How might I begin to learn Kendo or Kenjutsu?
There really isn’t much you will get from a system like these without an instructor. It’s *very* much like trying to learn dance from a book. It would be much easier to direct you to something useful if you revealed the ‘why’ of what you’re doing. Looking to have fun? Training in case in the post Apocalypse swords are again the weapon of the day? Looking to keep a style alive for another generation? Want to have skills for your upcoming movie career? Edit: I like how I get ‘thumbs down’ for asking for more information. It’s all good. Anyway- Your best bet is always an instructor. If that’s not posible you should know that nearly all martial art books are going to cover mostly stuff you see in the first few months of training and not all that in depth (they expect you to go to class). Videos are …okay.. but all too often you can’t see certain things and there’s no way to ask for help when something doesn’t seem or work right. You should also know that there are other styles that use s