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Hahaha... this is an interesting thread.

Well, back when I was in high school, my grade had a number of groups and we had a name for each of them because they were all unique in one sense or another. Firstly, there were the Surfies (these were the "cool" people that liked surfing and the beach, and some played in rock bands), the Yobbos (these guys liked beer and partying, and were very fond of their football), the Druggies (these people enjoyed "recreational" pastimes, often freaky), and the Nerds (these were the studious types but most of them were really funny comedians). There was also an all-girls group called the Circle Group because they would always sit in a circle at the quadrangle and talk. I didn't really belong to any of these groups because I used to just hang out with my three best mates all the time but I suppose I did spend more time with the Nerds then any other group.

Anyway, I'm only aware of two people from my grade that does kendo (myself included) and we both started when we were at university. The funny thing is that we both have an East-Asian heritage and we both have an interest in Japan (we studied Japanese together at high school). My opinion is that most people in Australia that do kendo are either: (a) of Asian background that want to do a sport that is familiar to their cultural heritage; (b) of Non-Asian background that have a fascination and appreciation of all things Japanese; or (c) those that just find the idea of doing kendo exciting and challenging.