the highwayman

Kendo seems to be like my new passion in near future. I had a hidden admire for Samurais and their way of living. The way they treat their swords. The way they created their own wisdom and lifestyle from this fighting spirit. And that admiration always put Japan in the list of countries that I always wanted to go and see, and maybe live for some time. Thus recently when I was looking for some Japanese courses in Prague, I came through the website of Czech Kendo Federation. I was surprised to see that there are few Kendo schools here, and suddenly I thought why not to try this as well. I already had short-term experiences with Okinawa-te and Taek-Won-Do, and I was always interested in practicing martial arts.
Recently, I caucht an opportunity to watch Czech Kendo Championship live in Hradec Kralove. The battles were interesting, although quality of Kendo practiotioners seems to be way below of those Asians (Japanese, Koreans and Taiwanese are the best Kendo).
But it didn't discourage me from willing to join one of the Kendo schools here. I am planning to start in June after our football tournament in Belgium. It would be great feeling to get into those shinai (bamboo-sword) battles!

Here's a short view from the final of the championship;

And about Japanese courses; I started to learn Katakana and Hiragana, and met a friendly japanese girl who agreed to help me with it.