Hello, Drake, welcome to our wonderful community. I hope you enjoy your stay and make many friends here. Looking forward to discussing more about your interests with you in the future
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I can't say I'm really a nintendo enthusiast, but I am a squaresoft zealot. From your avatar, it seems you like the game 'Chrono Trigger'. It's one of my most favourite games.(It's the second best game ever made according to the "Best video game ever" tournament at gamefaqs.com
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Here are some translations for the japanese swordfighting arts you want to learn:
Iai-[do/jutsu] = well 'Iai' is the swordfighting art which teaches to dispose of the opponent quickly and has no real definition. 'Do' means 'way' or 'path' so 'Iaido' is the "way of the Iai", I guess. 'Jutsu'/'Jitsu' means style or art.
Kendo = 'Ken' means sword and you know that 'do' means now, so 'Kendo' means "way of the sword". I prefer the name "Mitsurugi itou-ryuu zando". I parse 'Kendo' as "swordfighting for newbies" personally. It teaches to improve oneself, not beat people to a bloody pulp.
Kenjutsu = Same as kendo except this one teaches to prevail or win in real fights and does teach to beat people to a bloody pulp.
The form "do" is used to emphasize a version of an art which teaches to improve oneself while the form "jutsu" indicates that it is the version of the same art which instead teaches to kill. The 'jutsu' versions are more deadly and advanced. 'Kendo' is more or less just a sport. It's like 'japanese fencing'. They fight with wooden swords in Kendo practice most of the time.
Yeah, I know Japanese.
I hope you learn something you didn't know from this
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