Talk:Gordon Warner

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Warner was a dedicated ambassador of Kendo to non-Japanese practitioners in Japan. He took a special interest in an aspiring kendo-ka named Joseph W. Hlebica, a graduate of the University of Oregon, and specialist in Japanese early-childhood English-language education. Hlebica was resident of Kagoshima City during the years 1979-‘81, where he achieved kendo shodan at the Kagoshima Prefectural Police Central Kendo Dojo. It was at that renowned dojo where Warner introduced himself to Hlebica, having heard of the latter’s dedication through the network of Japanese instructors with whom Warner practiced kendo and iaido. Having read Warner’s book, This is Kendo, as a student at the University of Oregon, Hlebica, also enrolled at the time in Prof. Yoko Matsuoka McClain’s course in Jaoanese language, decided to go to Japan upon graduation to teach English and practice kendo. He was just one of many amongst a generation of young American kendo-ka inspired by Warner, and fortunate enough to be taken by Warner into mentorship.

Authority or Author?
Is this person an authority on Kendo, or simply an author/translator from Japanese?

What else, besides being an author, is he known for?

Certainly the titles of his publications (Japanese holidays, history of Okinawa, etc) in addition to his publications on Kendo (coauthored with other authors), seem to indicate that he has no standing as a Kendo authority on his own.

24.114.82.23 (talk) 19:25, 25 October 2013 (UTC)

while this link isn't sufficient for the main article, it strongly suggests Warner was a teacher on the subject of Kendo, and also says that he is no longer living, which may have bearing on the deletion proposal re living subjects. --Zippy (talk)

He had another Son
His first born son was William Gregory Warner. Born Sept. 20, 1943- March 10, 1998 with Velma Schroeder. This was just before WW2 So there are a total of 3 children that Dr. Gordon Warner had Jennyjenwarner (talk) 16:33, 13 April 2022 (UTC)