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woah.... izzaz ...... nice

i also wan to hear this opinion from others as well....billy and the others kendoka...

i feel that.....billy sure got 4 "wife"

Both my shinai names are Izzaz but my fighting shinai i call her "Wife no.1 Izzaz" and spare shinai i call her "Concubine Izzaz"

By the way...sentence 119 repeated on 139

S***! i really read it all.....u really caught me off guard!!

I pratice ashi-sabaki every time i in waiting line.....praticing kiai during shower.....suburi in empty space......wrist trainning while walking alone/riding a motorbike ......praticing a proper shinai grip while riding my motorbike.....doing okuri-ahsi front and backward during waiting in line.....bruises on my body is a mark of honor and bruises on miss cut on others is my mark of "needing more pratice!!" and lastly...yes... my shinai got a name and her name called Haru and i clean her every week

oh yeah~

Practicing new Kiai techniques in the car......?....

Sounds fun eh? hehe...

Aiyah! Don't need to answer all the 300 questions, you sure make yourself `pening'. Just pick one most unusual crazy question to answer `YES', you are already confirmed on the way to be addicted & crazy over KENDO e.g. when I saw the question no 151.`You practice different/new Kiai while driving your car', I am smiling and answer YES.

I did that occasionally and I think its best substitution of my car horn. Haha! I taught some beginners to do that to perfect their KIAI before coming to the dojo.

I hate to admit it but some of it really true...

But some of them kinda coincident... indigo blue room (this is the renovation people's fault)...

300 gila man.....

"We don't have suburitos!" HAHA LOL!!!!

Hehe, i just did 152.

