Hugh Hamilton

I had no idea people still did this...to me it was memories of a Raquel Welch movie (Kansas City Bomber) and saturday afternoon TV from my childhood...but having heard of its resurgence I had to go see it. And shoot it. More soon. This stuff is wild to watch. I'm a sucker for a crazy sport.

Kendo is the japanese sport of sword fighting, but with bamboo substituting for the swords.....I came to this shoot after having seen Seven Samurai on TV a few nights before, for about the three hundredth time.

I was babbling about it to two very bemused swordsmen..I think they thought I was slightly deranged. Also I can totally see where the light sabres in Star Wars came from!

Shot for UCLA Magazine.