I will be taking a holiday of sorts to New York City later in the year, in just over a months time, for nearly three weeks. Doing a Google search, I have found a few Kendo Clubs in the city, with New York Kendo Club being a distance away, and another one closer located at Astor Place, near my accommodations.
The duration that I will be gone for, if I do not train in some way, is probably not too much of an issue since I did not train for much longer when I had injured my wrist. However, with at least one dojo within an easy walking distance of sorts (NYC Kendo Club is 3.2 Miles away but can be accessed via the Number 6 subway and then another short walk), it would be nice to be able to train/visit.
The question is, do I bring my bogu?
I will obviously decide upon if I will be visiting, and contact them beforehand for permission since that is the correct approach and polite instead of just turning up. I would be happy to pay for visitors fees for my visits to them, but I am not really sure about dragging two bags around on the subway and walking to my accommodations from and to the airport. At other times, it really isn't an issue since I wouldn't be taking my luggage if I go train... Depending on the club too I guess, they may have club bogu there I could borrow, and it wouldn't be difficult for me to bring my gi/hakama only though. I guess then the first step would be to contact them to enquire about what options there are.
If anyone in the vicinity of NY City has experience about this, I'd love to hear from you for sure.
The duration that I will be gone for, if I do not train in some way, is probably not too much of an issue since I did not train for much longer when I had injured my wrist. However, with at least one dojo within an easy walking distance of sorts (NYC Kendo Club is 3.2 Miles away but can be accessed via the Number 6 subway and then another short walk), it would be nice to be able to train/visit.
The question is, do I bring my bogu?
I will obviously decide upon if I will be visiting, and contact them beforehand for permission since that is the correct approach and polite instead of just turning up. I would be happy to pay for visitors fees for my visits to them, but I am not really sure about dragging two bags around on the subway and walking to my accommodations from and to the airport. At other times, it really isn't an issue since I wouldn't be taking my luggage if I go train... Depending on the club too I guess, they may have club bogu there I could borrow, and it wouldn't be difficult for me to bring my gi/hakama only though. I guess then the first step would be to contact them to enquire about what options there are.
If anyone in the vicinity of NY City has experience about this, I'd love to hear from you for sure.
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