how to breathe?

[ronin]

Greetings to you all!,

I started kendo 2 years ago, and I was loving it!!, every week I went training(which involved a 2oo mile round tripto the doj).
Then a year ago I had to go into hospital for a rather nasty operation, which along with healing and drugs etc it has meant that I have not been to kendo for most of this year.

The problem now is that when I go to training I find it very hard to practice due to the nature of the illness I had, I get very nervous now, for no apparant reason, and my breathing is all to pieces, it is like during the operation they took part of my spirit away.

Whereas before I loved kendo, no I am beginning to fear it!

Any pointers on re-building my nerve?

[nodachi]

This isn't earth shattering advice but just keep going. You know that deep down you love Kendo. Just keep pushing yourself to go, and hopefully you will re-aclimate to it and move past the nervousness.

Another idea could be to practice the basics again. Go back to the beginning. There is never anything wrong with working on the fundamentals, and they can help you build back up to it gradually.

[ronin]

Thanks nodachi, the simplist advice is normally the most beneficial.

[Simon Chien]

Yes , go to the basic !
Go back to the beginning !

[ronin]

starting sunday!

[Neil Gendzwill]

After a long absence, we usually require people to practice without bogu for a while. If you've jumped right back into bogu, consider jumping out of it and just working on suburi, kiri-kaeshi and kakari-geiko for a while.

[Jerry Wellbrock]

Ronin.....it is not unusual that most martial artist sometime or another have an abscence from their training for many different reasons and illness can be a serious reason.....if it always difficult to resume training and often it is just making ourself go to the dojo that is the hardest....we often question if it is something we really want to make the effort to do or not....just the fact that you are thinking about kendo training says you want to be there as evidence by the distance you have travelled in the past.....the advise from others is excellent and yes don't rush into it but begins with basics that is all that matters at this point....what has not been mentioned is that if you just keep going and training that in time you will overcome these obsticals and the reward from your kendo training will be more than you can imagine at this point....hang in there and just keep trying.....Good Luck and Enjoy:rambo: