My first bogu experience!

[SkippyDaStudent]

Well, it was only kote, but it was still an awesome feeling to slip them on with everyone else, like I was starting to fit in (I've only been doing this since June 12th, with practice every Sunday except 4th of July weekend). It took a little getting used to, but I caught on quick enough.

And the dye turned my hands blue for a little while, so I almost felt like a Smurf.

But yeah, I just felt like I should post something. Feel free to ignore it.

[Pan-Chan]

Haha. Yeah the ink bleeds onto you from newer bogu. Just wait until you get into a full set along with keiko-gi and hakama[if you havn't already]; you'll be a very, very blue kenshi.

A guy that used to practice with my dojo got all his new stuff on, then after practice it seemed like the white parts of his skin were the abnormal areas. He was bald too, so it was pretty funny.

Congrats on your first kote use! :D

[Spyder]

I remember my first bogu experience, which was also a kote by the way. I don't have my own set so I've been using a club set which is pretty worn out so it doesn't bleed at all. It was one of the many practices when I was the only one to attend. I had been practicing hitting men, kote and do on my sempai who was in full bogu. He asked if I had any questions, and I asked how much protection does the bogu give, and he offered to let me try on his kote. That was also my first experience with getting hit on kote.

[joekc6nlx]

Well, Skippy da Smurf! I'm glad you enjoyed the experience with kote. My first experience with bogu was my own bogu, so I definitely got Smurfy, and still do occasionally from my hakama obi. I have an older hakama and a newer one, the new one still bleeds a little.

[Mr. Donigan]

He was bald too, so it was pretty funny. :D

Hey I resmeble that remark! I had a blue head thanks to my new bogu. I almost didn't want to up grade, but kinda had to. Any way, the blue washed off my blue head.

[piggy]

bogu will do that to you. i have a set of kote thats ancient and the dye has been set twice but it continues to bleed. i guess i'll never win.

as a matter of fact, my new ones should come any time soon...

[Paikea]

bogu will do that to you. i have a set of kote thats ancient and the dye has been set twice but it continues to bleed. i guess i'll never win.

as a matter of fact, my new ones should come any time soon...Piggy...how did you "set" the dye on the kote? Tell us you didn't - wash - them, did you?

[piggy]

heavens no!
i had to apply little amounts of this solvent my grandfather gave me. he's a chemist and said that it would do the job. its done fairly well.
i did it by hand as not only get it whee it should be.

[Paikea]

heavens no!
i had to apply little amounts of this solvent my grandfather gave me. he's a chemist and said that it would do the job. its done fairly well.
i did it by hand as not only get it whee it should be.Solvent? Do you know exactly what it was? Is that a third eye you're starting to grow?

[piggy]

not sure exactly what it was but i guess it was supposed to bond the dye the the fabric? im not really sure.

oh my! i guess i do have three eyes! oh wait, make that four...

[SkippyDaStudent]

Thanks for all of the kind remarks! I plan on posting further bogu experiences on this thread, to save space and sanity.

[Miravil]

I remember my early stage of wearing bogu, like everyone I started with kote. The worse part of all is that my first set of gi and hakama are white. Took me ages to wash those dye off.

[piggy]

in our dojo, we start out with the whole set of bogu at once. let me tell you, when you get your full set, you'll wonder how you found happiness in life without it. you'll want to marry your bogu!

congragulations on your new experience with bogu. you'll find that you love it more than anything else. absolutely magical.

and as soon as they grant non-organic/organic marriges, im marrying my bogu in vegas! no questions asked.

[SkippyDaStudent]

Just a bit of an update...

I got my own keikogi/hakama set from E-bogu.com in the mail yesterday, so I will be wearing those this weekend for practice.

*dances*

That is all. :smiley:

[Kmav]

Wearing bogu for the first time is a big deal. It usually means that you have shown commitment to Kendo and you are ready for the next step. Gratz!

