[Gastonleruanich]

hello everybody i have done kendo before i started when i was fifteen and pact it in when i went to live in south africa at the age of 20 i found a club when i was there and trained for a while untill i had a bad car crash and damaged my lumbar area ,now twelve years have past and ive been doing karate for the past year to get myself back on track aiming to get back to kendo we don't have a kendo club anywhere near me untill i heard my club is starting kendo class's in september what i was wondering is can i ever really be able to get back into kendo knowing how much is involved in the training many thank's danny

[Byxtysaaqwuz]

if you can hack the karate its worth giving kendo a try again. though id ask a sports doctory thing for an opinion first (dont ask your gp unless s/he knows kendo-just my personal experience)
if not theres always iai. wheres bouts do you live?
good luck

[maxfieldj1]

i would think your post is self explanitory, knowing what your getting yourself into means you would have to want to do it, and the title is 'i want to get back into kendo' cheers.

[Snuddyentaine]

cheers for the reply's i live in walton on thames surrey

[Allorneadesee]

Good luck! I hope you're successful in getting to a good dojo.

Welcome back to kendo.

[Cerilopasei]

cheers for the reply's i live in walton on thames surrey

There are several excellent Dojo you can go to then. Good luck Dan.

[pXss8cyx]

hello everybody i have done kendo before i started when i was fifteen and pact it in when i went to live in south africa at the age of 20 i found a club when i was there and trained for a while untill i had a bad car crash and damaged my lumbar area ,now twelve years have past and ive been doing karate for the past year to get myself back on track aiming to get back to kendo we don't have a kendo club anywhere near me untill i heard my club is starting kendo class's in september what i was wondering is can i ever really be able to get back into kendo knowing how much is involved in the training many thank's danny

Hi Danielson

If your lumbar injury hasn't stopped you training in Karate then it won't stop you training in Kendo...

My only concern would be whether you have any damage to your feet, ankles, lower leg... as you know, Kendo would certainly aggravate these...!

For Dojo in your area... check out the South-East England page on the BKA site : http://www.kendo.org.uk/dojo/england_se.shtml

Good luck..!

[24MurinivaMak]

thanks to you all again for your replies you have all made me feel very welcome and even more determind and eager to get back to kendo i just hope im not dissapointed with my new teacher as my old teacher was very phylosophical (i hope this is spelt right)about his training danny

[sadgpokx]

isnt andy watson on here from surrey? maybe he can direct you to a good phyilosholophically type dojo