so i want to learn japanese sword fighting (i think the proper term is kendo) i need something physically demanding to work off stress (not that i have any, i'm pretty laid back ), and i think that i 'd rather have this then fencing, at least for now. fenceing is great, but this sounds like i could really love it, i mean, fencing is the same, swords and honing one's skills and such, but a japanese sword speaks to me of anchient arts and honor a little more strongly... when i first saw one, i really wasn't that taken with them, i mean, the hilt was all wrong from what i was used to, and they were tiny when compared to a good broadsword... but eventually, they began to grow on me. i'll probably always love european swords, but i yearn to know how to properly use a japanese sword... plus i'd rather be training for hours towards something stimulating and useful (tho' for what i dunno) then simply slogging for hours brainlessly in a gym... i plan to join a kendo class next fall, rather then the club now because i need this semester and the summer to get into really good shape (i'm a little out of it now, not fat or chubby or anything, but bits of me occasionally do NOT listen when i tell them what to do) so i will be slogging brainlessly in a gym for a few months (actually, i have my own weights now, i can run with my mum and i have a personal trainer in the form of my affliate (he's waaay too gung-ho about all of this working out stuff) so i probably won't be going to the gym), but after that no brainlessness for me, unless it's to help with the swords stuff!