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**Yb4bulVR** · 06-03-2008, 10:54 AM

I am a beginner. The first thing I did when I started a couple months ago was run out and buy three books (and read this website a lot). I got:

Kendo: Elements, Rules and Philosophy
This is Kendo; and
The Definitive Guide to Kendo

I like all three books. "This Is Kendo" feels quaint at time, partially because it is older and the English translation is 1960s-formal, but I like the concepts and theme in it a lot. Of the three, Elements is my favorite, but maybe as I get more experienced that will shift (and it may just be because I think it's in native English and not a translation).

The only note I will make on books is that I've read them all cover to cover now and, unless we've actually done it in class, the technique/wazas make little sense to me. I think a lot of kendo is just doing, so the coolest parts of the books to me, so far, are the history and philosophy sections.

06-03-2008, 10:54 AM	#8
Yb4bulVR Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 549 Senior Member	I am a beginner. The first thing I did when I started a couple months ago was run out and buy three books (and read this website a lot). I got: Kendo: Elements, Rules and Philosophy This is Kendo; and The Definitive Guide to Kendo I like all three books. "This Is Kendo" feels quaint at time, partially because it is older and the English translation is 1960s-formal, but I like the concepts and theme in it a lot. Of the three, Elements is my favorite, but maybe as I get more experienced that will shift (and it may just be because I think it's in native English and not a translation). The only note I will make on books is that I've read them all cover to cover now and, unless we've actually done it in class, the technique/wazas make little sense to me. I think a lot of kendo is just doing, so the coolest parts of the books to me, so far, are the history and philosophy sections.
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