[Hofonom]

Hi all!

Found this forum a while ago. Have been reading, but now I feel like asking as well.

Umm... So do you think the high school kendo training is effective? I have a couple of Japanese friends who said that a large proportion of the kendo population was lost when those young kendoka got into universities. It is like... their parents/school compulsary education made them into kendo. Whether they will stay as a kendoka for the rest of their lives really depends.

Besides, I think it is quite hard to explain the concept of "seme" and other "technical stuff" to a kid... if they treat kendo as a form of exercise/sports rather than martial arts...

What do u think?

Jenny