The Kendo Nagasaki Sword of Excellence.
Kendo Nagasaki has had a special Samurai Sword made to commemorate excellence.
The Sword of Excellence will be presented to the wrestler who most completely demonstrates excellence in his craft.
Ever the teacher, mentor, and seeker of excellence, Kendo Nagasaki has had a special Samurai Sword made to commemorate excellence. The Sword of Excellence will be presented to the wrestler who most completely demonstrates excellence in his craft. The Sword of Excellence is more than a trophy – it is a validation of the highest level of skill, discipline, and dedication to excellence – truly, a glorious prize.
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Kendo Nagasaki – The Secret of Jenson Button’s Success!
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Jenson Button’s Honda Motorsport team has revealed that Kendo Nagasaki has been instrumental in their increasing success, which culminated with Jenson’s first Formula 1 win…
Here’s the revelation as posted on ITV-F1.com’s website:
This is undoubtedly an amusing article, but Kendo Nagasaki does, in fact, mentor a number of professional competition teams in various sports. Application of various aspects of the Occult Wisdom has resulted in some remarkable successes, but the details of the clients and programs are kept strictly confidential…
A Journalist gets in the ring with Kendo – unwise move!!!
Cole Moreton, Journalist for The Independent newspaper, is
reckless enough to see how it feels to face Kendo in the ring!
Moreton writes:
“I’m choking. Kendo Nagasaki, the most frightening wrestler this country ever produced, has got me in a three-quarter nelson: my head is in the crook of his elbow; his forearm is tight against my throat and he’s lifting it. I can’t breathe. I’m seeing stars, hearing popping sounds in my neck and trying not to pass out. So I bang my palm against his leg, which feels like steel cable under his red leggings, but he won’t stop.
When he does let me go I am in agony. And it’s all my fault. You’ve got to expect pain if you’re stupid enough to climb into a ring with a masked man so vicious he was kept off the television early in his career, before becoming a superstar of Saturday afternoon wrestling in its heyday…”
Read the whole entertaining article below:
The BBC’s "H2G2" (Hitch-Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy) Encyclopedia Features Kendo
Born in April 1999, h2g2 styles itself as “…an unconventional guide to life, the universe, and everything…”, after Douglas Adams’ brilliant work.
No such guide would be complete without a feature on Kendo, and their contribution on the great sensei is significantly more comprehensive than the only other two “legends” included, Big Daddy and Giant Haystacks.
Here’s what they had to say about Kendo:
Kendo Nagasaki
“A true enigma of the British wrestling scene, the man known as Kendo Nagasaki was a part of the industry for nearly 40 years and, in that time, cultivated a legend that endures to this day. Hidden behind a red mask lined with white stripes to simulate the imposing visage of the headgear worn in a formal kendo match and maintaining a stony silence, Kendo Nagasaki was an intimidating sight to behold both in and out of the ring. This combined with a genuine understanding of the theatrical aspect of professional wrestling and a certain degree of athleticism made him an effective performer and a superb villain.
Hugely Informative Web-chat Article in The Sun, 18th Feb 2003
The Sun’s Sport section announced that it would submit reader’s questions to
Kendo, and they got a huge response.
However, typical of the mysterious man, they weren’t sure if Kendo would reply! However, Paul Yates was involved with Kendo at the time (not least for the excellent “Masters Of The Canvas” Arena documentary), and he mediated between Kendo and The Sun to help answer the fans’ questions.
As it had been a previously-announced event, The Sun were able to choose from a huge number of questions, selecting a series of excellent and pertinent questions, many of which will find their way to a “Frequently Asked Questions” section on Kendo.
Read the whole fascinating Sun Sport article here:
“Who Is That Masked Man?”
“The Observer” Sport Monthly – special article on Kendo Nagasaki
Author of “The Wrestling”, Simon Garfield, pens a stunningly comprehensive article on Kendo for The Observer Magazine. Click on “Continue Reading” below to see the entire extensive article.
In his heyday Kendo Nagasaki – brutal, silent and with a hint of Samurai savagery – was the most celebrated British wrestler of them all. Twenty years on, he is still protected by a loyal entourage and the mystique remains. As his final bout looms, the man with the sword gives up some of his secrets – in his own, unconventional way
Nagasaki, a man who has earned fame by beating other men until they cry for mercy, is walking around Finsbury in north London in search of a place where he can have his photograph taken. He has short brown hair, a narrow face with a prominent and slightly pinched nose, and deeply set eyes that squint in the sunlight. He wears a dark jacket and black trousers, newly shined shoes, a nice fat metallic watch which he consults to find he is a little early. He has three men with him – his manager, his driver, and his website designer. I recognise his manager first, and call out his name: ‘Lloyd!’ At this moment, Kendo takes something from his pocket. It is a soft, worn woollen face mask, black with white vertical stripes, and he pulls it on with alarm. It tightens at the back with those little pop-stoppers you find on baseball caps. He looks menacing, he causes the traffic to slow. On this balmy Wednesday afternoon he believes it is as important as ever to keep up appearances.
Kendo and his friends find the photographer’s studio and move straight for the changing room. This was one of Kendo’s two stipulations: a separate changing area screened by a curtain. The second was a request for photo approval, which might seem a strange demand from a person who wears a mask. ‘He’s not as young as he was, and wants to make sure he looks good,’ his manager explained. ‘He doesn’t want to blow the image at this stage.’ The picture approval was modified to a permission to view the Polaroids.
He emerged from the changing area looking like a man from Japan, only taller. He had a black and gold metal visor, beneath which he had changed the black mask to red. He had a red and silver tunic, red vest and tights, high lace-up boots, a polished breastplate and in padded gloves he held an elegant sword. In truth, it could have been anyone in there, but I knew it was Kendo because he spent the next three hours without speaking a word.