Tag: Gender Inequity
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Raising Your Voice: About the Open de France, and Beyond it. By Johanna Nowak (France).
Foreword by Kate Sylvester Brave. Is the word that comes to mind when I first read Johanna Nowak’s FaceBook posts questioning women’s exclusion from the high status 7 dan category of the Open de France (France Kendo Open). Bewildered. Is the word that discribes how I felt hearing that no category would be created despite
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Is Chi (Ki) Gendered in Kendo?
This post reflects on the deeper issues surrounding the recent dialogue on social media that problematised the exclusion of 7 dan women in the 7 dan (male) category and refusal to introduce a women’s 7 dan division at a prominent international kendo competition taking place in Western Europe next month. At this particular competition, the
Kate Sylvester Perspectives 