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**noingenah** · 09-02-2006, 12:40 PM

It probably happens all over the world and it is mostly ignorance. My Iaido dojo practices in a university rec. center so we get lots of window shoppers. Most times it's just quiet observing but sometimes they start talking loudly and disrupting the class or letting rip with the whole 'SAMURAI!!!!!! WOOT' thing or blatant disrespect.

The best way to deal I find is to just ignore them until they start disrupting keiko in which case you have to talk to them. Besides, what's a bunch of snide comments by ignorant people to us? I'd rather get back to practice.

It's also a good lesson in putting distractions out of mind though this one time I heard of people from the university's kendo dojo making fun of Iaido because it was boring/no action. That was a little unnerving considering they were kendoka (albeit ignorant kendoka) but it's just something you have to let roll off your shoulder.

09-02-2006, 12:40 PM	#10
noingenah Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 474 Senior Member	It probably happens all over the world and it is mostly ignorance. My Iaido dojo practices in a university rec. center so we get lots of window shoppers. Most times it's just quiet observing but sometimes they start talking loudly and disrupting the class or letting rip with the whole 'SAMURAI!!!!!! WOOT' thing or blatant disrespect. The best way to deal I find is to just ignore them until they start disrupting keiko in which case you have to talk to them. Besides, what's a bunch of snide comments by ignorant people to us? I'd rather get back to practice. It's also a good lesson in putting distractions out of mind though this one time I heard of people from the university's kendo dojo making fun of Iaido because it was boring/no action. That was a little unnerving considering they were kendoka (albeit ignorant kendoka) but it's just something you have to let roll off your shoulder.
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