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**escolubtessen** · 07-08-2007, 09:01 AM

One advantage kendo has over golf is it only takes a couple of hours, whereas golf is a major chunk of your day gone. That's why I only golf 3 or 4 times a year even though I love it - it's just too much time, given how much I already commit to kendo. I know guys who golf 3 times a week, I think they're making a mistake in priorities.

I played golf a lot since I was a kid and eventually had a 9 handicap. I quit because I realized that the only way I could get better would be to give up everything else and devote myself entirely to golf.

I just didn't have that kind of love for golf.

Now kendo, I'm pretty sure that I will never get to world class level or hachidan but there is something different about it. For the last two years it has been physical therapy for me and i am convinced it has saved my life. As I approach 60, I worry about the time when I will not be able to work up a sweat and can't play the young guys anymore.

Poker is no fun anymore since I had to quit smoking cigars.

07-08-2007, 09:01 AM	#36
escolubtessen Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 424 Senior Member	One advantage kendo has over golf is it only takes a couple of hours, whereas golf is a major chunk of your day gone. That's why I only golf 3 or 4 times a year even though I love it - it's just too much time, given how much I already commit to kendo. I know guys who golf 3 times a week, I think they're making a mistake in priorities. I played golf a lot since I was a kid and eventually had a 9 handicap. I quit because I realized that the only way I could get better would be to give up everything else and devote myself entirely to golf. I just didn't have that kind of love for golf. Now kendo, I'm pretty sure that I will never get to world class level or hachidan but there is something different about it. For the last two years it has been physical therapy for me and i am convinced it has saved my life. As I approach 60, I worry about the time when I will not be able to work up a sweat and can't play the young guys anymore. Poker is no fun anymore since I had to quit smoking cigars.
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