[lodsemelf]

Great news! Glad you enjoyed it

[quote=Damien_lucifer;249160]
my wrists and arms hurt a little, but all in all a GREAT day
/quote]

Your already one step ahead of me... I usually hurt all over after practice.

Any blisters yet?

[educationonlines]

no blisters yet, no, but my throat hurts, i dont think im Kiai'ing right, is it sposed to come from the lungs or from the stomach?
Uuuuse the search feature Luuuuc........

[illiderob]

The sooner you get blisters the better as you can then get past them to tough feet and not have to worry too much. When I returned in October I made sure I was getting as much wear on my soles as possible to get through that stage, took about three weeks.

The most important thing is to stay as focused as possible during the lesson. Pay as much attention to your teacher as you can, it's only a couple of hours so keep that concentration up. At first there's half a million things you are expecting to train your body to do which it has never done before. As time goes by these will become second nature and you will not have to worry about them but at first just try to relax and concentrate.

[movlabc]

I can't believe the first lesson goes so far. I remember doing only suriashi for the first couple of weeks.

[Inconykic]

yeah that's a lot for a first lesson, mine just consisted of basic footwork..but congrats and glad you liked it

[MasTaBlau]

Wow!
KiriKaeshi on your first day?
I didn't start Kirikaeshi until after a few months I think....

But good for you!
Ganbatte!

[BadbarmrapBef]

Relax...take deep breaths.
You still are a prospective beginner.
(and so am I for that matter)

It was your first day.
Please tell us again about your wonderful extreme passion for Kendo in a year from now.
Whatever you do, don't give up!

[NodePark]

well as i said, the sensei seemed impessed with us, so maybe thats why he put us straight into kirikaeshi, but we also had other prospective beginers watching so maybe thats why???

i think alot of you thought i was a back yard nija when i first started posting here, and some of you probbally thought i would never attend a dojo and just liked to talk about it, but, Kendo to me is such an extreme passion, im continually thinking about it, i read up on the terms and vocabulary every day, some one at work only has to vagualy mention a martial art and im of on some kendo related tirade, in short, i LOVE kendo, and im glad your all here to go through it with me

You still are a backyard ninja.

[TolleyBoymn]

What we need here is another brillinantly and scathingly witty image of some backyard Ninjery action from the Shred Lord.

[WXQMQFIr]

I recognize the feeling damien but like with all new loves, this passion and heat with lessen. There will be the hard times. There comes a time when the hardest thing to do in kendo, is attending practice.
whatever happens, however demotivated you are, how much you are conviced you suck and dont improve, keep dragging your ass to practice. a ffew weeks, maybe months, maybe a year later, you'll notice you have improved that how, imo, kendo improves your character,

if you do something, and want to get good at, its gonna take alot of commitment, alot of time, and alot of hard work.

but its so damn worth it
IVe only been at it for a couple of years, still in my kyu-ages (going for shodan in a couple of months) so Im still a beginner but Ive had times that I really did not wanted to go, but forced myself. once Im at the dojo, I have no problem giving it my all

Greatness can only be achieved through great failure

[QbCp7LaZ]

haha, no, no im not, i dont fight outside, i dont claim to know much about the art of kendo, and i dont post picz of me self and my m8s killing each ovva sumfing good wit our l337 sword skillz!

Kendo is for the Dojo, and i know that, i honestly dont consider my self a backyard ninja (OMG AM I???) and i STILL cant belive i got compared to kendoka_han in another post :P

yes you are

We don't even know if actually do practice there, because your report from practice sounds fake. Why would you even lie about something like that?

[sbgctsa]

When I was practicing at uni it was a Tuesday night and everything led up to that night and then relaxed for the remainder of the week. When I say led up it was an uphill struggle, get it out of the way, even though I did enjoy it.

Now it's Wednesday and I look forward to it, can't wait. Missing it is a real disappointment. After class I can't wait for the next one.

What a difference a decade makes...

[finnmontserrat]

Wow, I'm also impressed 'bout your first class. As nebosuke and nubbysan it took a lot of time to start with kirikaeshi. Although it may be 'cause your quick development it still struck me as odd that a sensei made you do that. Kamae, footwork, proper distance... it's odd. I thought everybody should first try to grab correctly the bokken before even trying to use a shinai.

Anyway, don't loose that passion. As it also was said before me (how original of me, uh?) there's going to be hard times. It's for sure. Granted. So, always remember that kendo it's a very looooooooooooooooong way to go.

Enjoy every step!

[jgztw2es]

Something smells fishy ... and I just had a shower so it aint me!

[miel]

Give the guy a break. He was being a bit of a twat, we moaned at him to go to a dojo. He says he's been to one, cool. We should all be happy.

If he's not really been to a dojo then that's a bit said that he'd make it up, but that's his problem, and there's no real reason not to believe him, other than that it's not the way we all started.

[OlgaBorovikovva]

Something smells fishy ... and I just had a shower so it aint me!

but "smell" is in your name!

[xqkAY7Lg]

but "smell" is in your name!

But it's SmellsLikeBogu, not SmellsLikeFugu.

[Opperioav]

I was there that evening at Hatamoto Kendo Kai and yes, while it was incredibly odd that he put us as beginners in at the deep end it's also possible that he went for a sink or swim technique.

Sensei said halfway through the session that he was incredibly impressed with our progress and that we had no 'physical dyslexics,' which was an incredibly good thing as he went on to say that some people are completely unable to do Kendo.

The session, if anything went incredibly fast, what was an hour and 45 minutes seemed like no more than half an hour but it was Sensei, one Sempai, myself, Damien and three spectators so it was literally all eyes on the newbies. We spent the first probably fourty five minutes to an hour working through correct handling, footwork and such but this became progressively complicated throughout the practice as Sensei performed what seemed to be stress testing in relation to our ability to hand eye co-ordinate especially in doing men-men cuts (can't remember the exact terminology, but the one where you step forward cut, step backwards cut.)

But yeah, I assure you the session was real, otherwise I've paid money for a pretend shinai and a dream and in which case I want my money back!

[ufUUZCnc]

But it's SmellsLikeBogu, not SmellsLikeFugu.

Bogu doesnt stink... honestly! everyone who has entered my room who isnt kendoka, will disagree but they're wrong I tell ya! wrong! I just love the smell of kendo in the morning

[Rqvtwlfk]

wow hiki technique on his second lesson most beginners at our club are still trying to grasp basic okuri-ashi the first month