kendo

Yes Canadian Achilles we are still here please call me on 55966262 so that i can give you guys the details, we have more members now and have established a location in Qatar Fencing club come join us tomorrow at 9 pm

Yes blitz we are still here please call me on 55966262 so that i can give you guys the details, we have more members now and have established a location in Qatar Fencing club come join us tomorrow at 9 pm

this is interesting, i might actually like to try this out one day once i get all settled in.

and i love that qoute, BLITZ. unfortunately, IDPA, IPSC and black-badge are non-existent here :(

are you guys still here in qatar? theres a club formed its called qatar kendo club...

Hello Everyone, I would Like to inform you that Julian and I have started a Kendo club of our own in the Qatar fencing center, and we would like anyone who is interested and serious to participate with us, please contact me on my mobile by call or by text 55966262, thank you, please respond as quickly as possible.

Thank you

I've been reading your posts and am looking to move to Doha next month for work, so finding a Kendo dojo is paramount for me.Please tell me where you've been able to practice and how often?I've been studying Kendo since '96 and am a 3rd Dan.I look forward to hearing from you,Julian

Hello,

I saw you're thread recently. I'm interested in recommencing kendo practice here in Qatar!

I have trained for about a year in Toronto Canada, starting 2 years ago. Recently i moved to Qatar, and am hoping to start training again. My Sensei in Toronto found this link, i'm hoping it still works!

Please let me know if you are training, and i will send you my contact info.

Thanks!

If possible please contact at 529 9142.

I would love to be part of a new class, if possible. I would be keen to start as soon as possible. Thank you.

Ideally, I usually practise in a Dojo which has a clean and well-sprung wooden floor, suitable for the distinctive stamping footwork used by the bare-footed practitioners. However, I don't think I can find a Dojo such as that in Doha so still thinking about the place.

I imported the costumes from the U.S. at E-Bogu Store (www.e-bogu.com). Besides the price is reasonable, the quality is also relatively good .....this is not part of a promotion :-)

oh.thx a lot for ur info...

so how do we do that here...and where to get those costumes?

Hi Muhammed, if you would like to know more about Kendo, hakama, shinai, bogu and gi, you may look at some useful links given by namabiru. Let me summarize this type of martial art (quoted from Wikipedia):

Kendo or "way of the sword", is the Japanese martial art of fencing. If you have ever watched the movie "Last Samurai" (actor: Tom Cruise), you may have a description of this type of martial art. Kendo developed from traditional techniques of Japanese swordsmanship known as kenjutsu. The movie "Star Wars" (Luke Skywalker, Lord Vader etc) is also inspired from Kendo.

Since the earliest samurai government in Japan, during the Kamakura period (1185-1233), sword fencing, together with horse riding and archery, were the main martial pursuits of the military clans.

Kendo is practised wearing traditionally styled clothing and protective armour (bōgu), using one or two bamboo swords (shinai) as weapons. Kendo may be seen as a Japanese style of fencing. The movements in kendo are different from European fencing because the design of the sword is different, as is the way it is used.

Protective armour (BOGU), is worn to protect specified target areas on the head, arms and body.The head is protected by the helmet-like (MEN) , the forearms and hand by gauntlets called KOTE, and the body by the DO and TARE. The clothing worn under the bogu comprises a jacket, or kendogi/keikogi and a hakama, which is a trouser-like garment with wide legs.

but c..i have nver heard of such things..all i know is martial arts/ karate...yellow belt...this and that

kendo, hakama, shinai , bogu and gi ...tell me what is this all..just briefly...and gimme sum useful links abt these,,

are u in sum martial art institution in doha??

Yeah! if you are interested you may have a trial first on the basic things, or probably if any of you practises Ju-Jitsu, we may also practise together.

Hi...

Would like to know more abt kendo, hakama, shinai , bogu and gi ..lemme know in brief and would be glad if u give sum useful links

Cool! I have sent you a PM, namabiru, please check your inbox. I am glad to find Kendo-ka here in Doha. I have brought my hakama and shinai, and will bring in my bogu and gi in the mid of December.

No worries-- hey, you interested in giving kendo a go? You'd be learning footwork for a while, then basic strikes.

A couple of short clips to accompany:

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Search for 'kendo', or 'kendo shiai' to see some more.

thanx 4 info

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No, not so ignorant at all.

Kendo is a Japanese martial art.

Here you go:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kendo

never heard of it

am i so ignorant?

lol

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Yes, I certainly do. I have sent you a PM, Tri. Check your inbox. I am extremely serious about doing some keiko, even informally. I have missed kendo a lot. My bogu is here, as is one hakama and gi. My shinai, unfortunately, are all in my sea shipment. I am hoping that will arrive very soon though. Then I will be ready to go.

Hi namabiru

If you practise Kendo I think we may practise together here in doha as long as you have your own Bogu and shinai

Regards

Tri