[largonioulurI]

I love martial arts of all sorts. I started in Tai Chi because it was my calming influence and really slowed down the pace of my day to go to class early in the morning.

Then when I came to Japan, it was my chance to learn from where these arts originated so I am going budo crazy. I feel like my Kendo and Ittoryu practices compliment each other. I am also learning Kyudo, but that doesn't confuse me with the others. Granted I don't go to official practices everyday. I go to each separate dojo one day a week. I do practice at home though. I use the separate locations to separate the different styles in my head. I sort of think like, "in this dojo I use this style, and in this other dojo I use this style" and it helps me to separate them. The more I practice, the more I don't confuse them anymore now as well. At home I rotate what I practice each day so I can focus on one or two without blending all of them together and messing them all up.