Waitangi Day Celebration 2004

Waikato Kendo Club

3.30pm, 6 February 2004
Innes Common, Hamilton Lake



Programme Leader
       
  • Emily Drake
 
Kihon (basics) A
       
  • Showing the basic cutting targets and how to do it by suburi (striking into space).
 
  • Contents: Kamae, Men (x6), Kote (x6), Do (6x), Kote-Men (6x), Kote-Do (6x)
 
  • Performers: Amigo Huang, Emily Ho, Katie Lin, James Lin, Amy Lin, Daniel Huang, Juliana Yun, Andy Lee
 
Kihon (basics) B
       
  • Showing the basic striking with bogu
 
  • Contents: Kiri-kaeshi, Men, Kote, Do, Kote-Men, Kote-Do, Kote-Men-Mend, Kote-Men-Do.
 
  • Performers: John Lee, Patrick Yao, Lance Groves, Ya-Yi Huang, Luo Wei.
 
Kata
       
  • Showing the theoretical part of Kendo striking
 
  • Kata: style form, set pattern of movement which concretely expresses the idea states of the mind, techniques, and the body which are acquired through practice. Nippon Kendo Kata is an example.
 
  • Contents: Kata 1-7
 
  • Performers: Kenji Sakimoto, Jeffrey Ke, Mark Kuggeleijn
 
Gi-Keiko
       
  • form of keiko in which two partner, free of any consideration of age or rank, attack and defend at their best ability.
 
  • Performers: John Lee, Yasunori Matsuura, Sam Tsai
 
Support People
       
  • Thanks to the support people behind the scenes: Mr.&Ms. Huang, Tailin Chou, Mr. Yun, Ian Buck, Fred Sun, Simon Buck, Yukako Sakimoto, David Hung, Yunfeng Charng, and Marleen Charng.
 
Acknowledgment
  • Waikato Kendo Club would like to thank Philp Yeung (Ethnic Communities Coordinator at Hamilton City Council) for this demonstration opportunity and the donation received from Te Runanga O Kirikiriroa.
 

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