Kendo Spirit (OOC)

[ImportantNobody]

Plot

The date is April 5th, 2015, the first day of the new school year in Japan. Kendo is a very well known sport around the entire world; one that's taken quite seriously by many and has official kendo teams getting paid a lot of money to win tournaments. Schools or dojos that train the most elite kendoka (the term for people who practice kendo) often get scholarships, government grants, and a lot of recognition. Therefore, such schools/dojos often attract all of the best people who wish to become kendoka.

Seireikawa (清令河) high school, (a school I made up) in the kanto region of Japan is on the verge of being shut down. They just got the news at the start of this year and have been told that this will be their last year in operation. One teacher working there, Katsurou Yakamura (中村勝郎) (unusual pronunciation of his surname), was one a kendoka but lost every tournament that he was in and gave up on his dream and ended up becoming a teacher. However, with the threat of losing his job, he came upon the realization that if his school had a kendo club that got a medal from even a single tournament then the government would chip in the necessary money to stop the school for shutting down. The only problem is that he needs at least five members and a lot of the best kendoka had already joined other schools that already had kendo clubs, so it was unlikely that any skilled kendoka serious about winning tournaments would be at this school. However, he was determined to not only keep his job, but to also have a chance to redeem his past failures as a kendoka, so he put up advertisements all around the school desperately asking for anyone willing to join.

Will they be able to win the national tournament by the end of the school year in order to keep their school operating? Will anyone even answer his call?

Kendo

Click here for some information about kendo. Basically, it's where you use wooden swords to smack each other. With all the extra competition and worldwide influence coming to Kendo some rules have changed, making it have more full contact rather then just standing around and tapping each other on allowed areas (I exaggerate a little on this, but you get the idea). The rules of this kendo allow for grapples, shoving, tripping, and kicks, although hitting others with your shinai (wooden sword) is still the best way to get "points" in the eyes of the judges. However, there are actually no points due to five judges determining who wins, should both fighters be either able or unable to continue fighting at the end of the match. KO's can be made if the opponent is unable to get up to continue the fight (but you can't pin someone down or hit them while they're down).

If you have any more questions about kendo, feel free to ask me and our characters will also be taught stuff in the IC as we go along.

Kenrei (剣霊)

These are special abilities said to be brought about by having the proper "kendo spirit". Those with kenrei can detect others who have it given enough talent or if the person has a large enough kenrei being emitted, and they say it looks like an aura surrounding them and they can even sense it non-visually. It's hard to explain how, they just know that they feel it somehow. Most people don't have kenrei and a lot of people don't believe in it, but the greatest kendo practitioners do have it. For some people it takes many years of practice, decades even, while others seem naturally gifted. The effects of kenrei are very diverse depending on the individual and their own unique "kendo spirit", but they're all the same in the way that they're related to kendo and don't do something so obvious as shoot fireballs out of their eyeballs. A few examples of what could happen are as follows; getting one swing to go at insanely fast speeds, one time able to completely regain your energy, predicting your opponents exact move, able to have wind from your attacks able to knock things backwards, etc. Basically, everything that the average person would look at it and say "well, I guess that looks like it could have been possible?!". That's why wind counts because real attacks do create wind and wind can push things around, where as creating fire balls from your body and shooting them around doesn't make any sense for physics. If you're confused what is allowed, just ask me for specific examples.

Kenrei has room to grow. For example, someone just starting off may only be able to have one swing go a little faster then normal, but then as he/she improves more and more faster swings can be made and increase the speed at which they are made as well.

Rules

1. Standard forum roles apply, such as no killing other people's characters and god modding.
2. I can create rules if necessary, but I'll be fair.
3. Nothing rated R. Excessive swearing can be annoying. You can always type in Japanese to censor yourself or get creative with it.
4. You should make an effort to type at least a decent sized paragraph for each IC post. I won't ban you for a couple smaller posts, but don't make it a habit.
5. If you're gone for a week, let me know. Otherwise I can do whatever I want with your characters inside of this roleplay. If you're waiting on someone to post, just post in the OOC every so often to let us know you haven't just disappeared.
6. You can create multiple characters, but unless space allows for it you can only have one character participate in the five person team tournaments.
7. The first four people that let me know they will participate in this roleplay get a spot on the five person team tournaments unless they willingly give that spot to someone else or they disappear. I'll accept additional characters into this, but you may or may not get to participate in said team tournaments.
8. If you express interest but do nothing for 3 days after I post this OOC, someone else can get your spot on the team tournament
9. You don't have to have your character be in the kendo club, or be in Seireikawa's club. You can be a rival, a parent, photographer, love interest, parents, judges, or anything else you'd like within reason. You don't have to be Japanese, but most would be for the national tournament taking place in Japan, which is the main plot of this.
10. Due to expressed interested in people for the girl's kendo team, we'll probably only have a girl's team take part in the tournaments for this kendo club. Keep this in mind when coming up with a character.

Character Sheet

(Use the provided character sheet or one you like beter, but include all the following information)

Name-
Age- (school age for the kendo club people. Some young, child prodigies may be allowed)
Gender- (probably female for the kendo club people)
Nationality- (probably Japanese)
Appearance-
Personality-
Likes-
Dislikes-
Kenrei- (If you have a special power, explain it and I'll say if it's allowed or not)
Talents-
Shortcomings-
Biography-
Other-

Accepted Characters

(None so far)

[Supreme Command]

Ill be om it egen i comeback back fr.o.m. School

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Stupid auto correct -.- what I meant to say was; ill make a CS when I'm back from school

[YuukiSuzuki]

Reserved!

Name -
Age - 16
Gender - Female
Nationality - Japanese
Appearance -
Personality -
Likes -
Dislikes -
Kenrei - (If you have a special power, explain it and I'll say if it's allowed or not)
Talents -
Shortcomings -
Biography -
Other -

[Supreme Command]

rofl

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Its a heavy WIP, i have to sleep now.


Name-


Age-
15

Gender-
Female

Nationality-
Japanese

Appearance-


Personality-


Likes-


Dislikes-


Kenrei- (If you have a special power, explain it and I'll say if it's allowed or not)


Talents-


Shortcomings-


Biography-


Other-

[Zombehs]

Ello.

[ImportantNobody]

Ello.

Hi...? Are you interested?

[Zombehs]

Yup, yup. Gimme a few days or something to work out a CS please.

[ImportantNobody]

Yup, yup. Gimme a few days or something to work out a CS please.

You have five minutes. *glares at you menacingly*

[Zombehs]

Name- Derping
Age- Derp
Gender- Derp
Nationality- Derpland
Appearance-
Personality- Herp, derp, herp, derp, herp, derp, herp, derp, herp, derp, herp, derp, herp, derp, herp, derp, herp, derp, herp, derp, herp, derp.
Likes- Derping
Dislikes- Herping
Kenrei- The ability of Derp.
Talents- Best derper in the world.
Shortcomings- Cannot Herp to save derp’s life.
Biography- Herp, derp, herp, derp, herp, derp, herp, derp, herp, derp, herp, derp, herp, derp, herp, derp, herp, derp, herp, derp, herp, derp.
Other-

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In all seriousness though, I don't suppose there'd be a spot for something like a manager of the team open would there?

[ImportantNobody]

In all seriousness though, I don't suppose there'd be a spot for something like a manager of the team open would there?

Katsurou is the manager. You can be him if you want. The kendo class might also get some female manager due to there being mainly (or all) female students.