[HcMkOKiz]

My sensei said that people who practice kendo suffer from fewer strokes because of all of the hits to the head.

no wonder! i had mini-stroke last year.. since then i haven't had any! i need more kendo practice.

pete

[Rememavotscam]

Does this imply something about tsuki? Granted most of us don't take nearly as many as a boxer does punches.

I don't think that's quite it. From what I've heard, the damage comes from the head snapping back and forth which causes the brain to move around, and another major point of injury are knockout, during which the brain sorta turns off for a second and the head impacts the floor.

[Yinekol]

My Sensei keeps on telling us to hit harder.. and hit harder..

well.. sometimes i think i'm getting seconds blackouts after he strikes my men..

i cant understand if that is even humanly possible with a shinai... just to note that try not to talk or you'll bite your tongue

[exsmoker]

Probably. I don't think that it will make a difference to me, I haven't really noticed any changes to my intelligence. I was blonde to start with.

Amen to that!

[diplmixxxx]

also, some people have the added advantage of being 'dumb' without having to be hit.

hahahah that cracked me up..but i read that sometimes you get a ringing in ur ear...but isn't it true taht everytime your ear gets that ring it means you're losing a little of your hearing?

[AlabamaBoyz]

Yeah, hearing damage is something I'm quite concerned with. I'm an aspiring musician and I plan to go to music college for the next 4-6 years. In other words: My ears will be the things earning me money in the future (together with my hands, of course)
Does kendo cause any hearing damage or not? If it does, I guess I'll just wear earplugs under my men

[hrotedk]

I was once told a story by my Sensei, now I don;t know the whole thing so i'll tell you in brief.

Some cocky dude was annoying a really top ranking Japanese Sensei (this is in Japan), the cocky dude wasn't a beginner mind.... Anyhoo, he was prancing around and showing off so much that the Sensei hit a certain point (on purpose) on the dude's men that actually burst his ear drums (something to do with air pressure in the men). Ever since the dude calmed down and drilled holes in the side of his men so that it couldn't happen again.

So yeah, It can affect your hearing...

He probably hit him with a yoko men to the ear. It doesn't have much to do with air pressure in the men as much as it hast to do with being hit by a rapidly moving heavy object.

[JMLot]

A really good kote nuki men can just about knock you out, definitely buckle your knees. The problem with boxers is that the brain hits the inside wall of the skull when head goes one way and the brain doesn't. Seems to me that when you get hit men the head doesn't move and the brain doen't smash against the skull.

[anderriter]

Seems to me that when you get hit men the head doesn't move and the brain doen't smash against the skull.

Good. I don't want a cerebral hematoma.

Is drilling holes at the ears of the men a recommended thing, anyway? I mean, it helps you hear better and gives you ventilation and stuff... as long as you fix it up right so that it doesn't fray and the stitching doesn't come undone.

[Zvmwissq]

Ever since the dude calmed down and drilled holes in the side of his men so that it couldn't happen again.

So yeah, It can affect your hearing...

I have been playing for a long time.... I am just as sane now as I was back when I started. Ohh... I did have to drill holes in the side of my men too, but it was not for the air presssure... it is to let the voices out of my head.


Alex da madman

[sanddrareyk]

next time, dont drill the holes in your men while wearing it alex.

[Cvo1iRT0]

Haha. Nice.

[Qauunet]

...but i had seen cases where people come with old subarachnoid haemmorhage. A neurosurgeon said that these might be due to a very old injury sustained a few years back.So maybe there is a miniscule possibility to this.

[Idonnaink]

Good. I don't want a cerebral hematoma.

I

A hematoma is bad but not half as much a worry as a haemorrhage, which Men or not you could get quite feasibly (and easily) just by falling backwards and hitting the back of your head on the dojo floor.

[viagracheapest]

...but i had seen cases where people come with old subarachnoid haemmorhage. A neurosurgeon said that these might be due to a very old injury sustained a few years back.So maybe there is a miniscule possibility to this.

Hockey players get them alot, my brother did. They drill holes in your skull to let off the pressure so the advice of drilling the men with your head in it might be good.

[letittbe]

Theres a chance of permanent damage in all arts. Aikido, Jujistu, judo, karate, all if done incorrectly can result in damage to oneself that may only become apparent years down the line. If you train yourself to practice correcttly at and early stage then you can avoid future injury. I recall a story about an okinawan chap who practiced Goja ryu, he died at about 45, the reason being that he used incorrect dynamic tension whilst practising kata. Something as small as that.

[iNYZgxNC]

I recall a story about an okinawan chap who practiced Goja ryu, he died at about 45, the reason being that he used incorrect dynamic tension whilst practising kata. Something as small as that.

Then there was the guy in "Angry white pyjamas" who died on the Dojo floor after a heavy training session....

Hockey players get them alot, my brother did. They drill holes in your skull to let off the pressure so the advice of drilling the men with your head in it might be good

Yikes! Did he survive?