my arms are getting more and more muscular from all the wood-sawing, screw-drilling and kendo cuts. frmph.

anyway, yeah, went for the tournament today.


it was rather expected that i'd lose, but i was hoping for draw at least.
but i suppose when im up with kitt, and ting ting [shes 2nd kyu, im not even 9th kyu yet] i shouldnt expect to much. if my skills and speed and experience cant match up with theirs, at least i can try to use my ki-ai right? yell louder and try to scare them.

well.

but nevermind that.
sarah and siwei told me not to be stressed and sad about losing and that they thought i did my best for the team already. its kind of assuring, but at the same time, i know where i stand.
these people have been training for, what, 3, 4 years? and i ve only been trying to do proper cuts for 1 semester... its time to buck up and train harder or else i ll never reach anywhere near their standard...

on a side note, today was interesting because we were watching the guys team A, who were really strong. no matter how i looked at it, they were strong. lol. mr godspeed is fast [duh], zhenfeng is stable, yongkai is calm and steady, jesse is damn strong and accurate, guang yang is powerful.

but they got second runner up.
a bit of a waste there. but we were cheering them all the way. so pro la. very inspiring.
and it was rather amusing how all the girls squealed in delight when jesse came on. because the last time i checked, he won the 2-point match in less than 1 min. pro is pro la.
he did that twice or thrice i think. pro. then mr godspeed did that for another match also.

it was a pity they didnt make it to the finals... grrr.

baofang they all were making themselves busy on the trip back to school looking at morita's pictures. and other cute japanese kendo kai. -____- well. i mean, i guess hes rather good-looking but i didnt really expect baofang to be so... hua chi. -___- sigh. nevermind that. she was saying that she likes him cause hes handsome and strong.
but i dont think our guys are too bad either what. im pretty proud of them. let's say i was slowly impressed by them.

kendo is such a subtle thing... frmph.
like how i underestimated mr godspeed, then when i saw him in action for the first time [though not today] i was like: '...' speechless. and how i grew to understand, and know, and appreciate beautiful form [zhenfeng has beautiful form]. after i keikoed with yong kai i was so impressed by his steadiness and detachment and humility. and jesse... well. i just never really thought much because i hadnt seen him in match before; i kind of knew he was good, but i didnt know how good.

well.
this <---------------------------------------------------------------> good.
and im probably <--> good.
rather sad huh.
*puts sad face*

the girls team were really good too.
heh heh. i like shermaine's style. haha. will try to emulate. need a goal and motivation. anyway shes the one whose ki-ai mine is the most similar; i guess it will be more suitable bah. frmph and since jia wei says im getting scarier and scarier, bearing an uncanny resemblance to you-know-who, i might as well emulate her and succeed her. [or better, surpass her! HEH. just kidding. kendo is a marathon. i shall not try to be overly ambitious]

the matches today got kind of tiring after a while.
the shinpans were tired, the helpers were tired, those fighting were tired, those who fought were tired, those watching were tired.
anyway we were amusing ourselves by watching them and listening to their distinct ki-ai sounds. lol.

mr godspeed does this 'MEN-aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh' thing,
zhenfeng doesnt really have a distinct one,
yongkai [this is a good one lol] does this calm, steady, 'kKkuriya-' thing
jesse does this low, loud, 'SUUUOOOOOO' thing right before the match
wenhao does this 'HUP!' thing
and jia wei was commenting that this japanese guy he was impressed with [i was impressed with him as well. so young, so smart, so strong, so fast] does this kind of half-hearted 'hhaaa-', 'hhaa-' sound going upwards
LOL

its so amusing i dont know what to say.
haha.
all the girls have some high pitched screechy ki-ai sound except for maybe just shermaine and ting. maybe i should invent some scary new one instead of using my current one, which is kind of low, but rather loud and scary [or so some people e.g. jiawei, says]

i kind of felt that people were rather freaked out during my first match when i ki-aied, cause my talking voice is already quite gravely; my ki-ai is even more so... erm, manly. well/ =shrug=
amusing.

but it was really good watching, cause i felt i learnt a lot.

im starting to feel quite worried cause after this sem, the whole of men's team a, all of women's team a, 2/3 of womens team b will probably be gone. it means we [freshies] had better work harder to up the standard of our kai cause there wont be seniors to depend on much after this sem...





now to practice again.