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GirlsAndKendoSome ladies may look around this and other kendo websites and feel that kendo is a male thing, and activity where brutish thick-necked low-IQ'ed lumberjacks go to batter the hell out of each other and then show off the bruises. Well, you couldn't be more wrong! The first thing that the ladies should know about kendo is that physical strength has nothing to do with kendo. Being succesful in kendo is all about technique, speed and timing, three things that muscle bound shot putters thinking about kendo will have none of. At present, ladies make up about 25% of people attending UCl Kendo Club, and vary from absolute beginner, to past and present international level competitors (the current ladies team captain for Great Britain is a regular visitor, as is the korean ladies team captain from 6 years ago), as well as a variety of ages as well. These facts, combined with the point above will hopefully show any women who are interested in taking up kendo with UCL Kendo Club that they will able to get just as much out of kendo as any of the male members of the club do. Additionally, please take a look at this link here on our own club forum, for various items on this subject: and also take a look here on Kendo World Forums, where they also have an area devoted to the same: In addition to the above, at competitions organised by the British kendo Association there is usually a seperate Ladies Category (with one or two exceptions), as well as regular "Ladies Only" Seminars taught by the British Mens and Ladies Team Coaches, Sotaro Honda and Kazuyo Matsuda. As well as this, it is possible to buy lighter shinai for ladies (420gm as opposed to 510gm) and (if you have the money)a specially modified wider dou-mune (the breast part of the dou) to give better protection for "bustier" women. In short, ladies are well catered for in kendo, so hopefully you can be safe in the knowledge that boy or girl, you will be well taken care of! |