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you could try a local shoe repair place, and see what they say. I believe my instructor got his kote palms replaced at one. It was a while back but if I remember correctly they looked great!

For sure! :D

All my time spent in Japan thus far has been in Kanagawa, so i'm super excited to finally get to Osaka and Kyoto.
I didn't realize i was in reach of a Eikenkai practice, that would be very fun to...

Well it's sure not going to be my last time in Japan, but I'll have to see what they're design practice is like to determine how I might feel about potential international employment ;)

And that...

Hello all,

I'm very excited to announce that I will be spending the spring 2013 semester of my junior year at Carnegie Mellon Univ., in Japan, at Nagoya Zokei University of Art and Design,...

I have gotten a concussion from kendo once. It was from a little kid actually, we were doing kihon and he just hit my men way too hard. It hurt at the time but it wasn't until I woke up the next...

Make sure you are eating enough and staying well nourished. We all will get tired and feel 'so exhausted' eventually, and it's important to push through those points for as long as you possibly can,...

I think experimenting and becoming infatuated with advanced and even 'tricky' waza and the like is just part of beginner kendo. Go for it if it gets you excited to attend practice!
If you are in a...

Sweats and headaches doesn't sound too good to me.
Really keep an eye on that(?)

I had a practice once where I got smacked on the men poorly by a kid student. It wasn't nice feeling at the time,...

That's true, e-mudo is in the tristate area, that might be a good idea.

And I'm not sure how I put my men on, I guess chin first.

Trying my men on again just now, I'm thinking it might simply...

Maybe my drawings did more harm than good..
There is definitely enough room, length wise, for my chin. I'm sure my men is not too short.
The problem is the frontal chin pad seems too large/fat that...

Mm, not quite. The padded frame fits my face adequately as far as length goes, but the problem seems to be that the frontal chin pad is pushing my jaw back so that my chin is only really supported...

Just watched the five matches and these are my initial conclusions.

The first half of the match Korea was forcing the tsuba zeriai and doing so improperly. I felt this was why some of Japan's...

I hadn't thought of that, good point.
But i do question the benefit of putting permanent marker on it instead. I'd think there are raw leather coatings/waxes etc that could be used as a sealant,...

You could just strip/chip all of it away and go with the raw hide look, i've been thinking about doing it myself since mine is chipping also : /

If this is a bad idea, someone please chime in. I...

Well that's the thing, it's no longer really an issue of too much space under my chin, but rather not enough in front of it, so my jaw is being pushed back in order for the men to sit on my head at...

The thing is i do forsee getting a nice fully custom set a few years down the road, so while mismatching might not be too bad, despite how uncomfortable it makes me lol, if i get a nice men now, it...

So I got the e-bogu 5/2.5mm machine stitched bogu a few years back. All in all I'm satisfied, it's a nice first new set, I'd recommend it!

That said, 4+ years into having this bogu I'm still...

Don't forget, you might want to try a different brand of shinai etc. but if you buy in bulk you're kind of stuck with that particular shinai for quite some time.

I can totally understand people's inclination to attack (or defend i guess, speaking technically) someone who has entered their home, even if they are running away or seem unarmed.
But i feel...

yea, i'm under that impression too..

Idk, i just feel like if i were the kid and i killed someone in a very painful and disturbing way over robbery, i'd probably be really upset. I don't think...

I agree. I don't care if a guy was trying to take my things, i would not want to kill him. And it said in the article that the guy lunged at him. If he lunged, i'd assume he didn't have a gun or...

PERSONAL OPINION ALERT!

I I definitely agree that race shouldn't matter.

However i think that as a result of other people's prejudices, not everyone is on an even playing field. The color of...

I think self discipline is kind of the basis of good character. With self discipline we may be able to do the right thing, even if we don't want to, or don't have to, but because we are aware it is...

Wow that sounds like a lot of fun!
Hopefully you guys will still be practicing once i get a place in Tokyo! haha *daydreaming*
Good luck!