[globjgtyf]

I have yet to find anyone who practices "real combat oriented kendo" who is any good at kendo. Maybe in Japan there are guys hidden away but not here.

The idea of practicing 15 or more years and only being nidan or sandan doesn't sit well with members of the "instant gratification" school of training.

In some of these schools you can't swing a dead cat without hitting a soke, grand master or shihan. Jeez.

[pGJLweEw]

Yea, I was just trying to be polite. I didnt want to step on any peoples toes. I have visited the Thunder Eagle academy. I have done "keiko" with them. They don't do kendo, not like we do. But they call it kendo.

Example: their version of kirikaeshi consisted of a kihon men, and then 50 subsequent JOGE BURI to a motodachi who "blocks" the strikes. No footwork forwards or backwards, and no kiai past the opening men.

Is there anywhere else that does this at all?

More, please!

[fenter1]

More, please!

And some footage of the secret waza please! Don't be shy.

[BalaGire]

I went to their school to just see what was going on: I saw an ad at my college for "real samurai swordfighting". They advertised (I kid you not) that if you wanted to be like your favorite anime swordsman, you could learn it there: Kenjutsu, kendo, iaijutsu, battoujutsu, jujutsu, taijutsu, etc. just to name a few on the flyer. I swear I am not making this up.


I went, I made the mistake of putting on my bogu to practice with them, and we fought. I mean that. Fought. No semblance of keiko was ever enacted. Thats how they role.

They bring out shinai, shinai that have been shortened to "koadach" (no spelling errors), a "nag"(actionflex baby), and a yari. The last was my favorite, because it was a rattan bo with a length of foam TAPED on to the top.


I'll be going for my ikkyu again in Febuary. I'm an intermediate at best.



I managed to beat their "renshi" at least twice by their count, and more by good ole sport kendo standards. I am not bragging. I'm giving you an illustration.

If I can find their ad I'll scan it in and let you see it.

[Inenuedbabnor]

man, Id love to go watch these guys simply for entertainment value. At least they keep most of the moronic "can I kill someone with my bokken yet?" guys out of your dojos.

[nerohedfrs]

if I were you, i would have forfeited the armor, and just had keiko with them with a bokken. oh, let them wear the armor and use shinai. But I'll ring their bells for sure.

[Mypepraipse]

If I were you I would have walked in, yelled something along the lines of "THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE HIGHLANDER!", challenged everyone, and unleashed the pwnage.














It could happen.

[Seisyvose]

If I were you I would have walked in, yelled something along the lines of "THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE HIGHLANDER!", challenged everyone, and unleashed the pwnage.














It could happen.

Lol! had me chuckling all day ^___^ genious

[texbrease]

Wow. Just wow. Please find that flyer and we wouldn't mind if you filmed them. They have to have a website, somewhere...

[DenisLevvin]

Wow. Just wow. Please find that flyer and we wouldn't mind if you filmed them. They have to have a website, somewhere...

Google-fu shows they do... Old and Current

[jelena-nanana]

Google-fu shows they do... Old and Current

The plot thickens what have we here? Combat kendo, if the web site is anything to go by then further posts with critical questions will follow and then it all begins.........
Carry on.

[MegaJIT]

good intentions are often misguided aren't they!!!

[agildeta]

Nice find. Pity no pics or vids.

[Snitiendumurn]

If I were you I would have walked in, yelled something along the lines of "THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE HIGHLANDER!", challenged everyone, and unleashed the pwnage.

omg...still laughing...it hurts!

[strmini]

On a serious note I once met a japanese guy who could literally throw people with a shinai, and showed some of the 'banned' kendo stuff we don't see anymore. Garrotting with the do, ripping off men, leg trips etc were all there and were previously acceptable, so he and his friends just kept it going 'for a bit of fun' when they got a bit bored in the dojo. The tsuka strike under the men I found, errrmmm, interesting....

[UKkoXJvF]

I once met a man who could bash un-husked cocoanuts open with his bare hands.

[CKDIWEQ]

Are there any ways i can learn Kendo or other forms of japanese swordsmanship in the Tulsa oklahoma area. All you find is this Bukendo stuff.....

[trowUrillioth]

yes there is,
you have these guys:

http://shinsoufukan.weebly.com/index.html

then you have mjer by these guys:

http://www.tulsaaikidoclub.com/about.htm

in alot of ways i feel a little jealos of you

[sportlife]

yes there is,
you have these guys:

http://shinsoufukan.weebly.com/index.html

then you have mjer by these guys:

http://www.tulsaaikidoclub.com/about.htm

in alot of ways i feel a little jealos of you

Hey thanks!
ive been looking and i thought the only place i could learn kendo was OK city and not really close to me thanks alot luke

[RildFiemodo]

your welcome.