[Kiso Tatsu]

Some of you was talking about smurf accident while wearing new bogu set (now we should name it kendo-gu). I have just orderd new one, but the fabric is not indigo dyed so I shouldn't get blue :) . http://kendoshop.com/eshop/index.php?mode=subdetail&num=247&flag=catedetail

[SkippyDaStudent]

Well... I finally got to wear full bogu yesterday! I'm so happy. The first thing they had me do was to fill out this renting form, which basically said that as long as I am doing kendo with BNMKC, the bogu is pretty much mine. Which means, I get to take it home! :smiley:

There are, however, a few downsides to wearing bogu that I have noticed: 1) you sweat a lot more (it's almost like a small oven), 2) the extra weight (the stuff isn't really heavy, but it's not light either), and 3) limited mobility/vision. I would have to say that I noticed the mobility/vision problem more often than anything else. Granted, these downsides are from a perspective of a relative newbie, and they are surely to become things I will notice less often.

Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed my first experience in bogu, and I cannot wait for next week!

[LarsCW]

Congratulations.

I can't wait till I'm ready for bogu. I'm training hard twice a week so just have to be patient from now:=)

[HandsomeWarrior]

My first day with bogu (after 10 months of training) was about a year ago, and I wanted to die. It looked to me like an inhuman effort, and thought if it was like that every day I wouldn´t live enough to tell about it...

...it was every day like that, but obviously I lived enough. The thing is that when you start using bogu, is when you really start suffering and having tough times...which is the fun part as well :cool: And of course, you really start being struck by others, which is another big difference.

As for SWEAT. It doesn´t matter how hard you try, nobody at kendo world can compare to me when sweating. I´m the "sweatiest" person in the world. I challenge you to sweat more than I do...you´ll lose :D

[SkippyDaStudent]

As for SWEAT. It doesn´t matter how hard you try, nobody at kendo world can compare to me when sweating. I´m the "sweatiest" person in the world. I challenge you to sweat more than I do...you´ll lose :D

I'm almost willing to take you up on the challege... for I sweat oceans, my friend. :gasmask:

[Andou]

Some of you was talking about smurf accident while wearing new bogu set (now we should name it kendo-gu). I have just orderd new one, but the fabric is not indigo dyed so I shouldn't get blue :) . http://kendoshop.com/eshop/index.php?mode=subdetail&num=247&flag=catedetail

But part of getting bogu in the first place is getting blue! Well...maybe for me. Give a report on how well that actually works, will you?

[Kiso Tatsu]

Offcoures I will give you a raport on how it really is with these bogu, but unfortunetly I am still waiting for my package. I am very vexed becouse it is my first bogu which I bought on my own (not rented from club). So it is my first bogu buying experience. :)

[JamesD]

My Sensi has started dropping hints about Bogu now so I'll be looking soon... I'm thinking of buying the parts seperately, so I can spread the cost and should allow me to buy better quality for the kote and men.

Time to read some reviews...

[Michael_St_A]

I am curious:

How many people have been introduced to bogu gradually? How many have been thrown in at the deep end?

When I started there was that session when I was strapped into bogu and had to face all other club members. Pretty daunting task. I did my best and enjoyed it - somehow.

Nowadays when I teach beginners I introduce bogu gradually. Kote first and early on. Later kote, do, tare and eventually the whole set.

[Kiso Tatsu]

One hour ego I got my first boru set.

Raport about "Smurf" accident - I prepered all bogu for first training, and either kote, men or tare didin't make my hands blue, so it is true that these one isn't farbic. But futher part of raport will be after trainig :).

[LarsCW]

I am curious:

How many people have been introduced to bogu gradually? How many have been thrown in at the deep end?

When I started there was that session when I was strapped into bogu and had to face all other club members. Pretty daunting task. I did my best and enjoyed it - somehow.

Nowadays when I teach beginners I introduce bogu gradually. Kote first and early on. Later kote, do, tare and eventually the whole set.

I understood sensei is planning some sort of exam and then gradually adding bogu parts or the other way around.

[SkippyDaStudent]

I am curious:

How many people have been introduced to bogu gradually? How many have been thrown in at the deep end?

When I started there was that session when I was strapped into bogu and had to face all other club members. Pretty daunting task. I did my best and enjoyed it - somehow.

Nowadays when I teach beginners I introduce bogu gradually. Kote first and early on. Later kote, do, tare and eventually the whole set.

Well, I would say that I was introduced to bogu semi-gradually. I had to start off with just kote. After a few weeks, the sensei decided that they thought I was ready enough for full bogu, which is where I am now.

