Aside from soccer, I'm also a practitioner of Kendo, the art of Japanese fencing. Kendo translates as "Way of the Sword." It was Kendo that first made me interested in Japanese history and language. Enjoy!!
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I thought the language lab was helpful. I have to admit that I probably wouldn't have the patience to do most of those exercises at my own house, but there's something about the formality of the language lab that holds me accountable. I was able to follow the first video without any problems, but I had absolutely no idea what was said in the classroom during the second video. Same goes with the video we watched in class (the guy fighting with the girl over the goo). Why can't the Japanese language just stop at kore,sore,are, and dore?
I always wanted to ask this question to someone who does Kendo---how do you clean your gear? Doesn't it smell bad???
Fukai Sensei, I just throw my Hakama and Keikogi into the washing machine. As for the rest of the bogu, I just air it out. Actually a friend of mine puts those pine fresheners you see in cars inside his Men and Kote. LOL.
I thought the language was fine. Sometimes they spoke quickly, but since you can easily rewind, I found it helpful.
And wow, you do kendo. That's pretty cool. When I attended Korean school, they made us try the Korean equivalent and it was so hard...how long have you studied kendo?
Konnichiwa Ken San.
Sorry this comment is going to be response to other of your blogs as well and response to your comment! I love Seattle because it is always my home away from home. New York is a place where you fall in love with too. However, I'd say I'd prefer living/raising a family in Seattle. (: And no, I have not been to UK or other places of such. I wish I could! So you're from Dublin. That is so neat! (I know my comments are all scattered please forgive me) Taking Chinese, Japanese, and Korean is not as tough as it sounds. For one, I already knew Korean before I came to Columbia. Secondly, Japanese has similar sounds/words to Korean so it is not too hard. Just a lot of memorizing and practicing. CHinese is extremely difficult with pronounciation and listening to the different sounds when it sounds exactly the same. haha -P
I used to play kendo too. Fukai sensei, it does smell bad...I spent a good amount of money on febreze sort of thing.
If you're listening to this you are the resistance.
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