[jdmichal]

> If you think Kendo is real, see what the guys from Iaido have to say about them...

Wikipedia has some interesting reading on this:

> Iaido encompasses hundreds of styles of swordsmanship, all of which subscribe to non-combative aims and purposes.

Well, that's a not a good start at all, is it?

> Iaidoka are regularly prescribed to practice kendo to safeguard that battling feel; it is normal for high positioning kendoka to hold high rank in iaido and the other way around.

Oh dear... They not only allow, but maybe even encourage them do both?! What is this world coming to?

[jafaku]

I never said they were good fighters, just that they practice with real swords, while in Kendo they don't. But of course they fight even less than the guys from Kendo, because nobody wants to get a scratch nowadays. So people only have two options: "fight" with fake swords, or learn to use real swords but without fighting. I'd take the second option, but I think both are pretty much useless.