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How to Customize Kendo For Life Products

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Thank you for downloading this Ebook. My name is Masahiro (Hiro) Imafuji,

the founder of Kendo For Life, LLC. The aim of the company is to promote kihon

based kendō to the world.

Quick Bio:

Started Kendo at the age of 7 at Shubukan in Itami

City, Hyogo, Japan.

Trained in a traditional way of Budo Senmon

Gakko (a national school for training young men to

teach Kendo and other martial arts).

5th dan in Kendō…

I currently reside in Indiana, USA instructing at two dōjōs, Mudokwan and

Gotokukan Imafuji Dōjō.

Enough about me, isn’t it? I hope you enjoy this Ebook and if you have any

comments/questions, feel free to email me!

Hiro Imafuji

Kendo For Life, LLC

Kendo-Guide.Com

http://www.kendo-guide.com/indiana_kendo.html

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Index

Are you a kendō freak like me?

Promote Kendō in Your Community

How to Customise the t-shirts


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Are you a kendō freak like me?

Do you love kendō like me? Can’t you imagine life without kendō like me? Then

you are a kendō freak!

Unlike other Japanese martial arts such as karate and jūdō, kendō is not well

known to the world at all. Isn’t it sad?

So I tried the online yellow pages (Online business listings) to promote kendō

locally. It cost more than US$200 per month but no members were recruited

through it.

I even tried a newsletter service for Japanese community. It cost US$1200 for

12 months. Again it did not attract new members.

Then now I am trying this. If I wear a t-shirt that I want and am proud of to

promote kendō, it will be “Kill THREE birds with one stone”; I feel good at the

same time as promoting kendo, thus more members!

If you are like me, wanting to promote kendō and feel good about what you are

wearing, keep reading!


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Promote Kendō in Your Community

Kendo For Life, LLC is using a website called

Zazzle.Com. What I like about Zazzle.Com is

that it is an international company so there are

many branches in the world. If you find your

country, you don’t have to pay international

shipping fees to get your t-shirt, right?

Take a look at the table below and see if you

can find your own country or closest county

that can send you goods cheaply.

There is a link to Kendo For Life shop1 in each country listed.

Country Kendo For Life Shop

USA

Kendo For Life USA

1 This does not mean there is a Kendo For Life shop in each country.

http://www.zazzle.com/kendoforlife?rf=238893707181464709


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Canada

Kendo For Life Canada

UK

Kendo For Life UK

Deutschland

Kendo For Life Deutschland

España

Kendo For Life España

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France

Kendo For Life France

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Portugal

Kendo For Life Portugal

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Sverige

Kendo For Life Sverige

http://www.zazzle.ca/kendoforlife?rf=238893707181464709

http://www.zazzle.co.uk/kendoforlife?rf=238893707181464709

http://www.zazzle.de/kendoforlife?rf=238893707181464709

http://www.zazzle.es/kendoforlife?rf=238893707181464709

http://www.zazzle.fr/

http://www.zazzle.fr/

http://www.zazzle.fr/kendoforlife?rf=238893707181464709

http://www.zazzle.pt/

http://www.zazzle.pt/

http://www.zazzle.pt/kendoforlife?rf=238893707181464709

http://www.zazzle.se/

http://www.zazzle.se/

http://www.zazzle.se/kendoforlife?rf=238893707181464709


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Österreich

Kendo For Life Österreich

Swiss

Kendo For Life Swiss

Belgium

Kendo For Life Belgium

Nederland

Kendo For Life Nederland

Australia

Kendo For Life Australia

New Zealand

Kendo For Life New Zealand

Japan

Kendo For Life Japan

Brazil

Kendo For Life Brazil

http://www.zazzle.at/

http://www.zazzle.at/

http://www.zazzle.at/kendoforlife?rf=238893707181464709

http://www.zazzle.ch/kendoforlife?rf=238893707181464709

http://www.zazzle.be/kendoforlife?rf=238893707181464709

http://www.zazzle.nl/kendoforlife?rf=238893707181464709

http://www.zazzle.com.au/kendoforlife?rf=238893707181464709

http://www.zazzle.co.nz/kendoforlife?rf=238893707181464709

http://www.zazzle.co.jp/kendoforlife?rf=238893707181464709

http://www.zazzle.com.br/kendoforlife?rf=238893707181464709


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I own many of the products from the company and I am very happy with the

quality. That is why I am using the company to promote kendō. You just do not

want to wear or possess cheapy looking goods, do you? I don’t!

