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**Lerpenoaneway** · 03-20-2011, 09:23 PM

If this is your first taikai I would say just try and show proper etiquette while entering and leaving the shiai-jo. Winning isn't important, and most people lose their first match (except in the case where there are two first-timers...then someone has to win their first match

) anyway, so it'd probably be best to attack a lot as others have said, disrupting the chances for the other person to settle. That being said, your sensei said otherwise, so take this for what it's worth.

Just try not to be too nervous, and have a good time meeting other kenshi. The first taikai is more like dipping your feet into the water before you go swimming. Test the temperature and then jump in!

03-20-2011, 09:23 PM	#10
Lerpenoaneway Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 442 Senior Member	If this is your first taikai I would say just try and show proper etiquette while entering and leaving the shiai-jo. Winning isn't important, and most people lose their first match (except in the case where there are two first-timers...then someone has to win their first match ) anyway, so it'd probably be best to attack a lot as others have said, disrupting the chances for the other person to settle. That being said, your sensei said otherwise, so take this for what it's worth. Just try not to be too nervous, and have a good time meeting other kenshi. The first taikai is more like dipping your feet into the water before you go swimming. Test the temperature and then jump in!
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