? - Starting iai etc.

[rottunpunk]

cuz im new here i only know chidokan

so i was wondering...how many peeps on this board do iaido, and how did you get into it, and how long have you been doing it for, and which did you do first kendo or iai, and what school do you follow, and....

...hey im just inquisititive

:p

[Hyaku]

I did kendo first because there was not any iai. At least no Seitei Kata.

How long? Maybe before Chidokan could grow a beard lol

Hyaku

[rottunpunk]

hehe
he still cant
he only seems to manage to grow the biggest hairy catterpiller above his top lip-hehe
:p

[chidokan]

dont forget you have to come home sometime 'rottenpunk', or should that be 'rottenstudentpunk'? May the gods protect us from mouthy junior students...:rolleyes: Hyaku, you no doubt remember this little madam from your last trip back home...
And I cant remember when I couldnt grow a beard, I think I was born with one but didnt shave it off until I was forty....:D
Anyway, back to the subject, how many people do this thing anyway?

Tim Hamilton

p.s.

rottenpunk alias 'Red Sonya'( your secrets out...)
why hasnt your new sensei kept you away from complicated things like computers and ESPECIALLY iaido. I will have to have words with him....:D

[rottunpunk]

thats with a 'u' dear not an 'e'

he does keep me away from iaido, he teaches it to me

when are you coming up to visit? you can come and play at kendo now aswell

yeah henyways back to the subject...

[roar]

I saw a iai-demo that I enjoyed. As I have learned iaido, I realize that it actually wasnt that good technically, but the "budo-charisma"(kigurai?), power and presence of the iaidoka that did the demo, was as good as any I have seen later.
My left shoulder was permanently injured probably from some overly dramatic and bad ukemi in judo. Aikido was an option, but it was practised in a rather humid dojo in a bombshelter in a mountain, and the moist just added stiffness and pain to my aching shoulder. Karate and taekwondo was out of the question anyway. Bouncing up and down and throwing out punches and kicks in an amphetamine-like frenzy did not appeal to me. Later I have of course seen amazing karatekas, tkd-people that contradict that view, but then I had already picked my plate. And filled it.
I started with iaido, did it for four years, and then added kendo, which I have been doing for eight years now. As I am too stubborn to quit, and occasionally actually enjoy what I am doing, I stick to it.