The products use the Kendo For Life, LLC trademark

that consists of kanji (Japanese characters) and English.

The kanji I use for kendō for life means “to devote life to kendō”. The kanji read

“isshō kenmei”, which is a pun for “isshō kenmei” (Devote one’s life to

accomplish something: for more detail please read here.) Isn’t it cool?

I just like the kanji and the meaning, “Devoting my life to Kendō”. Don’t you??

So I thought it would be cool to have these kanji and what it means in English

on t-shirts. Then I thought it would be cooler if you can customise the t-shirts

for yourself!

After all, everyone should enjoy wearing their design and at the same time

promote kendō!

So in this Ebook, I would like to explain how to customize the Kendo For Life

t-shirts.

http://www.kendo-guide.com/wisdom_issho_kenmei.html


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How to Customise the t-shirts

OK. Let’s start making your own t-shirt. Take a look at the list below. It is a

summary of what you have to do.

1. Go to Kendo For Life products website or you can choose the one in your

country from the table above.

2. Choose t-shirts you want.

3. Click on “Customize it!”

4. Click on “front” or “back” depending on which side you want to customize.

5. Choose “image’ to add an image or choose “text” to add a text.

6. You can choose different fonts for your text.

Not much at all, right? OK. Now in detail with some pictures.



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1. If you go to Kendo For Life products website or Zazzle website in your

country. You can see a website like a picture below.



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2. Choose a type of a product you want to purchase to promote kendō in your

community. I chose Kendo For Life Value T-Shirt2 here as an example.

A great thing is that you can be creative with this “Customize it!” function. You

can either insert an image or text. It will cost you a little more if you add. That

is why I set the basic price low! Make sure you check the final price before your

purchase. OK. Let’s start.

Click the side (front or back) to customize and then click “Customize it!” In this

example, I chose “the back” of the t-shirt. If you choose the back side correctly,

the model should turn around and show you his/her back as shown below.

2 As of May, 2011, I do not recommend value t-shirts. It is thin and white so it is kinds a

see-through. Unfortunately value t-shirts come only in white so unless they will have dark

colour t-shirts, I don’t think you should get value t-shirts. This is only my personal view.

http://www.zazzle.com/kendo_for_life_value_t_shirt-235370018448516522?gl=KendoForLife&group=mens&lifestyle=classic&rf=238893707181464709


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3. And click “Customize it!” as shown in the picture below.


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4. You can choose “Image” or “Text” to customize the t-shirt shown in the

picture below.

If you click “Add images…” a pop-up window appears like below.


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Select an image you want to add to the t-shrit and upload it. Once you select

your image to upload, the window will look like the below.

If it is OK, click OK. It will start uploading.


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Once it is successfully uploaded, the image should appear on the back.


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Can you see an “X” that a blue arrow is pointing at in the picuture? If you don’t

like the imgae, you can delet it by clicking the “X”. You can delete the Kendo For

Life trademark as well if you don’t want it. But I don’t want you to if it is OK

with you

With the arrows shown in the left, you can move the image up,

down, right or left.

By clicking the middle (the centre of the arrows), the image will come back to

the centre.

You can play around with other buttons to change the picture size and position.

It is not very hard to use at all.

When choosing “Add Text…”, a pop-up window appears and you can type in the

window.


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I added my dōjō name.


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If I want to move the text and the picture individually, I

have to select the one I want to move.

If I want to move both at the same time as a group, I

can go to “Edit” and choose “Select all” (the left picture).

After selecting all, I can move both “text” and “image” at the same time. This is

a very useful function, if you have more than one image/text to move at the

same time.


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The one I chose is “Espresso Bold”.


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5. Choose your t-shirt size and click “Add to cart”.

Now wait for your t-shirt and wear it to promote

kendō in your community! It takes a bit of time

because they have to manufacture a product you

designed first and then ship it to you.

But trust me. It’s worth waiting!

Once you get your t-shirt, make sure you show it off

at Kendo-Guide.Com. Upload a picture of your

t-shirt! We want to see your t-shirt!

http://www.kendo-guide.com/show-off-your-t-shirt.html

http://www.kendo-guide.com/show-off-your-t-shirt.html


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