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Issei Fujiwara

Started by The Void, 06 March, 2018, 12:20:30

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Fujiwara-san was the founder of the JKA. This video was uploaded by his grandson, Luke (who told me that he "plays kendama a little", and is a musician). It's about his early life, career as an author, and how he came to found the JKA (last 3 minutes, or so). It's in Japanese.
We were shown this video (with translation notes) during our JKA examiner's course.



Google translation of the title and description:
QuoteFairy-tale writer · Kendama association first president Fujiwara Kazuo recorded image 【Taro · Giro was alive】 【Kendama / Kendama】

Published on 4 Jun 2014
grandfather Kazuo Fujiwara (Issei Fujiwara, real name: Kazuo Fujiwara) up as a record of.

(Oshimokori TV "What day is today" from 2004.2.27 broadcasting)

It debuted at "Elephant Remodeling", a story of the survival of two Karaft dogs at Syowa Station in Antarctica, including "Red Eye" which was the theme of his own childhood, later became a trigger for the film "Antarctic story" production There are many books such as "Taro · Jiro was alive".
Activities of 'Taro and Giro together' started as a result of having posted to the newspaper that Taro and Giro, which were originally brothers and dogs, were stabbed after death and were kept in separate places together , Collecting signatures of 26,000 people.
(After his death, Taro and Giro will reunite in Heisei 10.
By establishing the "Japan Kendama Association" on May 5, 1975, by establishing a lot of steps and stage grades, a certification system and establishing more than 1,500 chapters (2004) not only in Japan but also around the world It was popularized.
Recently, Kendama is spreading in the world as KENDAMA.

※ The top thumbnail image is Photographer Fujiwara Kazuyoshi shooting
If you don't want to BUY MY BOOKS 😉, then why not ask your local library to order them in, and read them for free? That would help too. Cheers!