April 21 and 22 will be X kendo championship of Russia – Eastern martial arts form, which is a bamboo sword fencing. In the Ice Palace "Vityaz" Podolsk near Moscow will meet the strongest kendoisty Russia, the CIS, representatives of European clubs. Their willingness to come to the championship expressed twenty-known Japanese Sensei. By agreement between the Russian Federation of Kendo and the "Association of Japanese air conditioners", which became General sponsor of the event, declared the jubilee championship championship memory of Vitaly Savilova and Ryutaro Hashimoto. Information support to the championship carries WG "Ideal Media." Vitaly Savilov, one of the founders and leaders of the "Association of Japanese air conditioners," who died tragically two years ago, took up kendo in a fairly mature age. For eight years he combined a passion for the successful work of the Corporation Mitsubishi in Japan.
In 1989, returning to Moscow, has become an active member of the "Moscow Club Kendo", recently created a senior lecturer at Moscow State University Vladimir Yanusheuski. It was the first organization of kendo in Russia. And in 1998, former Prime Minister of Japan, Sensei 5th dan Ryutaro Hashimoto, knowing that Russia will be the 1st championship kendo, gave the Russian Cup kendoistam "Peaceful Heart", which to this day is passing in the team championship trophy championship Russia. As guests of honor at the X Championship of Russia are expected to kendo Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Russia Yasuo Saito, Moscow Region Governor Boris Gromov and the widow and son of former prime minister Ryutaro Hashimoto – Mrs. Kumiko Hashimoto and Mr. Re.
