A rare video of The 8th World Kendo Championships. Funatsu Sensei (Former WKC player for Canada and also the former Coach of the Canadian National Team) in the team match on the Senpo Match.
WKC is held every 3 years and the past tournaments are listed below:
1st 1970 Tokyo, Japan
2nd 1973 Los Angeles, United States of America
3rd 1976 Milton Keynes, England
4th 1979 Sapporo, Japan
5th 1982 Sao Paulo, Brazil
6th 1985 Paris, France
7th 1988 Seoul, Korea
8th 1991 Toronto, Canada
9th 1994 Paris, France
10th 1997 Kyoto, Japan
11th 2000 Santa Clara, United States of America
12th 2003 Glasgow, Scotland
13th 2006 Taipei, Taiwan
14th 2009 Sao Paulo, Brazil
This video was taken in 1991 in Toronto by Ariga Sensei's old friend Gabriel Weitzner Sensei.
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bianquzao1937 1 year ago
The australian in this clip is actually me! I didn't know it was on here and came across it last night while looking at the 14th final. My thanks to whoever posted it :-)
Sushibushioz 2 years ago