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**Deengealf** · 04-20-2006, 10:16 AM

What's the point of these videos except to point and laugh?

There's the educational and encouragement value! Until yesterday, my kids had only seen kendo and the fancy slick hollywood swordplay (ala Last Samurai). My son has been waffling on whether it was good or not. The swords idea is cool, but it's so plain and boring not like the cool sword stuff, and it takes forever to get any good.

So, last night we watched a couple of those video clips, and I had him compare the performance against what we've seen as sandan and above kendo. There were indeed many good laughs, but he also came away with more appreciation for kendo.

04-20-2006, 10:16 AM	#11
Deengealf Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 523 Senior Member	What's the point of these videos except to point and laugh? There's the educational and encouragement value! Until yesterday, my kids had only seen kendo and the fancy slick hollywood swordplay (ala Last Samurai). My son has been waffling on whether it was good or not. The swords idea is cool, but it's so plain and boring not like the cool sword stuff, and it takes forever to get any good. So, last night we watched a couple of those video clips, and I had him compare the performance against what we've seen as sandan and above kendo. There were indeed many good laughs, but he also came away with more appreciation for kendo.
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