Learn Kendo

I find kendo difficult but rewarding. Just jump in and do it; don’t be inhibited. Everyone is bad when they begin.

I’m a big fan of japanese swords! They’re awesome and the way they fight with them is just amazing, beautiful.

I started learning kendo like 4 years ago… not from a real sensei but from a guy who had taken lessons for 2 years =P but he moved out of town all of a sudden and didn’t even say goodbye o0

So I wanna learn kendo… but there are no dojo’s in a 250 mile radius. Kinda hard that way…

This is something that I have wanted to do all my life, but Ive never gone out to do it. When I little me and my friends would have a grand time smacking eachother with sticks as we pretended to sword fight…Its finally time for me to learn how to actually fight with a sword. Won’t this be grand.

I’ve always admired swords and the art of sword fighting.

So if I ever record myself fighting off imaginary ninjas with a wiffle ball bat and then accidentally leave the tape to be found by others, at least I’ll look good doing it.

Learn Kendo

I think kendo would be really fun to practice. I don’t know where there’s lessons here, but I am sure they are out there somewhere…

so what stops me from doing kendo, really?

I have no money and wouldn’t be able to pay for it.

And also the fact that I’m clumsy as hell, but… I could do it, right? Right?

This has to be one of the best things I’ve ever done for myself.

I really need some training. Not just cuz katanas are cool or because I love getting the shit beat out of me with sticks, but because it’s a great means of learning control of one’s body and mind and of honing observational skills and instincts. Plus, it’s a superb self-defense skill to have if ever I have to survive in a postapocalyptic world where people don’t use guns.

I also want to learn iaido…but it’s related closely enough I didn’t want to make it a completely separate goal.

The chances of a class ever opening up anywhere near me are slim, so I have given up on this idea.

As seen elsewhere in ‘my things’ I have made the decision to get back into judo.

I can sit on my backside and whine and bitch about the lack of kendo classes, or I can get out there and do something useful with my free time.

Back to judo it is, then!