Comments | kyrin7: to my fellow baboo sword swingin enthusiast.

kyrin7

to my fellow baboo sword swingin enthusiast.

Jun 11, 2004 12:13

Kendo Lovin
hopefully this wll encourage people to pick up some gear, so I can spar, dammit!!!

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y2kdragon June 11 2004, 17:15:09 UTC

Have Shinai, will thwack.

rubyhatchling June 11 2004, 20:53:51 UTC

is kendo basicly a farmer's martial art?

thewronghands June 14 2004, 03:56:18 UTC

No, quite the opposite. Swords, especially good swords, were far out of the financial reach of most farmers. For a farmer's martial art, look at something like Shorin Ryu Matsumura (which is what the Okinawan farmers used to fight with after the Japanese took all their non-farming-implement weapons away), or some of the empty hand karate (yes, I know that's technically redundant) styles.

Kendo was taught among the priviliged and upper classes, near-exclusively.

rubyhatchling June 14 2004, 04:47:43 UTC

thanks ^.^...
i only realized that (sorta), when i realized that it was a sight for different arts... ^.^

kinjouten June 11 2004, 23:58:32 UTC

These are beautiful, but holy beejeezus they are *expensive!* *stares* They're going to be well worth the wait though...

thewronghands June 12 2004, 05:56:01 UTC

Come over and fight me! [grin]

kyrin7 June 12 2004, 17:40:30 UTC

name a time and place.

thewronghands June 14 2004, 03:53:28 UTC

This upcoming weekend, perhaps? EC? Swords and chai at Bean Hollow? We can invite others if you want... up to you.

kyrin7 June 14 2004, 04:52:47 UTC

your on.

red_lynx June 14 2004, 09:20:15 UTC

Umm ... how much gear do we need? After WtT, I've decided to pick up some protective gloves and a trefoil (foil/épée/sabre) masks.

I went to the link you posted and saw nice sets for around $800. Please tell me I'm looking at the wrong ones ... I live in Silver Spring, well within travelling distance if you are still in Baltimore, and I would *love* to find ppl to spar with in between Thresholds ..