Jason Liao wrote:

Well, Kunou has a problem with admitting that things aren't quite the way he
sees them... If he's decided - for whatever delusional reason - that Ranma
didn't kick him, then he's not going to change his opinion...

Okay.  Why would he deny that, since he's still acknowledging his loss?

Kuno:  He cheated!  Throwing your shoe is not a legitimate martial arts 
manuever.

Mysterious Figure:  For defaming Martial Arts Cobblery, I challeng you!

Nope, they're in the middle of Australia... :) Uluru is the name of the huge
rock that's in the middle of the continent... Used to be known as Ayres Rock
-- Until the Aboriginal name for it became acknowledged. Maybe I should make
mention of this in the author's notes?

Ah.  I must have misread that.  I thought you had said something about
Ryouga being in America, but then again, I've been reading things too
quickly of late.

That's the problem when you get geographical information from Ryoga's 
internal monologue.