We ken about kendo

From: Scotland on Sunday | Date: June 29, 2003| Author: GARY SUTHERLAND | Copyright information

WHEN you are up against the combined might of the Japanese riot police and the Korean army, it is a safe assumption that you are up against it. That is the enticing prospect in store for two Scots, key figures in the Great Britain team for the 12th World Kendo Championships, which get under way in Glasgow on Friday, the first time Scotland has hosted such an event.

George McCall and Gillian Riddoch are serious about kendo. It is their art and it is their sport, and it takes up a fair ...

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