[VYholden]

Quite the gamble to jump into bogu immediately, if I may be so frank.

As enjoyable as kendo is, or may seem, even, it is not for everyone, and decent bogu is a heavy investment. On top of that, in my dojo's experience at least, people who get into bogu too soon tend to quit kendo altogether shortly after.

I'm not saying this will happen to you, but with a rather shallow anime (I know, I watched it too) as your primary reference, I recommend that you at least keep your bogu receipt 'til you're positive you're comfortable with endless amounts of footwork, air cuts and sound kiai - all of which you'll need a fair understanding of before you should even think about going into actual "battle".

Having said all that, best of luck and enjoy yourself.