Need help (period)

[Warabit]

I live in West palm beach ,Florida.i have found a Kendo/Iaido dojo (closest one i know of) that is ,give or take,40 miles away,down near hollywood.Problem is my parents will not take me there nor will they let me go there by myself(im 16). Do any of you live around here and goto a dojo? maybe there are some i dont know about yet.i only know of 2 in the whole state.someone recoomended carpooling.Please lend me a helping hand,it will be well appreciated.

[gill]

Warabit,

you may have more success if you contact the local association / dojo, as there is no guarantee that anyone from the area will be a member of this forum

Good Luck!

Gill

[qpuppy]

I was just surfing the net.. I manage to find this place.. maybe it might help....

http://www.pbccmartialarts.org/

[bukowski]

As your luck would have it, I am a member of the Southeast Kendo Federation. There are three affiliated dojos in Florida, there is one at Ft. Myers, there is one in Miami, and I cannot remember the location of the third.

[Warabit]

i was looking to goto the one in Pembroke Pines/hollywood but my dad wont allow me to go 40 miles from the house for this :(

[KendoShiai]

I am in Orlando, and there are not any others in Florida that are members of the SEUSKF. Tim Lamberth is up in Ft. Walton Beach and there are a couple of other schools here and there but none that are in the south that I know of. Hey bukowski, your part of the SEUSKF? Where you from? Are you going to be at the testing on Saturday? I will be there testing, if so just look me up. Ask any one thats been in the Federation a while and they can point me out to you. Name is Eddie Miller.

[freezerBurn]

I think the dojo you are referring to in Hollywood is no longer at that location. They have been looking for a new place but as of yet have not had much luck. I am also searching for a dojo and I am in west Fort Lauderdale. I just recently returned from Japan and have practiced a total of 10 times since returning. There doesn't seem to be very much of a market for kendo in S. Fla.

freezerBurn

[KendoShiai]

Hey freezerBurn Don't know exactly where you are, but I have a guy that drives up from down Brandon way. About 3 hours from me. More than welcome to come up and train with us even if its only once a month or so.

[Charlie]

Warabit,

You may need to find another martial art to tide you over until you are older and it's easier to get around under your own steam. Perhaps if you shared your interests with us we could recommend something to you. A lot of folks like aikido because there's sword work involved in that art, too, and there's usually an aikido studio in just about any area. Judo's good, too.

[freezerBurn]

Warabit,

I found a dojo off of Commercial Blvd and University in Broward county. I went last Friday to check it out. I am going to join this Friday. Its pretty difficult to find but it is a bit (10 - 15 miles) closer.

KendoShiai,

I'm in West Fort Lauderdale. Thanks for the offer. I'm actually heading up to Orlando November 1st so I might drop by if its ok. Do you happen to know of any qualified Naginata teachers? I'm really interested in it.

Thanks.

freezerBurn

[KendoShiai]

My doors are always open to anyone willing to learn. Please feel free to stop in at any time. We are curenttly practicing on Saturdays from 1pm untill 2pm. A map can be found on my website at www.orlandokendo.com. Also my phone number and any other information. Feel free to contact me by e-mail at KendoShiai@aol.com. Who is the Sensei at the place where you are going to train at?

[freezerBurn]

His name is Mike Cobb. I'm not familiar at all with the martial arts community here so I'm not sure how to evaluate the level of instruction available. But he knows what he's doing and seemed very personable. I've been looking for a place since I returned from Japan 6 months ago. Its been an interesting journey...but I suppose I'll leave it at that. Thanks again for the invite. Warabit, the address is:

7600 NW 50th Street
Plantation

Pop the address into mapquest.com to get an idea of how far it might be from you.

freezerBurn

[KendoShiai]

Yes I know of Mr. Cobb. There are two other schools there in the area. Just a FYI. There is

Yaiquimi A. Pla Sensei
http://miami-komei-jyuku.org/

and
Mike Meade
http://www.angelfire.com/ne2/shidogakuinmiami/

Both I also know and can verify they both have excellent Kendo skills. Your more than welcome to come up and practice while here in Orlando and we look forward to having you here.

[Kenshi]

I live in pembroke pines and I have been searching for a dojo. I have only found one place to practice kendo and thats at a park. Where is this dojo in pines that you are referring to located?

[A P]

I am glad that this thred got started. Thank you Warabit.

I thank you for the early information about location of kendo dojo.

It is because when I am done with my AA degree in Minneapolis, MN college

next fall, I will be moving to Miami to contienue my degree at The Arts Institue

University; And I still would like to stay in kendo. Perhaps I will be seeing some

of you guys and girls.

Lookinggggggggg forward to this.

[savego]

im also looking for a kendo dojo,for what i have seen there are a lot of people in this post that preactices or knows kendo,the nearest dojo that i have found is in hollywood,but surfing around i just found that at palm beach community college have kendo clasess,another idea that might work is this one,somebody in here is a teacher or could teach kendo in palm beach some other people may be interested and perhaps for a large class or some fee,that person could teach here in palm beach ??????????