Happy checking out, folks~

1.Your dye your entire wardrobe indigo blue.
2.You play baseball using a gedan or hasso kamae.
3.You know, 4373 Japanese phrases 4370 are useless outside the dojo.
4.You break steak knives at restaurants because of your crazy tenouchi.
5.You dream about waza and wake up sore from twitching in your sleep.
6.Three words: Kama Sutra Waza.
7.You kiai every time you open an umbrella.
8."For the the lsat time sir, we don't have any suburitos!" - Taco Bell
9.Your wife/gf complains that you spend too many late nights watching Kendo tapes and oiling your Shinai.
10.Your sensei pulls you aside after practice and says "Whoa! Take it easy - there's more to life than Kendo."
11.You stretch your calves when waiting in line.
12.You play out imaginary Kendo bouts using pens and pencils when at work or school.
13.You meet someone for the first time and you !Kote! Them when they want to shake your hand.
14.Your left heel is always off the floor...always.
15.You do Chudan Kamae when you play the "whack the weasel" at the fair.
16.You do your Kendo footwork when walking along the hallway.
17.When playing tennis, you Kiai when you hit the ball.
18.Your room smells of Kendo (sweat plus indigo dye all mixed up)
19.You have a Kendo-themed poster on your bedroom wall
20.You have a Kendo-themed wallpaper on the desktop
21.A Kendo tape (typically the All Japan) is always in the VCR ready to go
22.You logged on to Kendo World daily without fail, and many times per day
23.Your shower floor is slightly blue
24.You bow and say "hai" too many times outside the Dojo.
25.You practice ashi-sabaki and fumikomi without realizing it.
26.You dream about the "perfect cut" all the time, especially when showering after keiko
27.You practice reigi, maai and seme when driving, and change lanes with sutemi upon recognizing a suki.
28.When the ex-president nominated you as the new president of the kendo club because you're "passionate".
29.You break glasses because you were subconsciously practicing tenouchi with your knife.
30.You try to cut you meat in the least amounts of cuts, preferably two (push pull)
31.When you wake up and look in the mirror not to get your hair right, but to look at your posture in kamai, and after you comforted yourself you still got it you try fumikomi, and think well that's not really it. It begins with trying to do it till it's right but usually ends with one of your family shouting to cut the hell out.
32.You almost slipped while unconsciously doing ashi-sabaki in the shower Many times.
33.When teaching an English class in Japan, you take of the minutes explaining to the students the true basic "L" sound is like making a shomen except you are using your tongue! Then having everybody stand while practicing it!
34.Practicing Nito Ryu with the cat using second finger from each hand.
35.Practice mochi kaete in the metro to keep not falling
36.You are afraid to say which martial art you are practicing because you know it will take hours to explain it...
37.You feel bad when you're not practicing (during holidays)
38.Even looking for a dojo whenever I travel for any reason
39.You still practice Mennouchi when lying in the bed and your wife is half sleep, and the last one with big kiai.
40.You drew all over the kendo catalog again and again instead of washing the dishes.
41.you bought an umbrella just because it was the exact Shinai size and weight...
42.the tiles on your kitchen and bathroom floor are cracked from you practicing fumikomi.
43.When your parents/significant others announce a family vacation you quickly question them about how much practice you will be missing, if the number is too high, you throw a hissy fit and refuse to partake in any vacations.
44.You have been banned from the movie theater for screaming corrections during the movie The Last Samurai.
45.Your weekly grocery list include the entry: Light bulbs
46.Your living room's textured ceiling is missing chunks of texture
47.You sleep on your couch cause a hitting dummy is where your bed used to be
48.You make new friends in search of people to practice on
49.People at work wonder what a "perfect pleat" is and why you obsess over it
50.You open a restaurant and call it "Chez Bogu".
51.You open a kid's clothing store and call it "Mon petit Shinai".
52.You write and publish "Musashi for dummies".
53.You bow every time you go in/out of a room, despite wherever you are.
54.You get commented on having ugly feet
55.You shout Banzai before you start a test and try to frighten your teacher by doing suburis with your pen in class
56.You still assist religiously to all kendo Keiko and taikai even after your gf/wife/date warned you about all those 'suspicious' hickeys on your neck and back.
57.When you find and watch all the available chanbara/jidaigeki movies around you and play the fight scenes in slow motion whilst taking note of all the potential hazardous waza you could actually use in jigeiko/shiai.
58.You get called to the counselor's office for clarification that you are NOT being put through child abuse at home due to the countless bruises apparent on your elbows, arms, and thighs.
Feet are so bad, other Kendoka tell you, you have ugly feet...
59.When you have Brown/Blue marks on your ceiling from Bokuto/Shinai
60.You practice footwork at the airport while waiting for your flight, because the floor is smooth enough for shoes (sandals) to do good footwork on, and you hate to lose good practice time when good floor is available.
61.You practice sonkyo when not playing at a rehearsal for a gig because standing or sitting doing nothing is not as useful, and sonkyo feels good for stretching after standing for a long time.
62.Your dream home includes smooth wooden floor and a tall ceiling
63.You dream of living in a dojo
64.You want to have 5 kids so you can make a team
65.When your significant other argues with you, you ask for an ippon shobu to settle
66.All your explanation ends with "...just like kendo"
67.On your break/lunch time you ask your other kendo friend if they want to do kata/ jigeiko with you
68.You teach your cats to do proper kiai
69.You kiai before a job interview and do sankyo afterwards
70.you enjoy the smell of a used Hakama
71.You hold a steering wheel with your wrists twisted in.
72.Your Shinai has a name
73.Your cat's name is Musashi, and your dog's name is Hanzo
74.You have worn your Kendogi OUTSIDE of the dojo more than once
75.Watching a movie with a fight in it, you're thinking, "If I was in that situation and I had a Shinai........"
76.You cut the ceiling with an Iaito by accident and you conduct a thorough investigation of the damage to confirm my posture and cut alignment.
77.You responded "Hai" during a job interview with a non-Japanese speaking interviewer.
78.When you can't sleep you try and concentrate on previous bouts
79.You may have run out of clean socks, but your uniform is ready
80.You no longer dream about women, instead you dream about new Bogu
81.You fight with your wife about wanting to practice rather than observe religious holidays
82.You try and convince your wife that attending a Shiai will be a mini vacation for both of you
83.You actually stay on a diet because you want to speed up your attack
84.You wear your full kendo gear every time you go for treat or tricking after you say treat or trick, you kiai at them.
85.If they don't give you any treats you perform your best katate tsuki on them
86.You do Suburi even though people are staring at you.
87.You kiai whenever you take a shower, especially when the water is very cold or hot.
88.Every time you go on the net, you visit kendo-world.
89.You developed withdrawal symptoms when KW was down for days.
90.You have 7 sets of keiko gi+hakama, one for every day of the week
91.You smell like Kendo even after you take a long hot shower
92..You have one set of keiko-gi Hakama that you wear seven days a week You never wash it but it keeps smelling better each day.
93.After training you don't have a problem with sleeping without taking a shower first.
94.You sleep with your Bogu and keiko-gi Hakama next to your bed because you "love the smell of kendo in the morning".
95.You have a permanent line across your belly from the Hakama Himo so tight
96.You have a permanent ring around your face from the Men
97.You refuse to wash the blue die off because it's a sign of your hard work
98.You smell like vinegar because you didn't know you had to rinse the Kendogi after you color-stay it
99.You name your blisters (I call the big one "Puff daddy" [and the little one "bubbles"])
100.You take great pride in the filthy blue-grey color of your tsuka
101.You have the name of your dojo tattooed to your shoulder
102.You Check the KENDO WORLD forums for new postings/topics more than three times a day
103.You have all of the specs/prices for the mm bogus from Eguchi, Bogu bag, and Ebogu memorized
104.You miss your own birthday dinner to practice because there is a tournament coming up (true story)
105.You refuse a date with the hottest sexiest smartest girl in my year by saying "I would like to but I have Kendo today".
106.You persuade your spouse/partner to do Kendo so you can enjoy family time and do kendo at the same time
107.When you have to travel for a vacation or business trip, instead of planning out tourist attractions to visit, you research the nearest Kendo Dojo you can go to there.
108.You bring your Bogu everywhere.
109.You kiai when lifting heavy objects.
110.You absentmindedly do empty-handed kote-men with fumi-komi while waiting for the bus/tram/subway.
111.You often hear the questions "what the hell happened to you?," "what's in that bag?" and "can't you just skip kendo practice once".
112.You keep a wooden Shoto near your bed "just in case."
113.You apply Seme and Zanshin to household tasks.
114.When putting your shoes on, you start with the left, and vice versa.
115.you perform unorthodox dance moves when "it's raining men" is played at a disco.
116.You unconsciously extend your right hand and bow your head slightly as you walk past a person.
117.You get a co-worker to cover for you so you can sneak out of work and go to class.
118.When a woman says, "I like strong men" you reply, "Yeah...but I prefer kote."
119.You think bruises from missed cuts are a mark of honor.
120.You look like a smurf after training.
121.When someone screams at you, you Tsuki them.
122.When you say, I love the smell of fresh Kote in the morning.
123.Your office smells of stinky Bogu.
124.You smell of stinky Bogu.
125.Your co-workers smell of stinky Bogu.
126.You don't notice the smell.
127.You consider wearing heavy Armour, and having a madman beat you with a stick and screaming in your ear till it falls off...fun