The only time I've heard of anything like someone having to go against everyone else in our dojo was when the Japanese exchange student was leaving to return to Japan. She had to jigeiko with everyone as a sort of reverse initiation. Poor girl, we had a lot more people there that day than usual.

[Kiso Tatsu]

So finaly, my first training in my new bogu (and realy I am not blue). It was conected with my first ji-geiko and I have to tell you that, as long as I am exploring kendo I have never got so nice and so exhausting fun. So now I am looking forward to next training.

[Gareth]

Well my first full bogu experience was today. Got hurlled unexpectedly into ji-geiko. I had been in posession of the armor for a while (bought a used set from one of the ex students of the dojo) and had worn tare during practices, but that was it. Today was a pretty big eye oppener, a very pleasent surpise from the sensei. Don't start cheering me on yet, I got completely owned, but hey you have to learn at some time.

Just wanted to share this, so thanks for reading...


PS need a nap...exhausted

[LarsCW]

I'm in bogu now for 2 weeks except for the men. I think this has been a good decision of my sensei as I'm not learning how to take hits on kote and do and not only that I'm learning more advanced things which is really great.

I'm enjoying kendo so much more now and I'm starting to think in a different way about things we do.

Now it's just looking forward to the moment I can put on the men. I have already been practising as I have been watching the others very carefully how they put on the men.

[Andou]

I'm in bogu now for 2 weeks except for the men. I think this has been a good decision of my sensei as I'm not learning how to take hits on kote and do and not only that I'm learning more advanced things which is really great.

I'm enjoying kendo so much more now and I'm starting to think in a different way about things we do.

Now it's just looking forward to the moment I can put on the men. I have already been practising as I have been watching the others very carefully how they put on the men.

Good luck with the men. I'm still having trouble sometimes. I'm always having to step out because of malfunctions and end up punching myself in the car on the drive home. Be sure to break things in nicely, too. That'll make a big difference.

[LarsCW]

Good luck with the men. I'm still having trouble sometimes. I'm always having to step out because of malfunctions and end up punching myself in the car on the drive home. Be sure to break things in nicely, too. That'll make a big difference.

I'm quite lucky eventhou I have club bogu. The kote(2mm) are new and the tare(4mm) too so those are a bit stiff the do is too small but still it protects me and the men(3mm) has been used for about a year and should be broken in.

Last thursday I've practised hiki-kote the first time and I was really suprised the sempai hit me so high on my lower arm and missed my kote a few times. At the first practise in bogu the sensei used me at a point to show the others what a good and bad kote was, the bad ones he did i hardly felt but eventhou he didn't hit hard his good kote were so snappy.

Now I'm in bogu I'm enjoying kendo even more

[Commander]

Its strange that even though i've been in bogu for 9 months i still have that fear of being hit/pushed over/tsuki-ed

Is this normal? I dunno how im going to overcome it

[nodachi]

Its strange that even though i've been in bogu for 9 months i still have that fear of being hit/pushed over/tsuki-ed

Is this normal? I dunno how im going to overcome it

People usually only get hurt if their minds are not seriously in it or they are the weaker attacking/participating person in keiko (not skill but intentions and aggression). If you are afraid of being hit, your posture and your mind will be shrinking away from your opponent in weird ways, and you will think about the pain when you get hit. If you are seriously in it, focused, and attacking aggressively, your posture will be normal so that your opponent will hit their intended target, instead of places with no armor because people twich in funny ways when they are afraid of being hit, thus exposing their arms and other non armor places. Also when you think about the hit, you will feel pain. If you are focused on the keiko, afterwards you will still have bruises, but you will ask yourself when it happened because you never really felt it. It's about focus.

As for tsuki, it is a little frightening, but if you maintain a strong chudan, tsuki doesn't happen too easily. And same kinda feeling as twitching when you are scared applies here. If you go in strong, if your opponent has a strong center and hits tsuki, it'll hit your armor like it is supposed to. If they miss, but you are aggressive, tsuki bruises will happen but the shinai should glance off your throat instead of impaling it.

Basically being aggressive and strong in your stance. Focus will make you not feel pain (or less). Good aggression will allow the opponent to hit armor instead of non armor for the twitchers.

