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**occallExtet** · 02-02-2006, 02:43 PM

First of all,...OMG ! there are actually people who run around with real swords in the woods?

I must agree with most people in this forum, kendo is not for you !
kendo is a highly traditional "sport" and takes a lot of practice and a willingness to learn and be humble to your sensai and sempai,
not to be as blunt as my country-mate mister T, but i think you concider yourself to know a lot all ready.

The reason kendo was developt is because the samurai needed a way to practice swordfighting in a safe way, and even with a bokken there was too
much risk of someone getting hurt,

Maybe fencing is more to your liking?

02-02-2006, 02:43 PM	#16
occallExtet Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 383 Senior Member	First of all,...OMG ! there are actually people who run around with real swords in the woods? I must agree with most people in this forum, kendo is not for you ! kendo is a highly traditional "sport" and takes a lot of practice and a willingness to learn and be humble to your sensai and sempai, not to be as blunt as my country-mate mister T, but i think you concider yourself to know a lot all ready. The reason kendo was developt is because the samurai needed a way to practice swordfighting in a safe way, and even with a bokken there was too much risk of someone getting hurt, Maybe fencing is more to your liking?
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