128.You do your best fumikomi when you see a cockroach and perfect zanshin afterwards
129.When someone has a mark on their neck you automatically assume it was from a hiki-men
130.You only buy products that are marked "for men"
131.You think Nike's motto is a reference to kendo
132.You quit your job because it takes up your "kendo time"
133.You're dojo mates refer to you as "the walking kendo dictionary"
134.You look for a "suki" in a person when walking in a mall
135.You own the entire collection of the WKC and all Japan tapes
136.You insist on wiping the dojo floor on your own
137.You're in the cover of every kendo magazine
138.you let your girlfriend try on your Hakama and keikogi....and get strangely excited....
139.You think bruises from missed cuts are a mark of honor.
140.When you hold things, you only use your ring and pinky finger
141.After reading a newspaper, you roll it, and then you practice tenouchi on the street obstacles...without really paying attention...
142.You love it when it rains because you get to carry an umbrella.
143.You use suri-ashi when walking down a rocking train or bus
144.You use unwavering men-sen on your boss, and it works
145.And you frequently get welfare services asking you the following:
146.) Is everything okay at home?
) Its alright to talk dear...
) No one has the right to hurt you, even your parents.
) Daddy is an alcoholic, yes?
) Do they touch you in the special place? To which you reply..."Yes, he's always overpowering maai."
147.Asking at a job interview if they have a kendo club
148.Considering not taking the aforementioned job if it is offered because it will mean kendo practices will have to be missed.
149.After walking home with an umbrella you do chuburi with it.
150.You move around your workplace using footwork drills instead of just walking like a normal person
151.You practice different/new Kiai while driving your car
152.You ask your granny to sew you a Shinai bag, tenugui, zekken
153.You use your little annoying brother as practice dummy for men-uchi;
154.You know the whole Koei catalogue (or other kendo catalogues) by heart;
155.You Hakama & gi is perfectly folded after each practice;
156.When you are bored, you refold your Hakama after trying it on just for fun;
157.When watching TV and drinking green tea, you sit in seiza;
158.Your e-mail is on the ignore list of one kendo company, because you annoy them every single week with stupid questions about their products
159.You explode every single time your little annoying brother touches your Shinai or bokuto without permission (you chase him and then you practice some suburis on him)
160.Your boyfriend you, that if you go to KENDO one more time he’ll leave you…You will miss him.
161.You Sit in seiza while watching TV at night
162.You bow to it when you turn it off.
163.The fact that the carpet needs vacuumed doesn't bother you, until you start to pack up your gear for practice, at which point you vacuum so your Hakama won't pick up the bits of lint and fuzz when you lay it down to fold it.
164.You cry when your Shinai breaks and you give it a proper Buddhist funeral
165.You always read "bogus" as the plural of "Bogu" instead of "fake" (BO-ges)
166..% of daydreams are kendo related (well %)
167.ALL dinner conversations with my b/f eventually turn to Kendo
168.Truly love the smell of damp indigo (it makes me happy)
169.Practice suburi naked in front of the mirror to study how the muscles work (True story - NOT me)
170.Bought a house with high ceilings - before I began Kendo - however, after Kendo, put in hardwood floors and mirrored closet doors.
171.When your friend throws something at you and instead of move you slice it with the closest knife.
172.You mock all other martial arts stores because they have no kendo stickers or patches
173.You beg netflix to carry kendo tournament DVD's and threaten to send ninjas if they don't
174.The only thing you own which has been tailored to fit you is your Bogu.
175.That really annoying "blue la da de " song makes you happy and think of kendo.
176.You teach your two year old daughter how to hit a do strike because you think it's cute.
177.During breakfast you break out against any other foe with a cream horn and a doughnut as a tsuba
178.You dream of the day you will get your Bogu whenever you hear the song "It's Raining Men"
179.You dirty cloths are piling up in the hamper but your kendo uniform is freshly laundered and folded
180.You find yourself walking around your house with a Shinai in hand, and you bow to your sibling every time you fight.
181.When you sit down you always sit in seiza
182.In gym class in school You shout out Japanese instead of English numbers when you are warming up
183.When you go to your Podiatrist he says 'Gee, your left calf is much tighter than your right one...'
184.Your bedroom has a holy space for your kendo stuff
185.You dye your entire wardrobe indigo blue.
186.You play baseball using a gedan or hasso kamae.
187.You know, 4373 Japanese phrases, 4370 are useless outside the dojo.
188.You break steak knives at restaurants because of your crazy tenouchi.
189.You dream about waza and wake up sore from twitching in your sleep.
190.Three words: Kama Sutra Waza.
191.You kiai every time you open an umbrella.
