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Feb. 25th, 2006 09:34 pmI'm happy to say I'm glad that I went to that kendo class if only to observe, since I'm practically sold to at least try it for a few months. I felt a bit odd at first being probably the only person under 18 there since I'm sure most were in college, but none of them gave me any flack *perhaps due to the fact that I look like a lot older and didn't get busted for going to an R movie last night as a result* and the teacher impressed me. He was just as pleasant in person as on the phone, I'm happy to say.
Watching the practice was interesting. A few kids are apparently going to a tournament later in the week, so I was told it wasn't the usual sort of practice they have. I was told that jumping in wouldn't be too hard and that I can go at my own pace, and mostly be doing the basics like one kid I observed for a few months before actually sparring with anyone. The thing I think I'd have the most trouble with is giving the Ki-ai (probably spelled wrong) or yell when going, since I'm not used to actually raising my voice in most situations. Might be something to mention to the teacher and maybe get some advice.
Granted I haven't signed anything yet and will sit on it for a bit, but the atmosphere and generally what they were doing seems like something I'll want to at least try. Still need the equipment, but they gave us a list of websites that they recommend and seem to have fairly good quality. Still not sure if I'll try Iaido as well since I only saw 5 minutes of that class, so I'll sit in on one of those as well before doing anything.
The lesson: Impulse sometimes ends up being a good thing! The reason I say that is because the drive to call the teacher came up out of nowhere and seems to have had fairly good results so far. Let's just hope it stays that way.
Watching the practice was interesting. A few kids are apparently going to a tournament later in the week, so I was told it wasn't the usual sort of practice they have. I was told that jumping in wouldn't be too hard and that I can go at my own pace, and mostly be doing the basics like one kid I observed for a few months before actually sparring with anyone. The thing I think I'd have the most trouble with is giving the Ki-ai (probably spelled wrong) or yell when going, since I'm not used to actually raising my voice in most situations. Might be something to mention to the teacher and maybe get some advice.
Granted I haven't signed anything yet and will sit on it for a bit, but the atmosphere and generally what they were doing seems like something I'll want to at least try. Still need the equipment, but they gave us a list of websites that they recommend and seem to have fairly good quality. Still not sure if I'll try Iaido as well since I only saw 5 minutes of that class, so I'll sit in on one of those as well before doing anything.
The lesson: Impulse sometimes ends up being a good thing! The reason I say that is because the drive to call the teacher came up out of nowhere and seems to have had fairly good results so far. Let's just hope it stays that way.
