October 30th, 2009
Szilárd returns home from the inaugural Dublin International open a champ.
Due to a string of corresponding issues and commitments (like Eamonn’s missus going into labor) Cork was only represented by one individual. This meant we did not have a Cork team, or Cork Kyu grades or Cork ladies competing. All our hopes lay on Szilárd’s shoulders 
Despite that Szilárd put on a great performance and reached the finals to claim second place to the over all winner Gilles Delahaie from France. This put Szilárd top of the Irish kendoka at the recent taikai and Cork budokai and UCC are very proud of him. Well done.
Tags: DIO, Dublin International Open, Szilard Szucs, Taikai
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October 10th, 2009
We now have 10 kiddies in our class and 6 in bogu. This is a pretty good achievement for a little over 7 months.
We have a few new
idea’s in the pipeline that will hopefully see our kids section grow.
Big kudo’s to the teachers Clare and Vince and all the helpers!
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October 3rd, 2009
Kendo~
Thursday
We started drinking at 5am and finished at 5pm. We began the seminar at 6pm, and suffered.
Thursday evening we practiced kirikaeshi followed by kihon and gigeiko.
Mori Sensei had us practice big men followed by big kote men, he emphases the importance of motodaichi’s distance, timing and control.
Mori sensei told us we needed to swing tall and big and not swing too far back. Doing this will change our grip (weaken it). We also had to keep good posture, proper footwork and strong kiai.
We had gigeiko with sensei. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: kodokan, Malta, sumi sensei
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