[Mediconlinee]

durrell4: All the frickin' time! But you can only just be patient.

In my experience, people in the US just starting out have a lot of misconceptions about kendo in general and it takes time for those to get straightened out (sometimes they never get resolved and those people end up quitting).

As to your beginner practice partner there, I think you should feel encouraged that this guy is actually trying to emulate the AJK champs and is interested enough to watch them...