What Kendo Taught Me

Strike first, strike fast, strike without hesitation.

Otherwise, you'll get struck first, and you'll never hear the end of it.

Of course, strike without preparation, you'll still get struck first.

And don't even think you can beat a ni-dan senpai with go-kyu skills. Well, you can, but you'll still get the inevitable hiding sooner or later.


Funny, the things I'm learning in kendo echo pretty much everything my parents (and religion, interestingly) taught me...which I still can't get right.

Perhaps it means that if I improve my own personality outside of kendo, my kendo will improve. And vice versa.

Or maybe I just need a lot more practice.


Yeah, that's probably it.

Boy, am I loving it.


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