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seizei · 01-13-2005, 12:37 AM

I did kendo for a year, and I thought it was ridiculous. Perhaps it was the school, but I just couldn't agree with their concepts. In sparring, my impulse was to sidestep attacks and counter, and I was actually told that I shouldn't move side to side, only forward and backward.

Perhaps that was because I was beating them all by acknowledging that there are other directions of movement besides front and back.

This is after 15 years of martial arts, so I just couldn't stand the style anymore.

I'm gonna try to look into European fencing sometime - sounds fun!

01-13-2005, 12:37 AM	#13 (permalink)
seizei Purple Monkey Dishwasher Location: CFB Gagetown, NB, CANADA	I did kendo for a year, and I thought it was ridiculous. Perhaps it was the school, but I just couldn't agree with their concepts. In sparring, my impulse was to sidestep attacks and counter, and I was actually told that I shouldn't move side to side, only forward and backward. Perhaps that was because I was beating them all by acknowledging that there are other directions of movement besides front and back. This is after 15 years of martial arts, so I just couldn't stand the style anymore. I'm gonna try to look into European fencing sometime - sounds fun! __________________ "If you're not weird, you're not interesting". I'm very interesting ... seizei; (adv - Japanese) at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much (far) as possible. (pronounced - say-zay)