Do I need to have any kind of martial arts skills before hand to take kendo classes?
No, you don’t have to have any martial arts skills before you take Kendo. It does help if you have some fitness levels because Kendo can be very heavy on your cardio system. Also having some flexibility and dexterity helps greatly too. That being said, it is good if you have had no prior experience in any martial arts, then you have a clean slate to learn without having other ideas conflicting with the new teaching of Kendo.
