2011-12-29 19:36:00
In the new year things will get serious!
My kendo glasses are being made, so I can start wearing my men. That completes my bogu, as I've already been wearing the do, kote and tare. Which means that yes, I'm going to get into real geiko and I can compete in shiai! And as I have mentioned before I'll jump into the deep end in 2012! January will see our next kyu examinations and in February I'll join the kyu-grade tournament.
This will require a few last preparations:
The design for my zekken is shown on the left. Along the top is the name of our dojo, Renshinjuku (錬心塾) and along the bottom is my surname. The middle is a repeat of my surname, but in katakana, which reads SURATA. The fine folk at kendo24 are on holiday this week and my favored shinai (the "kenshi" model) is sold out, so I hope my order will reach Almere in time.
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Posted by Thomas
Wrong? Not necessarily, no. I guess it depends on your pronunciation of our surname. And of course katakana are not an exact science; it's phonetics.
I do reckon that SU is better than SO, as SU is more of a prolonged/harder S than an actual SO. Your name is S-luyter, not SO-luyter. The RAI instead of RA I can get behind, yes and I reckon that might be more appropriate! Thanks for that idea :)
Posted by Menno
So you're competing then?
I can imagine a helmet also being a good thing for your kendo skills because you'll probably become a little less carefull/conscious?
Posted by Thomas
With the helmet the real learning starts, yes. On the one hand because I will join in sparring and on the other hand because others can now actually hit me.
And yes, I will definitely compete! I have no doubt that I will be done after the first round, but that doesn't matter. My objective for the day is to learn. Winning isn't important at all.
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2012-01-01 19:16:00
Posted by Mistoffelees
Hmm, ik schreef het altijd als SORAITA. Was dat verkeerd?