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Kendokamax:
I think Kuri and the others have made some salient points in response to your posts. It's certainly food for thought, so I have some questions for you.

When doing 'crazy kendo', how often do you throw yourself onto your opponent's shinai because you had no seme and he held centre?

How often when you are jumping around does someone hit you with a debana technique, or some other effective shikake waza?

How do you see the overall quality of your kendo compared with when you were practising straight cuts and economy of movement?

Are you not concerned that the bad habits you are getting into now will detract from your kendo, rather than add to it?


When I see someone doing this sort of kendo, I am filled with an overwhelming urge to take them apart piece by piece to show them just how ineffective it really is. I don't always do it - but if I feel they might learn something, they get a smackdown.

Hey, where did this soapbox come from?

Anyway, erm. . .my goals in kendo:
Short term:
*Make the Australian team headed for Glasgow next year
*Earn my 4Dan

I have goals that I try and achieve at every training, sometimes I do, sometimes not. IMNSHO - the most important thing about goals is a) to make sure they are clear and specific, b) to make sure that they are beneficial to what you are trying to achieve overal.

Practice doesn't make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect.