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**Hrennilasi** · 05-26-2006, 07:06 PM

I understand the feeling and admit that it kind of bugs me too. Paul makes a very good point, it is dangerous. So is there anything we, as allegedly responsible people, can do outside of making fun of them?

There are several things that we can do other than just making fun of the website.

1. Make sure that we spread the fact that REAL kendo exists and there is no substitute for it. That is done by giving demonstrations, talking about it in daily conversation and making webpages and giving links for it detailing what it is and where people can go for practice.

2. This one may or may not be considered rude, but it depends on how you go about it. You could go to the dojo and see the practice for yourself. Act like you are interested, but don't give any indication that you are planning to join. If the question of experience comes up, then you can tell them. This could go any number of ways though, but I wouldn't walk in with your chest poked our or anything.

#2 may not invoke anything, so you could always introduce yourself saying, "My name is _______ and I train with the ______ dojo in _____ and I hear you do Kendo here. Is it alright if I sit in for a class and train with you guys next time provided I have time to do so?"

Of course, #2 might be considered rude, but it's just an idea I came up with.

05-26-2006, 07:06 PM	#23
Hrennilasi Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 426 Senior Member	I understand the feeling and admit that it kind of bugs me too. Paul makes a very good point, it is dangerous. So is there anything we, as allegedly responsible people, can do outside of making fun of them? There are several things that we can do other than just making fun of the website. 1. Make sure that we spread the fact that REAL kendo exists and there is no substitute for it. That is done by giving demonstrations, talking about it in daily conversation and making webpages and giving links for it detailing what it is and where people can go for practice. 2. This one may or may not be considered rude, but it depends on how you go about it. You could go to the dojo and see the practice for yourself. Act like you are interested, but don't give any indication that you are planning to join. If the question of experience comes up, then you can tell them. This could go any number of ways though, but I wouldn't walk in with your chest poked our or anything. #2 may not invoke anything, so you could always introduce yourself saying, "My name is _______ and I train with the ______ dojo in _____ and I hear you do Kendo here. Is it alright if I sit in for a class and train with you guys next time provided I have time to do so?" Of course, #2 might be considered rude, but it's just an idea I came up with.
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