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**seatlyled** · 11-16-2006, 12:13 AM

thanks for all your help guys. I dont intend to compete until I feel confident that i would stand a chance not to get clobbered while trying to follow the rules. All the fancy terms you mentioned i dont understand yet so if you could explain them it would be much appreciated. I could probably hold my own in sword combat from my previous experience but I know that kendo has many more rules than that and i probably wouldnt be a very safe opponant atm.
Also, just out of interest; does anyone know of any people who, outside of the holiwood movies, have done quite well competing as a relatively new person to the art? Just curious because sometimes it happens in karate.
Martino, its good to see a fellow aussie in the forums :-) good on you!

Hi there, I train at a perth dojo. To compete you need to have joined a club (noone can walk in and compete without a club), do AT LEAST a 6 months beginners course, paid the fees to join the association, plus a few months in bogu (armour) and even then you will only compete if your sensei lets you. And considering the high dropout rate, dont worry about competing until youve done all that and are still enthusiastic!

And no, I dont think anyone new to kendo does well in competitions unless their opponent doesnt turn up. You are simply cannon fodder for your first few tournaments - other martial arts youve done previously arent going to help you.

What exactly do you mean by "previous sword combat experience"?

There are good kendo dojos at Curtin uni, Murdoch uni and UWA, plus one in CanningVale (google is a wonderful thing). There will be a tournament on the 2nd of December at the Murdoch uni if you want to go along and watch. Google the Western Australian Kendo Renmei and it wil give training times, beginners course times and info on the tournament and links to the club websites.

Good luck

11-16-2006, 12:13 AM	#9
seatlyled Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 476 Senior Member	thanks for all your help guys. I dont intend to compete until I feel confident that i would stand a chance not to get clobbered while trying to follow the rules. All the fancy terms you mentioned i dont understand yet so if you could explain them it would be much appreciated. I could probably hold my own in sword combat from my previous experience but I know that kendo has many more rules than that and i probably wouldnt be a very safe opponant atm. Also, just out of interest; does anyone know of any people who, outside of the holiwood movies, have done quite well competing as a relatively new person to the art? Just curious because sometimes it happens in karate. Martino, its good to see a fellow aussie in the forums :-) good on you! Hi there, I train at a perth dojo. To compete you need to have joined a club (noone can walk in and compete without a club), do AT LEAST a 6 months beginners course, paid the fees to join the association, plus a few months in bogu (armour) and even then you will only compete if your sensei lets you. And considering the high dropout rate, dont worry about competing until youve done all that and are still enthusiastic! And no, I dont think anyone new to kendo does well in competitions unless their opponent doesnt turn up. You are simply cannon fodder for your first few tournaments - other martial arts youve done previously arent going to help you. What exactly do you mean by "previous sword combat experience"? There are good kendo dojos at Curtin uni, Murdoch uni and UWA, plus one in CanningVale (google is a wonderful thing). There will be a tournament on the 2nd of December at the Murdoch uni if you want to go along and watch. Google the Western Australian Kendo Renmei and it wil give training times, beginners course times and info on the tournament and links to the club websites. Good luck
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