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**IRYzouNv** · 02-14-2011, 11:28 AM

Nebosuke:
Thank you for your reply, but please explain "menjo"??

The certificate you get after passing a ranking exam.

I realize it must be personally frustrating to feel that your progress is slow, and possibly give you anxiety as those around you move past you in rank. I was asking if you enjoy kendo and get other benefits from it. A menjo means that you were able to display what a panel believes is a level of competency. What a menjo doesn’t reflect is what you’ve gotten out of kendo.

You mention not having natural talent for kendo. Sure some people are naturally athletic, some are natural competitors, and a few are both. But natural talent can pose problems further down the line. When things come easy at first, you don’t learn how to put in the hard work to make progress when you hit that wall, and natural talent will only take you so far. There is always a wall to hit. And then another.

So, is kendo for you, or is it something you tired and ultimately didn’t care for? The only right answer is your own.

02-14-2011, 11:28 AM	#12
IRYzouNv Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 477 Senior Member	Nebosuke: Thank you for your reply, but please explain "menjo"?? The certificate you get after passing a ranking exam. I realize it must be personally frustrating to feel that your progress is slow, and possibly give you anxiety as those around you move past you in rank. I was asking if you enjoy kendo and get other benefits from it. A menjo means that you were able to display what a panel believes is a level of competency. What a menjo doesn’t reflect is what you’ve gotten out of kendo. You mention not having natural talent for kendo. Sure some people are naturally athletic, some are natural competitors, and a few are both. But natural talent can pose problems further down the line. When things come easy at first, you don’t learn how to put in the hard work to make progress when you hit that wall, and natural talent will only take you so far. There is always a wall to hit. And then another. So, is kendo for you, or is it something you tired and ultimately didn’t care for? The only right answer is your own.
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