Photo courtesy of T. Patana Last weekend my dojo and I participated in the 39th Annual UW Taikai, hosted by our friends at (where else?) the UW Kendo Club. The weekend started off great, with a great practice at the Bellevue Dojo the night before, and with me getting some great practice and advice from my friends and sensei over on the coast. One thing I need to remember is to be a better actor, courtesy of Goh Sensei! Since I recently bumped up a rank, I would be fighting, for the first time, in the sandan division. I've fought that level of people before in other tournaments but now I was officially there myself and I was excited, and a little nervous, to see how I'd do throughout the tournament. Our division started fairly early, going just after the women's division finished up. I had a bye into the second round so I got a chance to check out the competition that day, namely the person I would be fighting first off. I personally don't like byes and would
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