
• Funatsu
• Sato
• finals
• 決勝戦

[arilestariono]

is that 54 and 57 indication of their age?? wow..

[KendoWorld]

@arilestariono Yea, it is. In this competition, 54 is young.

[HomunculusProject]

Oh god, I couldn't even stand the pressure... I can only imagine what it feels like to stand in front of that shinai...

[KendoWorld]

@HomunculusProject Sitting next to it at the media table is amazing, I would prioritize this taikai over the all japans any day.

Taylor Winter

Kendo World

[6shige9]

This match is inlaid with innumerable elements of beauty, though I especially found beauty in the stance to hit and another beauty in the stance to receive the hits.

8th-dan kendo is absolutely epic.

[yangtz]

I blinked and had to replay it -_-' Gosh. If only I was this good.

[nvermilion95]

is it that hard to get to 8th-dan?

[Kelangthang05]

I think that Kote (from Red sensei) did not defeat the Ki from White sensei and couldn't prevent a Men from White. Maybe that's the reason why White won that Men.

[MrKouzen]

Even in slow mo, I still barely see what happened...

[KendoWorld]

@phananh101010 Yet at full speed we dont have a clue what happened, Shimpan... its a tough job.

[phananh101010]

Clearly red should have won, clearly in slow motion

[phananh101010]

White hit before red and should have won. Are those referees blind?

[MrDrTruffles]

recomended videos chosen by the video im watching.. wtf is jessica alba there?

[road121111]

thats was a good kote, i don't understand why he didn't get a point for it.

i think thats why he (i guess it's Sato ) lost after less then one minute.