[Ternneowns]

I know there are some bloggers here, at least Paburo, Oroshi and Kenzan. There are certainly other, and I ask this simple question: Why?

I certainly won't start any blog in the next years, because I have nothing interresting to write, especially if the whole planet can read it.

[Bejemoelemymn]

In my special case is a sort of "journal".

The objective is for everyone to read and see thought the eyes of a beginner how is the "way of the sword" in a country where you can't find dojos everywhere. It also helps me out to think about what I've done, to express desires and what I have achieved.

It is written in Spanish because for me it's very important to make things "available" to other like myself.

[Lilji]

Used to be a blogger, now I have a myspace. In that case, I think is more complete and easy to use...

[Wavgbtif]

I'm using the word "blogger" as "somebody who as a personnal internet page", myspace included.

[benderkoz]

Oh, then I'm still a blogger

[BGThomasis]

I blog on my own myspace page. But i use it as a way to feed my inner badness. Many things on my blog is kind of ghetto and negative thinking & cocky. But it helps satisfy my aggressive nature. Therefore i don't realy share it.

However, Kenzan has a really nice blog/journal, very inspiring...when he's not backyard ninjer hunting j/k bro.

I saw your myspace page, Lady kitsune -- it's pretty good.

[MzTT]

You brog?
I brog too!
I ruv brog!
Broggeen isa suupa-numba-one-bitchin'-keek-ahssa-aw-soome~!

BROG! tm
Ita what for Yuushoku!

Can you tell that I have just eaten several fudge cookies?
Whoo-HOOOOOOOOO!

[Audi_z]

I blog because I want a record of my training, and I'd like to hear what people think of it and any suggestions they might have. Comment, please!

[Adamdjeffe]

Politically active...
http://guelphfirst.blogspot.com/

[milfovoxapl]

My blog is mainly for documenting my slow progression, collecting pics of cool dogs, and some of my favorite foods.

hehe I like to eat

www.myspace.com/kendo_kapplow

[bgsavings]

I have multiple websites and stuff like that... even started a blog or 2 but I prefer forums mostly as I don't take care of myspace-facebook-Yahoo 360 type of pages too well. I maintain a couple of actual web sites so most of the time I spend taking care of those instead of personal stuff. I started the personal ones mostly because friends of mine asked me to.

[MilenaMKB]

I know there are some bloggers here, at least Paburo, Oroshi and Kenzan. There are certainly other, and I ask this simple question: Why?

1. Because I already blogged for other reasons.

2. Because I find it encourages me to sit down and think about my training in a different context. Finding my way through my training experience in words is another way of cementing what I've learned -- of integrating it into the whole that is my life.

3. I don't do anything on my blog for other people, specifically. I write things and have fun when I have conversations based on what I wrote. Sometimes an issue will come up elsewhere and I use my blog to further the discussion by posting pictures or linking videos.

4. I blog because with 10 hours a week of budo and 45 hours at work, I have precious little time for face-to-face contact where I'm not practicing how to hurt people.

-Beth

[radikal]

Because I'm too lazy to hand write things :P

I also like designing a layout...

[DonnyKong]

I blog because I like typing out my thoughts for all to see. On my blog, I usually talk about my Kendo practice or anything Kendo related that I feel is important to me. It would really be enhanced if I were to get replies on my blogs, but this is more for me so it's not that big of a deal.

[dselectronics]

I keep a video game related blog at Gamespot.com. I blog because I want to comment on events that happen within the industry and have people comment on them, it's really that simple. On the rare occasions that I blog about life in general It's usually just impersonal crap, I actually rather disagree with people whining about their life on the internet. I mean, who the hell cares?

[ChexEcodece]

I blog... I started a few time ago, my 1st thought was that it´d be a good way to keep some friends I don´t see often of my whereabouts so I was writing about many things in general, I also started writting some kind of "stories" to have a good laugh with friends, these are called "GO ORIMPOS NO SHO" as a representation of the nonsense written by me based on experiences and well, stories with more friends! It´s been funny, also to see the comments appear and dissappear... Lately I´ve left it behind for a while urging to do not write about kendo because many friends just don´t care and it was not a kendo journal in the begginning.

[PhilipBartew]

I have a facebook account.. to keep in touch with friends who have moved away and to keep in touch with those who havent.


http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=520181805

[Lilji]

I was inspired by the "Suburi Diaries" and having been encouraged by my own teacher to maintain a kendo-diary, I decided to make it a blog. It's gone through various stages of activity, but for the year or so, it helped me formulate many questions and answers about myself and kendo. It also proved to be reasonably popular.
It's been tricky at times and you have to be careful with the way to describe practices with other people. I have read other people's blogs where I've 'featured' and I was amazed at their description of 'beating me' when the situation from my perspective was opposite.
This prompted me to take great of not judging other peoples kendo and make a greater effort of being honest about my own practices.
I don't have as much to say anymore as I used to, but with my grading coming up at the end of this year, I'll probably get a bit more introspective and have some more nonsense to write.

[LorencoLoricelli]

I know there are some bloggers here, at least Paburo, Oroshi and Kenzan. There are certainly other, and I ask this simple question: Why?

I certainly won't start any blog in the next years, because I have nothing interresting to write, especially if the whole planet can read it.

whoa... too many reasons actually. let's start...

1. i have a lot, a WHOLE lot of family and friends widespread all around the world, so initially i started my blog as a way to let them know of my whereabouts and how i was doing and keep them updated all at the same time without the need to email each one of them (coughlazybastardcough). comments work as a feedback and hey-whats-up checks between us too.

2. kendo-wise, it is a way to keep my progress documented... but most important it is a way to keep immortalised all of those good-priceless moments of kendo camps, sayounara parties, tournament goofs and all of those non-politically correct pictures, videos, and stories of our kendo-friends-gang.

to be honest, i actually have a small handwritten paper journal/notebook with very serious notes about kendo and secret techniques from sensei. and whenever i write a serious article about kendo i post it on our dojos website(i'm the webmaster) and usually not only on my blog. so my livejournal is mostly an outlet for the anything goes crazy-funny-kinky stuff that i CAN'T post anywhere else!

3- i do it for the fans and the groupies


btw, i should update soon... i just came from another kendo camp-stage-taikai. and my kendo-mates made me a bogu-men-shaped piñata for my bday haha. kickass

[SHaEFU0i]

Like most of those who answered this question, I too started blogging because I wanted to organize my ideas about kendo.
At the same time, when I started it there were very few people praticing in Portugal, let alone trying to keep some sort of info source aobut kendo.
So I did it.