DiscussWorldIssues - Socio-Economic Religion and Political Uncensored Debate - View Single Post

**TessUnsonia** · 04-10-2006, 11:42 PM

Fuzzie,

You've got a good iai teacher, so stick to that for a while. Get a decent understanding of it before venturing onto other things. If you learn both at once, neither art will genuinely sink in. They will both become confused and you will start letting kendo into your iai and vice versa. If you get into one first, you will be able to differenciate between the two arts much easier, and be able to 'put your iai head on' on one day and swap it for the 'kendo head' the next.

BTW, I practice iai, kenjutsu and kendo. I learned in that order. Iai to kenjutsu was a nice transition, but kendo is veeeery different. Yes, they all compliment each other in a way, but they can also confuse. You practice NIR too - persevere with that as well, but try to keep the two seperate.

My humble opinion, that's all. Good luck with whatever path you choose - and I may bump into you again soon.

Wolf - what style of iai do you practice?

04-10-2006, 11:42 PM	#6
TessUnsonia Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 496 Senior Member	Fuzzie, You've got a good iai teacher, so stick to that for a while. Get a decent understanding of it before venturing onto other things. If you learn both at once, neither art will genuinely sink in. They will both become confused and you will start letting kendo into your iai and vice versa. If you get into one first, you will be able to differenciate between the two arts much easier, and be able to 'put your iai head on' on one day and swap it for the 'kendo head' the next. BTW, I practice iai, kenjutsu and kendo. I learned in that order. Iai to kenjutsu was a nice transition, but kendo is veeeery different. Yes, they all compliment each other in a way, but they can also confuse. You practice NIR too - persevere with that as well, but try to keep the two seperate. My humble opinion, that's all. Good luck with whatever path you choose - and I may bump into you again soon. Wolf - what style of iai do you practice?
	Quote