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Patience is the key, remember that on average, you can achieve a Dan grade in Kendo quicker than in other arts (some can take up to eight years to reach shodan, is some Judoka have told me). Even if you think of Kata, we only have ten official ones to learn, opposed to dozens in other arts.

Believe me, other martial arts can be tremendously arduous and repetitive until you reach a level where you can have fun too.

You will find that Kendo becomes more fun as you pregress, at some point you are going to cut a nice big men, your Kote cuts will improve, and next thing you know you will be looking forward o going into class.

Just wait for a bit longer, for me it came all of a sudden during a seminar. And it was only because my Sempai had me doing basic drills for about four weeks as I had picked up a lot of bad habits. It requires effort on your part too.

As for bogu, is great fun, worth the wait

Best regards,


Jorge