192."For the th time sir, we don't have any suburitos!" - Taco Bell
193.Your wife/gf complains that you spend too many late nights watching Kendo tapes and oiling your Shinai.
194.You spent more money this year on your Kendo-equipment than your clothes.
195.There's a Bogu in your bedroom.
196.Your university diploma is "tucked away somewhere" but your Shodan-Exam-Diploma is framed and on display on the most prominent wall space in the house.
197.You can eat equally well with chopsticks or a fork.
198.Everyone at your graduation wants to know where you learned to bow.
199.In your kitchen several razor-sharp Japanese cooking-knifes are close to hand, but a bread knife is nowhere to be found.
200.You have two different. Signature files, which have no words in common, except the email address.
201.You're a burly guy who looks like a Hell's Angel, but you practice ikebana and sumi-e in public.
At a formal dinner party, you politely grab your sleeve to keep it from dropping in the food, only to realize you're wearing a suit.
202.You're watching what's been billed as the most romantic scene in any movie ever, and all you can think is: What kind of armor is he wearing?
203.You reality check war games and role-playing games
204.You're annoyed because the armor at the art museum isn't displayed so that you can get a good photograph of the back/insides
205.Your reference section on Japanese martial arts is better than the equivalent section in the local library.
206.Your hobby takes more of your time than your job.
207.You sign a check, using calligraphy.
208.You take a college course in Japanese history, and find out you already own the textbooks.
209.You go running up the stairs at work and reach down to hold the hem of your Hakama up so as not to trip over it..And you're wearing pants.
210.Your bedroom contains more Kendo-equipment than furniture.
211.Your cat understands "Yame!"
212.You show up for work on Monday with the most interesting bruises.
213.You sneer at sword fights in films because any fool can tell they're not within striking distance of their opponents.
214.[You’re female and] "You're so aggressive!" is a compliment.
215.At the local video hire store you check out any console games with the word 'samurai' on them if their technique looks authentic, you borrow and play them, depriving your kids of game time.
216.Your 1 year old calls you 'kendo freak' under his breath...
217.you read this thread in one go at 0:30 in the morning and start laughing loudly once in a while..... (um did my parents wake up?) O_o
218.If your girlfriend tells you that she feels like kendo is 'the other woman'
219.Teaching your driving instructor the words for left and right in Japanese because you forget them in English.
220.Coming out with the immortal words "right... that's it... ippon gachi.... NOW!" when in the midst of a disagreement with your boyfriend
221.doing seme whilst dancing with said boyfriend
222.viciously stabbing your little brother with the sharp end of something long and stick like whenever he insults you
223.having a shinai in every room of the house "just in case"
224.having permanently chipped nail polish from mending/sanding/oiling shinai
225.you buy bras in colors other than white so they don't look quite so revolting after kendo
wrapping your ponytail in a cloth so that it won't get caught in your men himo EVEN WHEN NOWHERE NEAR THE DOJO!
226.deciding you don't want children just yet because it means 9 months or more of no kendo.
when you notice that the soles of your shoes are worn through, but the heels are mysteriously intact!
227.you drive 700 miles to a tournament your not entered in just to watch some kendo !
228.You realize you're standing in the middle of Walmart with no idea where your significant other or parent is and 15 people are backed up behind you because you were going over techniques in your head...
229.You make small cutting movements everywhere you go
230.You imagine everyone you come across armored up and ready to go, shinai in hand
231.One arm is significantly stronger than the other, and it's not from "whacking the weasel"...
232.Every time you go to a flea market or mall, you head straight for the knife booth to check out shinai/bokken/daito
233.All the bookmarks in Firefox are links to kendo sites or movies
234.Every mail in your in box at work has the word 'kendo' somewhere in it
235.Your online alias has 'kendo' somewhere in it
236.You officially change your middle name to 'kendoka'
237.You refer to santa as 'kendo claus'
238.You buy shoes based on the fact that they're easy to step in and out of when entering/leaving the dojo
239.When you have a mini shinai on your keychain
240.You walk past a barber shop and crack up upon seeing "Men cut = $16".
241.Your family asks what you want for (insert name of religious holiday here) and ... and no big surprise to all... all you want is kendo gear.
242.Your family doesn't have to ask what you want, they know you want kendo gear!
243.The people who used to be your friends don't want to be around you anymore because they wear abicrombe and you wear bogu
244.When kendo practice is canceled for winter vacation, you go into your backyard and shovel our your own arena for practice in the freezing cold.
245.You find yourself using techniques you learn the move around (not necessarily shinai-involved)