Hope that makes sense... I am retarded today.

[SkippyDaStudent]

When Kurokawa-sensei came down from Chicago, he noticed in about 10-15 seconds that I was scared to death of getting hit. It was only my second time wearing full bogu, and I was still getting used to the idea of getting hit and having protection. Heck, I'm still getting used to it. :silly:

Now, in my opinion, my biggest obstacle is becoming more aggressive during jigeiko.

As for tsuki, I've had it happen to me once (by Kurokawa-sensei). It was very humbling to get poked in the throat, protection or not.

[Yiu Fai]

Last night was the 3rd time I've been in bogu, but it was the 1st with my new set (Koei G-20). Everything fit really well, bar the do which seems a lil too wide for me (the sides flare out as opposed to tucking in). The men fits perfect, cant wait for the men-dare to break in. My technique went out the window during ji-geiko, I kept attacking with big style cuts/combos and for all i was worth and trying to keep good maai, but i found running through with my cuts almost awkward at times. Overall, an eye opening experience, confirming I have a long way to go with my kendo journey!

[LarsCW]

Tonight I'll be for the third time in full bogu and it's a huge change.
I've noticed it's alot of added weight to neck and shoulders something I'll have to get used to. Last thursday I had my first ji-geiko one time against my sensei and once against a 3rd or 4th dan.

It was really something special then you see an opening that you go for and get hit faster then your own strike or that youropponent just moves back and I would have to go after him.
The most strange thing is that I seemed empty minded while doing ji-geiko.

[SkippyDaStudent]

Well, I've gotten more used to the "oven factor", which is very good, IMO. The weight issue went away after the second or third time in bogu. It seems, slowly but surely, that I am becoming more used to the bogu, almost like assimilating it into my body.

[rottunpunk]

'borgu' - hehe get it, assimilation-borg, play on words thingy.
ach im bored.
i didnt mind being in bogu-even though it was club bogu-when i did kendo. although, my specs didnt fit under the men-i blaim that for missing and getting hit all the time-hehe
:p

[Wormaap]

Hehe, I had my first bogu-'experience' after 4 weeks of kendo :P A sensei wanted all of us beginners to feel why we should be precise in hitting kote, so he made all of us wear a spare-kote and then he made a bad kote-hit on all of us, so we knew that it hurt quite a lot :P

[Louis X]

I used steam to break the men. Once someone experienced has tight it for you, you just put a little bit of steam where it's bent. It worked perfectly for me but you got to be careful as steam will soften the fabric. You don't want that to happen on the top of your men ! ;)
They can show you at your dojo.

It's been 10 months now that I wear the bogu and I still close my eyes sometimes when I get hit but I'm working on that.

[LarsCW]

I have with one sempai that I make movements that I'm not aware of like stepping back before he hit or moving my upper body back.

The strange thing is that this is only with this sempai and he seems always to be grumpy in a way and very impatient as in he wanna push me to a level that I don't think I'm ready for or able to do yet. So last trainings when I was motodachi for him I seem to mess things up and got a load of complaints over me. I kinda feel like he forgot how it is when you are just starting in full bogu or that he thinks that I can do better but am not concentrating enough on being morodachi. The funny thing is that with my other sempai things are oke and they seem to keep in mind that I'm still at the beginning.

Overall I'm really enjoying my time in bogu even thou it's harder then I thought it would be and that I felt like I was getting ill last night after an hour keiko. The situation with this sempai, I'll see how it will develop cause maybe as I will improve his behaviour will change eventhou that shouldn't be something that should be the matter.

Time will tell.

[SkippyDaStudent]

Yeah, I have some sempai who seem to be impatient with me at times. I just shrug it off and try the hardest I possibly can.

[Louis X]

It happens to me as well. Maybe we don't see what they want to show us.

[SkippyDaStudent]

It is always possible. I'd like to think I'm trying my best.

*shrugs* Oh well.

[don quixote]

Just wait until you have been there a few years and have to try to help the beginners! I guarantee you will never believe you were that slow.
Anyway, you will also realise soon that it is useful to be pushed to try something you think you can't do.
Keep sweating! Have you ever gone to keiko in the morning after a night of drinking? Those oceans of sweat that you talk about will seem like mere puddles. If you survive, any hangover will be cured.

