[Lydiaswingert]

I must admit, I get more fed up of the constant fascination with 'back-yard ninjers' and people trying to be funny than I do with misinformed people making misinformed comments.

This place has huge potential for getting people involved in kendo (the kind of people who come here knowing nothing more than the fact that swords are cool and want to learn to use them in the only way they've been exposed to, normally manga or popular cinema), but all people get is sarcastic comments ("I'll get the popcorn" style) and posts by people trying to find funny put-downs to gain popularity on this site with the self-appointed budo police.

(Apologies for the length of that sentence, I'm a law student...)

Hope I haven't pissed too many people off, it just seems that some people only really come here to slag people off, and it gets to me...