Registered: 07/13/04
Posts: 54
Loc: Bradenton, FL, USA
hey guys, I'm just doin' a survey. I was woundering what school of swordsmanship would you rather practice? European Fencing or Kendo? Both arts have their strong points, but just for the record, I perfer Kendo!
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I don't do fencing, however with our jousting we also do European style broadsword fighting, so we get to hack up cabbages and pumpkins as well as have the odd melee style battle from horseback.
I'd go for broadsword over kendo because I love making coleslaw!
We also do a fair bit of bokken vs bokken and bokken vs jo in our MA training which I really enjoy.
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Registered: 02/28/05
Posts: 2815
Loc: Southern California, USA
As a matter of fact, I used to fence - Epee'. I only took 3 kendo lessons but hurt my R knee from too many fencing lunges. Kendo would be better. Also in a realsword fight between katana & rapier, the rapier is faster but the Daito is more deadly. Choose kendo for the same reason.
as well as have the odd melee style battle from horseback.
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