{"id":452,"date":"2007-08-19T17:53:04","date_gmt":"2007-08-19T17:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.kendonagasaki.org\/?p=452"},"modified":"2022-06-19T19:51:48","modified_gmt":"2022-06-19T18:51:48","slug":"the-kendo-nagasaki-sword-of-excellence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.kendonagasaki.org\/?p=452","title":{"rendered":"The Kendo Nagasaki Sword of Excellence."},"content":{"rendered":"<h6>Kendo Nagasaki has had a special Samurai Sword made to commemorate excellence.<br \/>\nThe Sword of Excellence will be presented to the wrestler who most completely demonstrates excellence in his craft.<\/h6>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><img style=\"BORDER-BOTTOM: 3px solid; BORDER-LEFT: 3px solid; BORDER-TOP: 3px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: 3px solid; CURSOR: default; alt=\" \"=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.kendonagasaki.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Sword_on_plinth_4_sm.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>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 &#8211; it is a validation of the highest level of skill, discipline, and dedication to excellence &#8211; truly, a glorious prize.<\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><img style=\"BORDER-BOTTOM: 3px solid; BORDER-LEFT: 3px solid; BORDER-TOP: 3px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: 3px solid; CURSOR: default; alt=\" \"=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.kendonagasaki.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/KN_Sword_Lambo_Ft_Glove_3_480.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h6>More pictures below:<\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><img style=\"BORDER-BOTTOM: 3px solid; BORDER-LEFT: 3px solid; BORDER-TOP: 3px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: 3px solid; CURSOR: default; alt=\" \"=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.kendonagasaki.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/KN_Sword_Lambo_Rr_480w.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><img style=\"BORDER-BOTTOM: 3px solid; BORDER-LEFT: 3px solid; BORDER-TOP: 3px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: 3px solid; CURSOR: default; alt=\" \"=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.kendonagasaki.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/KN_Sword_Lambo_Rr_close-up_480w.jpg\"><\/p>\n<form><input type=\"button\" value=\"...back to the Previous Page...\" onclick=\"history.go(-1); return true;\"><\/form>\n<div id=\"fb_share_1\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-top: 0px;\"><a name=\"fb_share\" type=\"box_count\" share_url=\"http:\/\/blog.kendonagasaki.org\/?p=452\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php\" onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http:\/\/www.facebook.com']);\">Share<\/a><\/div><div><script src=\"http:\/\/static.ak.fbcdn.net\/connect.php\/js\/FB.Share\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. More pictures below: Share<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.kendonagasaki.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.kendonagasaki.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.kendonagasaki.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.kendonagasaki.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.kendonagasaki.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=452"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/blog.kendonagasaki.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1985,"href":"http:\/\/blog.kendonagasaki.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452\/revisions\/1985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.kendonagasaki.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.kendonagasaki.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.kendonagasaki.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}