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Heh. I love watching those guys at like 3 in the morning. They obviously hate each other.
Anyway, I can testify to the moderate success of grabbing a couple of bokken and sparring with a friend. When I was a kid, my dad and I took a kendo demonstration class which came with a bokken. About a month ago, I dug the buggers up and told my friend (who had already expressed an interest in learning to fight) that we were going to duel. First thing I did was a good old fashion downward strike at his head. His reaction was ("Oh shit!") to cower and hold his sword in front of him. So, going purely on guesses, I showed him how I would have blocked it. Not that I would have actually blocked it; I probably would have done about the same thing he did. But once we had both practiced it for a few minutes, there was a noticble improvement in reaction time. So we starting doing combos, and built from there. Now, though we aren't exactly proficient, I can throw him a sword and slice at his head, and he'll block without missing a beat. Practice makes perfect.
-Shib
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