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Anonymous
What does /fit/ think of Kendo? I was considering either this or Fencing.
>> Anonymous
Fencing is more fun
>> Anonymous
I do kendo. I haven't done any sports prior to kendo since it was the first thing I jumped into once I stopped being a fatass. I really enjoy it though, and I think you'll like whatever you throw yourself into anyways. Just be careful--with kendo, there really isn't any quick path to being good at it. It's one of those things you can only get better at with time, and extreme dedication can only help so much.
>> Anonymous
It's alright. I took it for six months before I got bored with it.

A lot of it is repetition so that you gain muscle memory for certain necessary moves. It's not much in the way of a workout though, as it puts more emphasis on mental aspects of combat rather than the physical.

I'd go with fencing, but it's your choice buddy.
>> Anonymous
weaboo
>> Anonymous
>>374325
>>It's not much in the way of a workout though, as it puts more emphasis on mental aspects of combat rather than the physical.

While the latter part is true, it is in a way very much like HIIT in that you really have to go all out with extreme intensity sporadically. But like all non-weightlifting exercises, it will only develop your musculature so far, and that's not far at all. It's still very tiring if you're doing the actual fighting and not just the swinging practice etc.

As for me, I only got into weightlifting and fitness so that I could be better at at least the side of kendo which I could quickly get better at.
>> Anonymous
>>374329

The problem is that he wouldn't get into the actual fighting until a few months in.

And saying it's like HIIT is just like calling any other form of sparring HIIT. Combat in general forces you to use bursts of energy, relax, wash, rinse, repeat.
>> Anonymous
I don't know about kendo, but I took fencing for about a year. It's fun when everyone is a noob, but it get's pretty gay when fencers start using foils that whip 180 degrees to tag you in the back.
>> Anonymous
>>374318
I haven't tried kendo, though it seems cool. Hell yes, fencing. I was a fencer for 4 years until the team went straight downhill. Don't think I'll be joining for a 5th year.
>> Anonymous
>>374331
Yep, you could call all that HIIT. It works.
>> Anonymous
Only thing I hated about kendo was the fucking yelling
>> sage sage
>>374402

only thing i hated was the fucking amerikans
>> Anonymous
I take fencing right now and it's fuckigng awsome. If you do fencing, don't be a faggot; use an epee.
>> Anonymous
>>374439

Seconded. Epees are for real men.
>> Anonymous
>>374451

Fuck year! None of this I-hit-you-first right-of-way slap-fight bullshit.
>> Anonymous
>>374439
dont be a fag, use sabre
>> Anonymous
>>374410
fag
>> Anonymous
>>374459

fag
>> Anonymous
>>374459
Yes! Sabre!
>> Anonymous
a thought, fencing is an olympic sport
>> Anonymous
Epee. Right of way is for pussies.
>> Anonymous
k
>> The Guru !!GUJgcWVW8Zk
I can find a place that does fencing around me, I live in the Long Beach area. Anyone know a place? Kendo is fine too
>> The Guru !!GUJgcWVW8Zk
damn,

>can't
>> Anonymous
>>374784

Cal State Long Beach is pretty well known for their fencing team. Even if you can't join the CSLB team, I bet if you went down there and talked to them they could tell you where to find a salle.
>> The Guru !!GUJgcWVW8Zk
>>374795
cool thanks, do you know if you have to be a student though?
>> Anonymous
>>374784
http://www.auskf.info/dojo/scko.htm
>> Anonymous
>>374795
CSULB represent?

LBfag here.
>> Anonymous
Kendo is absolutely amazing as an art form and a workout. Although I can't say for sure since I've never done fencing, I'd have to say kendo is the superior art as far as killing ability goes. Of course, people don't learn either to learn how to kill, but still.
>> Anonymous
>>374816
Kendofag #1 here. Quit fagging up the rep of kendo with your elitist BS. Kendo is kendo, it's not superior to something else, because its not comparable.
>> Anonymous
fencing is the fucking shit man
>> Anonymous
fence foil, faggot!
>> Anonymous
>>374822
>>fence saber, faggot!

fix'd that for you.
>> Moo !XBOXgikTFw
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Like all japanese fighting arts, kendo has degraded into little more than dancing around and fucking up your natural reactions with muscle memory training that leaves you very exploitable.

Go for fencing!
>> Anonymous
fuck foil. foil has lost all its beautiful form and grace which fencing used to be about. the closest you can get to old tyme fencing now a days is epee, which is by far the most satisfying weapon of all (face shots!).
>> Anonymous
kendo is teh gays.....brah
>> Anonymous
>>374855

>fence epee, faggot!

No, U. Anyway, OP, if you take up Western fencing, always start with foil and work your way up. My favorite is obviously epee, sabre is fun and flashy, but your entire game will benefit from a firm grasp of foil technique.
>> Anonymous
>>375352
ahaha

have you ever watched the elite fencers at the olympics? it's not even fencing

it's like running and leaving yourself tremendously open in hopes of getting a jab in

it's the fencing equivalent of in karate tournaments a tall guy just doing some dumbass move but tapping you on the top of the head with his fist (you know, the part of your head that would not hurt you but break his wrist if he did that shit in real life)
>> Anonymous
epee is the hurrf hurrf tough guy american way of fencing. For a more sophisticated sport, fence sabre.