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**HedgeYourBets** · 03-10-2009, 03:22 PM

Very common:
Me: I practice kendo
Others: Tae-kendo?
Me: No, just KENDO.
Others: Is that like Tae-kendo?

People whom I've talked about it a million times also ask me how long I've been doing "tae-kendo".

I used to get this a lot: "Oh cool, Kendo. I did Kung-fu once it's like that...no huh... ok...."

The best one regarding bogu and shinai bags and such was one time me and my wife were unloading our bogu from the car at the parking lot and this guy in a car stops by and asks "hey you guys went scuba diving?"

Most of the time people have no clue what I'm talking about and aren't very interested in details either. I can tell by the "huh wha?" looks on their faces. They're not prepared to accept a martial art that is NOT "like karate".
The word "Kendo" can also turn into a lame pun in Portuguese and some smartasses try to pull it through.

03-10-2009, 03:22 PM	#14
HedgeYourBets Join Date Aug 2008 Posts 4,655 Senior Member	Very common: Me: I practice kendo Others: Tae-kendo? Me: No, just KENDO. Others: Is that like Tae-kendo? People whom I've talked about it a million times also ask me how long I've been doing "tae-kendo". I used to get this a lot: "Oh cool, Kendo. I did Kung-fu once it's like that...no huh... ok...." The best one regarding bogu and shinai bags and such was one time me and my wife were unloading our bogu from the car at the parking lot and this guy in a car stops by and asks "hey you guys went scuba diving?" Most of the time people have no clue what I'm talking about and aren't very interested in details either. I can tell by the "huh wha?" looks on their faces. They're not prepared to accept a martial art that is NOT "like karate". The word "Kendo" can also turn into a lame pun in Portuguese and some smartasses try to pull it through.
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