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14th Toru Giga Prague Kendo Cup 2005

This year's Prague Kendo Cup was held between 21st and 23rd October 2005. It was preceeded by a Kendo seminar on Friday and Saturday , for which we had some very skilled senseis. Seminar was lead by Kamemoto sensei (6th dan) from Austria, who focused mainly on basics, such as distance and time of the attacks, as well as kirikaeshi. There was also a Kendo Kata lesson and plenty of time for jigeiko with senseis. Kamemoto sensei was well assisted by other senseis, namely Kibe sensei (6th dan - Hungary), Ishikubo sensei (5th dan - Romania), Kustosz sensei (5th dan - Poland). We also had a special guest, who taught at the Friday's practice, Yanai sensei (7th dan - Great Britain).

On Sunday the tournament was held. Over 90 participans from 7 countries competed. The chief referee was Mr. Hiroshi Ozawa (7th dan kyoshi), who arrived for the tournament and the short stage in the Czech Republic. Many good matches were seen and many competitors showed high skill as well as fighting spirit. Final matches were observed by a representatives from the embassy of Japan, who took the whole event under their patronage.

Here are the resulsts:

1st place: Atilla Dubi (Hungary)
2nd place: Oliver Mattausch (Austria)
3rd place: Masahiro Miyoshi (Czech Rep.) and Wolfgang Mraz (Austria)

Best fighting spirit award: Malgorzata Szuba (Poland)

» Tournament chart here (courtesy of Mr. Vlasaty)
» Check out the pictures here

We wish to thank all the sensei, that they have dedicated their effort to improve Kendo level in our region. We also wish to thank all participants, that thay have arrived and showed good Kendo spirit. Finally we wish to thank all the people from the both Prague's Kendo dojos Katsubo Kenrikai and Sandomon who participated in the preparation of the event.