Nov. 25, Sun.
All Japan Kendo Championships
[Focus]
1. What is the Japanese Kendo Ippon?
Kendo, the Japanese swordplay, started as a martial art for killing your opponents in the 10th century but the mental aspects came to be refined in time and transformed it into an art where true strength was considered to lie in growth of the person together with sword skills. In kendo, the swordsman must strike specific parts of the opponent's body to score ippon. It is not enough, however, simply to strike the target. The rules state that swordsman must strike with the proper parts of the bamboo sword, full of spirit and with the appropriate attitude plus readiness. So, what is this ippon? We explain it simply.
2. Japan's Top Kendo Swordsmen - The Psychological Battle
The 60th All-Japan Kendo Championships were contested by 64 swordsmen who had qualified from the nationwide heats. Susumu Takanabe, champion twice in a row, was the prime focus of attention. He unleashes his favourite 'men' blow to the head in only one tenth of a second, a speed that none of his rivals can match. He was looking to win his third consecutive title. That quest ended in the semi-final against the eventual champion, Daiki Kiwada. Kiwada scored 7 'kote' blows to the wrist in these Championships. How did he do it? Join us for a lucid analysis of these top-class skills and strategies.
[Frontrunners]
Sumo: Masunoyama - Advancing Selflessly
Masunoyama had the best win record of any Hiramaku wrestler - that's a top division wrestler below the rank of Komusubi - at this year's Nagoya tournament and was the first winner of the three special awards in sumo among the wrestlers born in the Heisei Era. He is also the youngest wrestler in the top division at only 22 years of age. Weighing in at 180kg, he attacks with lightning speed and uses his large bulk to shove his opponents straight out of the ring. Behind this strength, however, there is also a congenital handicap. We followed him closely as he aimed to go higher still at the September tournament.
[Guest]
Nicholas Pettas
Martial arts practitioner from Denmark who does karate, kick-boxing, K1 and more.
This is his fourth appearance on the show. He was taught kendo by this week's Focus guest, Alexander Bennett, and interviewed him on NHK World as well.
Alexander Bennett
He encountered kendo when he came to Japan from New Zealand as a 17-year old student and was gradually drawn into the profundity of its mental world. Currently an associate professor of Kansai University and coach of the New Zealand national team.
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