Me and one of my friends are having a HUGE argument on what\'s better. For those of you who don\'t know, kendo uses one long sword and Kensei uses two shorter swords. So for all of those martial artists out there, which is better?

I think this really depends on your own feelings about fighting. A single long sword implies that kendo is leaning towards offensive. Two shorter swords implies that kensei is more on the defensive side of the spectrum. Personnally, I believe the old saying \"the best offense is a good defense.\" After all, if you can\'t get hit, you can\'t be beaten. I\'m going to go with kensei on this one.

P.S. I never really heard of kensei before now...

If Blademan\'s observations are correct, I am never the agressor so I would choice Kensei style.

although the long sword is powerful...two shorter swords can act for greater speed....Id go with 2 short sword guy.

I take kendo, but not kensei.
Wellllllll.... I think it might be at a tie, sure you have two swords in kensei, but that also means your strength is divided, I mean I can barely hold my boken steady with my outstretched left hand ^_^;
In kendo you hold the sword with two hands which means you could have greater control over it, and have more strength in your attacks. However with two swords, you could block attacks much easier.

Okay everone, my friend told me it is Kensi not Kensei but who cares. Well So far it seems like out of the people that have posted Kensi is more popular, but according to the polls they\'re dead even. I\'ll give my friend the results so far.

I have been \"doing\" Kensi for a long time, and have fought many people who use a a sigal blade and can tell you two blades work ALOT better. Think about it for a while, Kendo guy attacks, its blocked by one of the Kensi guys blades, and then BOOM. The other blade goes right into there leg. I voted Kensi.

They both incorporate some really awesome looking techniques that are loads of fun to draw, but I\'m going to go with Kensi. I just like the double sworded thing better for some reason. Maybe it\'s because I favor the fast-paced battles.

Hrmmm.... it seems to me that dividing the weight of two swords would make you slower...? I don\'t know.

I think they both are equal. They all just depend on who uses kendo or kensi. (Thinks of Sephiroth) Rigght now, I\'m goin\' with Kendo.

It depends on the abilities.

Kenshin uses one sword.

Ryo uses two. (You make me so happy, Mega X. ;_;)

Ronin Warriors was awesome. It was just too short.

I\'m gonna have to go with Kendo... I mean is there a KensiMan? Hm? Anybody?
But really, having a solid battle stance is what can really count sometimes, and I think Kendo works great for that. Just out of curiosity, does the Kensi user wear the same outfit as a Kendo? I\'m pretty in the dark about the whole thing.

Shadowninja, your freind is WRONG.
Kensi is not word. Know why? There is no \"Si\" in the Japanese language, either your freind said Kenshi, but you didn\'t hear it to well, or he\'s making it up.
click the link below,
http://www.kanachart.com/cgi-bin/index.pl?hiragana&s&1#
And look at the second character from the left, as you can see, it is \"Shi\"
I don\'t know why I didn\'t notice this earlier....wth am I smoking 0.o(Note, I don\'t do drugs nor smoke)

[Edited on 8-10-2004 by metool]