[denwerdinoss]

I dunno if I am in a minority here - but don't you think you should take up traditional Japanese sword arts before commenting on points of tradition and modernisation?

Being the PR Officer of the British Kendo Association, it is my job to 'help the arts grow' - but not by sacrificing tradition, and definitely not by introducing something that our Japanese teachers do not advocate. That is just too high a price just to bring a few fantasists and jedi wannabe in to raise the bums-on-seats quota.