[nanyaHgoc]

Kendo was really hard to find when I started (same age as you Karana). It's a little bit more common now, but not much. There was only one club in Melbourne (now there's six, not including iaido/jodo clubs). I think Star Wars and especially Empire Strikes Back, with Yoda and the training sequences lit the flame, but it wasn't until Frank Miller's "Ronin" came out that I really had to do something about my interest. I became mildly obsessed (Does anyone remember having to wait for each issue to come out? It got longer and longer, and he kept revising his drawing style. I prefer the look of the early issues. The weird "bubbles" of the later ones just looked goofy! Awesome story though. Amazing it has escaped Hollywoodification for so long...).

Karana, is Singapore Kendo Club your nearest one? They seem to have the most exlcusive beginner's course in the world.

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