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As far as leadership turnover goes, that's rather minimal because we have a sandan (soon to be yondan, hopefully) helping us out there. Plus, even though I'm only ikkyu, I plan on staying with the club as long as I stay in town even after I've graduated.

Kendo being the way that it is, I find it difficult to keep the practice interesting for the beginners without sacrificing practice for those in bogu. And as we all know, you can't throw beginners in bogu without strong basics (even thougb I'm sure that's what they want).

As far as my goals for the club are concerned, I would like to build a club with strong basics, which is active in the kendo community. By this I mean, participate in shiai, shinsa, and visit other dojo for keiko. We have eight, maybe nine, members in bogu, which isn't bad, but three of them are rather hopeless.

I see these members as otaku looking for something Japanese to do a couple times a week. It just frustrates me that the members we have do not actively participate in the club, whether it be keiko or decision-making. I also think these people sort of scare interested people away as well.

Maybe my expectations are too high for a university club, but it's still frustrating. Oh, and we have this rule that 75% of the club has to be undergrads, which severely limits the number of community members we can have.

Guess I should just focus on my own kendo. Shodan test is coming up quick!