Forum: Women's Forum

I just got a letter (as did my other dojo mates) that the NYC Brooklyn Shiai will be segregated by male and females. There will be all men's teams and all females teams (three women per team). Also women cannot play in the mens individuals (and mens not in the females.) I am just wondering what...

Our dojo has been around for almost 40 years but its been at least 20 of those since we've had any adult females stick around for more than one year. We now have two that have started practicing in full bogu since beginning with us last summer. I'm hoping they continue beyond the coming summer. In...

first, hello everybody I don't know if my question is placed here correctly so feel free to replace it. When practising kendo I sometimes find it hard to breath like I should (down to the belly and not just with my ribs - Yes my English is crap) and my muscles become tense. I thougt it might have...

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Sorry for the embarrassing question - but what do you women do when you're on your period? My cycles are really irregular so this is the first time I've got it in about 4 months, and I've also never used a tampon before. Would doing kendo (on the 2nd day as well) with a pad be a bad idea? I don't...

Hello! I just recently visited a Kendo dojo and found it to be really fun. I have a few questions before I would like to begin Kendo this coming week, though. - I'm not all that flexible. Would that be a problem? - The dojo I visited told me that beginners use bokken first. Should I stick...

okay so i am a korean girl around 5'3 and have a normal body. except im so muscular in the korea, most definitions of skinny is a twig and girls starve themselves to be that skinny i have an okay stomach and stuff but my calves and thighs are so muscular that it makes me look really bulky. its...

So.. first off, I have to say, I've got a large... chest area, so uhm yeah. Anyway, because of that, I've gotten into the habit of tucking the men's tsuki-dare under my do. I've noticed for awhile now (practically from the first day of wearing bogu) that everyone else wears their tsuki-dare so that...

Hello! Me and a friend (both 17) want to start sporting, preferably something with a ,weapon' - I dunno why, but I like it more than a ball or something... But I really don't know which sport we could do? We wan't to get more in shape (stamina, reflexes) but it would be awesome to "really...

Sorry girls, I did not know were to post this one. I was recently talking to a fellow kenshi who mentioned that she did not think there were very many women who were nanadan, and no women had even been granted hachidan. Is this true?

(PLEASE, FEEL FREE TO POST HERE ANY OTHER "BODY/ APPEARANCE" RELATED QUESTIONS !) Hi girls ;) So this morning, I looked at myself in the mirror and noticed that my muscles in my neck were getting BIG! And so are my arms; they are getting so muscled since a few weeks, I feel like I am turning...

Any of you have ever been trained by a woman? How's it like? Are they more strict than men? I'm asking you this cos I don't know what's it like.

I'm posting this in the women's forum cause I think maybe women have a different approach to this, however any input from guys is greatly appreciated as well! ok, so I'm having trouble dealing with people who, by my own definition "play dirty". By that I mean, people who hurt or even injure you...

Greetings from the land of males-first, etc. Tonight at practice at a different dojo, introduced by a teacher at my regular one, I lined up to keiko first with a youngish guy after watching his fast and powerful "men" stroke. But when my turn came, he walked up to me (it was our first meeting BTW)...

So what do you do when your sensei is drop-dead gorgeous, uber nice and very single? We have one in the dojo and every girl is smitten. (Togashi, this is a hypothetical question for women kendoka so please hold your horses :wink: ) )

Ok, so I was talking to a dojo mate and he was saying that, most likely, given the same sensei, same starting times, same number of classes, etc... that a man would probably beat a woman in shiai, (even if the woman's technique was better) because of some kind of mental attitude that a guy has that...

One of the sempai at the dojo I go to, a Japanese woman, doesn't wear a bra under her keikogi while doing kendo. But I've seen some of the other girls wear them. Is it better to do kendo with or without them? (I've always done it with them so far...) Sorry if someone's already asked about...

Thought I'd ask, I'm new and not starting Kendo until next month, but I've always been curious about the sonkyo. I have knee issues and just never found the sonkyo to be especially lady like. Sorry, but it's true, I'm not trying to offend anyone here. Is there another way to do the sonkyo for...

Hi, new here! I've always been interested in sword fighting in general, and I've always wanted to give kendo a try. However there was never anywhere nearby where I could learn, so I never had to give it any serious thought. Until last night when I found out a dojo up north started down here too....

Ok...maybe this is a dumb question... Here’s my problem. I bought a nice new 100% cotton hakama and I have a few problems with it. First it’s oversized. I don’t know what measurements the guy from the online store read but I definitely don’t need a 28 sized hakama (more like a 26). And here is...

Does everyone still go and enjoy keiko on their, erhmm, "heavy" days? I'm talking about when your super tampon couldn't quite handle the situation. (and how do you deal with that) I've tried painkillers but then it makes me sleepy... People said "regular exercise" will ease off period...