[Yiu Fai]

I'm not writing about my 1st bogu experience, rather I'm writing to let everyone know that after 1.5 months of in- bogu action, I've finally had my "moment of clarity" in the sense that when I was starting in bogu, my running through after cuts was non-existent and I was blocking to save my life. At last nights keiko, I finally ran through with my strikes and didnt block much, even if it meant I would be hit. I even managed a couple of good clean hits on some of my fellow kendoka. I've never had a problem with kiai and stamina is something I know will improve with time. At last, I thought my Kendo was condemned to bad form hell when I first started to wear bogu, now I know its a slow and gradual path to learning kendo in bogu (even though I knew this anyway!) and that it's gonna get harder from here. :ditsy:

[Sôjirô]

that was very interesting yiu fai, and helpful.

im waiting for my bogu. its on its way to canada (me) from japan! i cant wait. im so eager to put on a 4.5 mm bamboo bogu set from koei... i hope i wont phail horribly when i do kendo and wear bogu.

[eirenaios]

I got my bogu after about 2 months all at once. I did once before put on a men and kote from a sempai (blegh! smelly!!)

by the way, Lars, who's your sensei?
just curious:)

[LarsCW]

I got my bogu after about 2 months all at once. I did once before put on a men and kote from a sempai (blegh! smelly!!)

by the way, Lars, who's your sensei?
just curious:)

I have 3 sensei, Odinot, van Hattum and Barbier but I mostly have classes lead by van Hattum sensei who also let me go into bogu this way.

[eirenaios]

I have 3 sensei, Odinot, van Hattum and Barbier but I mostly have classes lead by van Hattum sensei who also let me go into bogu this way.

ah okay, you're lucky that you have three. are they all from the same dojo or do you go to more than one dojo?

[LarsCW]

ah okay, you're lucky that you have three. are they all from the same dojo or do you go to more than one dojo?

All from the same dojo.

Odinot-sensei and van Hattum-sensei are bot rokudan and Barbier-sensei is Godan.

We usually have a really nice group of poeple helping out each other and very skilled sempai from all levels, so yes I feel really lucky with the dojo and the sensei I can train with.

[Mugu]

I'll add my little excitment here also then. Yesterday my sensei told me I can start wearing bogu next week. I was shocked!!! But yeah, I think I'll pass out twice as fast when practice in bogu. Oh... the joy...

[ShinKenshi]

I'll add my little excitment here also then. Yesterday my sensei told me I can start wearing bogu next week. I was shocked!!! But yeah, I think I'll pass out twice as fast when practice in bogu. Oh... the joy...Finally! Maybe if there's a day when road conditions aren't that bad you could come down to Carleton and help us break in one of the club sets :). A little kirikaeshi, some jigeiko, what fun!

[LarsCW]

I'll add my little excitment here also then. Yesterday my sensei told me I can start wearing bogu next week. I was shocked!!! But yeah, I think I'll pass out twice as fast when practice in bogu. Oh... the joy...

Congratulations Mugu, I'm sure you're gonna love it, you're now finally gonna start to learn kendo.

Have fun.

[Mugu]

Finally! Maybe if there's a day when road conditions aren't that bad you could come down to Carleton and help us break in one of the club sets :). A little kirikaeshi, some jigeiko, what fun!
Yeah, I'll come down and let you beat on me maybe the end of winter :D In the meantime, why don't you come down sometimes and practice in my dojo? :D You'll sure love the beating by my sensei, kekekekeke

[LNGUYEN]

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[Mugu]

Ladies and gentlemen, give it up for Mugu:

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*tears of joy* all the cheering overwhelms me, lol Thanks Lan. I'll post an official picture of me in bogu to add in the "Chicks in bogu thread" when my bogu arrives :)

[Joehannah]

I'm not writing about my 1st bogu experience, rather I'm writing to let everyone know that after 1.5 months of in- bogu action, I've finally had my "moment of clarity" in the sense that when I was starting in bogu, my running through after cuts was non-existent and I was blocking to save my life. At last nights keiko, I finally ran through with my strikes and didnt block much, even if it meant I would be hit. I even managed a couple of good clean hits on some of my fellow kendoka. I've never had a problem with kiai and stamina is something I know will improve with time. At last, I thought my Kendo was condemned to bad form hell when I first started to wear bogu, now I know its a slow and gradual path to learning kendo in bogu (even though I knew this anyway!) and that it's gonna get harder from here. :ditsy:

