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**SaamanthaSterlyng** · 07-19-2007, 11:27 PM

Are you teaching your kids "play" kendo? I assume you do the same for Judo... but what about Sumo, Iaido, or Aikido? And if you dont "play Sumo" then why do you "play kendo" ?

Mostly, you "play kendo" because every one of your students in the kendo club has learned that phrase backwards and forwards and is unable to change it. I think I tried teaching them practice for that, and I know I tried with Judo, etc. It never really stuck, though.

At this point, I've been here three years and all of it sounds perfectly normal to me. I expect people to play kendo, or play aikido, or play ninjitsu in the US as well.

I realized I was lost to English forever when it stopped phasing me that one of my student's dreams was to grow cows.

07-19-2007, 11:27 PM	#37
SaamanthaSterlyng Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 362 Senior Member	Are you teaching your kids "play" kendo? I assume you do the same for Judo... but what about Sumo, Iaido, or Aikido? And if you dont "play Sumo" then why do you "play kendo" ? Mostly, you "play kendo" because every one of your students in the kendo club has learned that phrase backwards and forwards and is unable to change it. I think I tried teaching them practice for that, and I know I tried with Judo, etc. It never really stuck, though. At this point, I've been here three years and all of it sounds perfectly normal to me. I expect people to play kendo, or play aikido, or play ninjitsu in the US as well. I realized I was lost to English forever when it stopped phasing me that one of my student's dreams was to grow cows.
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