[Peretool]

I dunno if someone posted this before, but here I go. The other day my boyfriend and I was talking about how I was doing in Kendo, then he brought up this interesting thought.

He asked me when I actually get to fight someone, do we have like different groups (such as age and sex)? I know in tournaments we go by age, sex, but what about body size? Is it fair that a 5"2 guy to go against a 6"2 giant? But then again, I think the little guy has more advantage to move quicker...? I remember back in Taewando (sp?) during the tournament I had to fight someone higher rank than me, and they were way bigger than me. I remember I was fighting a black belt and I was like a yellow belt When I saw that guy (he was like 6" tall! and I was only 5"2 back then), I was like "are you kidding me?!!" Though, I managed to score a few points on him and pulled off with third place. I meant when you see the size of someone already gives you advantage (if you're bigger than your opponent), I guess we little ppl have to do more kiai to scare your opponent than bigger guys eh? hehehe I haven't seen or been to a Kendo tournament yet, so how it goes in Kendo?