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Kaguya Pekoyama
9/3 near Recolle
Following the events of the last month, I've chosen to take up kendo to further my self-defense skills. Does anyone have any recommendations on good instructors in the city, or know anyone that I might be able to spar with?

Any leads are appreciated.

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some sort of ranged weapon, honestly. gun, bow and arrow, have at it. if monsters attack again, defeating them from a distance will help a lot.

Jack Kelly If you ask me, it's because they're all a bunch of stalkers. They must have cameras all over the city to be able to keep track of us even when we don't have our phones on us.

Kaguya Pekoyama I can see the logic in that, though I don't imagine either would be my forte.
Kaguya Pekoyama If I have some additional time, though, I'll think about taking up archery.

Kaguya Pekoyama It must be something like that, indeed.
Kaguya Pekoyama The question is how they manage to keep us from seeing those cameras, as I've yet to spot one.

... so you're a fan of the old fashioned stuff.

Jack Kelly My guess would be they're using the hidden camera type you can stick anywhere and no one notices it. The problem is how they'd have set up a camera network without anyone noticing they were installing them.
Jack Kelly Then again, their network's been up since February,
so who knows how long they've been at this?

Kaguya Pekoyama I suppose you could say that.
Kaguya Pekoyama Though I also don't think my parents would take very kindly to me owning a gun, for various reasons.

[ Not the least of which are cultural. ]

Kaguya Pekoyama I wonder if we'd have even noticed them installing it, if it was from before we had the app.
Kaguya Pekoyama It may have seemed like a normal thing then.

Oh ok
Theres a lot of app people practicing there
They have a lot of practice weapons so people can try to remember if they used them or not

[ oh hey, fellow teammate. kendo, huh... ]

let me know where you can get one of those kendo swords too
wait no
actually, why not actual swordfighting instead?

Jack Kelly Yeah, that's the other thing. Judging from everything else, we wouldn't have thought much of it at all. I've been wondering how they manage that.

Kaguya Pekoyama I may have to check them out for those practice weapons.
Kaguya Pekoyama That does sound very helpful.

Kaguya Pekoyama I have reasons to believe that I may be able to pick up kendo quickly.
Kaguya Pekoyama Though I'm not opposed to learning actual swordfighting as well, afterward.

Kaguya Pekoyama An excellent question.
Kaguya Pekoyama Normally, I'd say something like brainwashing was utterly ridiculous, but as it is...

understandable. i didn't mean it in a derogatory way, just that combined with kendo. it was more of an observation.

Its good
Even if you dont remember anything you can still learn something new
Looks like i knew martial arts though

Jack Kelly Huh. You know, I hadn’t even thought about brainwashing, but it makes sense. How else would everyone else conveniently forget about things like horses and colors?
Jack Kelly Or would we be the brainwashed ones, being part of their network?

Yasusada Yamato I do kendo
Yasusada Yamato I'd be happy to help teach you and spar with you

[Because even with all this nonsense going on, he can't turn his back on something that was once his entire life's purpose.]

Kaguya Pekoyama I didn't think you did. It was a fair observation to make.

Kaguya Pekoyama My guess is it'd be everyone else who's brainwashed.
Kaguya Pekoyama Only because it's a strange enough idea in itself that it's not a satisfactory answer for what we've been through.

Kaguya Pekoyama It would be much appreciated.
Kaguya Pekoyama I don't have any kendo background outside of memories, but I hope that will allow me to pick things up quickly.

Kaguya Pekoyama I wouldn't consider either outcome a failure, either.
Kaguya Pekoyama Being better equipped to fight off various creatures is a benefit, whether one remembered or learned.

Yasusada Yamato It's fine, I've worked with beginners before
Yasusada Yamato But I feel like I should mention that kendo on its own might not be the best for defending yourself against the sort of stuff we've been dealing with
Yasusada Yamato Normal kendo is great but if you want I can teach you some of the other things I know along with it, it might be a little more helpful

Edited 2017-09-07 03:20 (UTC)

you could probably figure out something better than shouting and whacking things with a wooden sword to defend yourself

or at least i hope you can

Yea

The monsters were a surprise

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Kaguya Pekoyama 9/3 near Recolle
Following the events of the last month, I've chosen to take up kendo to further my self-defense skills. Does anyone have any recommendations on good instructors in the city, or know anyone that I might be able to spar with? Any leads are appreciated.