That's exactly it. I've been in Bogu for a little over a year, but I still remember (after the cool, 'I'm actually in bogu ' feeling wore off ) how confusing it was, x_o

[ShinKenshi]

Yeah, I'll come down and let you beat on me maybe the end of winter :D In the meantime, why don't you come down sometimes and practice in my dojo? :D You'll sure love the beating by my sensei, kekekekekeWell that'd be a slight problem for two reasons. First, I don't have a car. Second, I'm taking two lab classes next term so I'll barely have enough time to make it to our regular practices. We'll see. BTW, will you be using club bogu or are you getting your own?

[Mugu]

Well that'd be a slight problem for two reasons. First, I don't have a car. Second, I'm taking two lab classes next term so I'll barely have enough time to make it to our regular practices. We'll see. BTW, will you be using club bogu or are you getting your own?

awww that's too bad. Well I'm getting my own bogu and I found a very good 3mm for $500 form Bogubag.com. Let me know when the practice restarts, if the weather ain't too bad, I'll join you again :)

[Toaster]

*massive cheesy grin* I wore full bogu for the first time last week!
;) <-------- my colour after bogu... :silly: and I've still got rememenants of it on me now! hehehehehe...... Truly magical! From first putting on the men to the great feeling of happiness because you've survived afterwards... FABULOUS!

[adolchristian]

Congratulations! The smurf army grows ever bigger.

[Toaster]

we smurfs: ;) :confused: :cool: :rolleyes: :cool: :eek: :confused: ;) :eek: :cool:

[Spyder]

I was just wondering, for those of you who own a set of bogu, for how long did you practice kendo before your sensei told you to, or you just decided to purchase your own set of bogu?

[LarsCW]

I've started kendo in februari and lucky enough I can use a bogu from the dojo for a year, after this I'll buy my own set.

This means that I would have to buy my own set after about 18 months practise.

[aiuchi]

I was just wondering, for those of you who own a set of bogu, for how long did you practice kendo before your sensei told you to, or you just decided to purchase your own set of bogu?

I just got a set after 6 months. That's a bit less than I originally intended, but I'm leaving on a half year trip to Oz and NZ in January, and really wanted to have my own set for when visiting other dojos. I still feel I don't really know enough to make a wise choice, but I reckon I can upgrade parts (ie men, kote) if experience shows they're not quite right for me.

ps I'll be using it for the first time in practice tonight, so I'm a bit nervous about it!
:normal:

[ShinKenshi]

I had to wait about a year since we only practice once a week during the regular academic year. Our dojo mentor loaned us a couple sets and I wore one of them for about a month before ordering my own set.

[MikeW]

I don't remember exactly.. but it was about 4 months I think ... I started out wearing a dojo loaner but bought my own shortly afterwards. I actually bought my first set used off of ebay ( I could afford a better quality set that way). I washed it well when it came i and wore it for several years before needing to replace kote. I have since replaced the men as well as tare but I still use the do from that first set.

[Mugu]

I had to wait about a year since we only practice once a week during the regular academic year. Our dojo mentor loaned us a couple sets and I wore one of them for about a month before ordering my own set.

Actually, I checked again. You're right about the highest is 10th dan, but even for 8th dan, only 1% of the applicants actually pass the exam. So 9th dan is remotely possible, and 10th dan is possible if the next Musashi reincarnates.

You can also read about the ranking system here Moe:

http://www.kendo-usa.org/rank.htm

[Mugu]

What's wrong with me or the forum, I knew I wasn't posting here, but the post talking about ranking system showed up here. It's me... nevermind

[ShinKenshi]

There ya go, causing problems as usual :wink:. Looks like I gotta pay a visit to your dojo and smack some sense into you once you get your bogu :D.

[Mugu]

There ya go, causing problems as usual :wink:. Looks like I gotta pay a visit to your dojo and smack some sense into you once you get your bogu :D.
Oh yeah?! I'll see to that when I get in full bogu in a few months :D