246.You spend less time talking to your girlfriend before she leaves for a family Thanksgiving, and more time looking up kendo-related information
247.When you can't hold a shinai, you grab anything sword-like and use it to practice.. yes, even a cheap toy sword you got that you ducktaped all over.
248.Whenever somebody starts talking about kendo you get really serious, stiff faced, etc.
249.When you catch yourself saying "who needs sex, I have keiko"
250.When you recognize people by their fumikomi
251.When you can't resist the urge to strike Do when your brother lifts his arms
252.You find yourself counting your steps while walking in Japanese while remembering last practice
253.You repeatedly need to "check if your bogu still fits" for some reason...
254.You can fold hakama in 30 seconds flat
255.Watching tv with your brand new men on...
256.Extending your right hand and saying 'samimasen' to fellow supermarket shoppers....
257.Learning Japanese so you can better communicate with your sensei and Sempai....
258.Your car is full Shinai, usable and unusable.
259.One corner of your room is filled with a large pile of Shinai.
260.You have 4 pair of Kotes, and only one pair is descent to use.
261.You remember to pack your Bogu in the morning, but forget your wallet.
262.You girlfriend asks you to talk about something besides Kendo...
and your girlfriend does Kendo as well.
263.Your co-workers ask you repeatedly if you're SURE that you're not in an abusive relationship because of all the bruises on your right arm.
264.You find a room at work that is usually empty and practice kendo footwork in there
265.You log on to KWF during public holidays when any sane person would be out partying or comatose.
266.You get your wife to go to kendo practice and try it out, while watching her do kote men you have to sit in seiza to hide your shinai ...
267.Your idea of a honey moon is going to Japan for a week so you can learn from the Japanese sensei...
268.For every Holliday your family makes the sales for Bogu-ya and E-bogu go up 150 %
269.You get a track of nothing but traditional Japanese songs so you can feel more like a Samurai
270.Your new wife knows skimpy undies won't work so she wears you first hakama and Kendogi to surprise you after work
271.Your co-workers call you Samurai before your first name ...
272.The security guard in your building asks you over and over again if a billy club feels like a Shinai then you catch him trying to do the stuff you told him about
273.Takes time to admire your callouses and blisters since they are a sign of lost of hard practice.
274.Organizing a practice outside of the Dojo because all other clubs in your area are closed due to holidays.
275.refusing/rejecting to go on a date with a nice guy,because he is only free and asks you to meet in your Kendo practice/seminar time.
276.When you catch yourself doing Kendo-Kata alone in the kitchen while cooking the rice for sushi......
277.You Put a Kodachi near, under you pillow "just in case"...
278.You participate in the World Kendo Championship...
279.And you win
280.You get arrested for umbrella related crimes
281.When you get into a street fight you get into Seiza before fighting
282.When you lose count during Suburi practice,,,
283.after you hit quadruple digits...
284.and you still keep going.
285.You Kiai when you ride a roller coaster
286.Tell terrorists, "Take me! But spare my Bogu!"
287.Your friend and Bogu fall off a ship and you dive after your bogu first
288.You actually start liking the smell of the oil+terpentine- mix you use to oil your Shinai.
289.You like to hold your Shinai for no apparent reason while watching TV
290.You shuffle your way to the nearest store without lifting your feet from the ground
291.Your shoe bottoms wear out in 1,5 weeks (see above)
292.You walk around late at night in the 'bad part of town' with your Shinai to test out your Tsuki accuracy.
293.In physics class your classmates catch you doing Kirikaeshi with your pen.
294.While looking through your wardrobe you notice that a lot of your recently bought clothes have pleats like a hakama.
295.When you keep and try to find ways to convince your girlfriend to start Kendo
296.when you don't succeed, but still keep trying
297.when you try to talk her into letting your future kids do Kendo
298.when you try to talk her out of letting them go play soccer instead.
299.You open your own dojo (in the future.)
300.When shopping for pants, you make sure that you can do sankyo when you try them on.


You really read through all these??? You are officially a kendo addict, no doubt about it.