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**HaroldMY** · 09-08-2010, 07:12 PM

Only being involved for a year and a half, I'm uncertain of how qualified I am to answer. I did find a short film about Kendo, though. Being so new, I can't quite tell if it's accurate, but from all the reactions of more experienced Kendoka I've seen, it seems pretty good. It's called "4th Dan". It's not dubbed in English, but it does have English subtitles, and it's not very dialogue heavy anyway. You can enjoy it without understanding. I hope it helps to answer your question. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pxp7gmJHNjw

I thought that was fun, but I've never hallucinated phantom kenshi during training, nor been afraid to face their phantom ass in jigeiko. It should be called the Third Dan, though. (spoilers!)

I should clarify my earlier post. If you expect kendo to be anything like the training sequences in The Last Samurai, you may well be disappointed.

09-08-2010, 07:12 PM	#7
HaroldMY Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 512 Senior Member	Only being involved for a year and a half, I'm uncertain of how qualified I am to answer. I did find a short film about Kendo, though. Being so new, I can't quite tell if it's accurate, but from all the reactions of more experienced Kendoka I've seen, it seems pretty good. It's called "4th Dan". It's not dubbed in English, but it does have English subtitles, and it's not very dialogue heavy anyway. You can enjoy it without understanding. I hope it helps to answer your question. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pxp7gmJHNjw I thought that was fun, but I've never hallucinated phantom kenshi during training, nor been afraid to face their phantom ass in jigeiko. It should be called the Third Dan, though. (spoilers!) I should clarify my earlier post. If you expect kendo to be anything like the training sequences in The Last Samurai, you may well be disappointed.
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