philowing Hi, reading the Kanji it seems to be Fujii sensei from the Musashi-kai. According to the AJKF and the dates on the video this was from the 2013 November 8th Dan test. Similarly, according to the website here: www.kendo.or.jp/examination/kendo-8dan/20131127-tokyo/result/ and here www.kendo.or.jp/examination/kendo-8dan/20131128-tokyo/result/ He was not successful in his 8th Dan attempt