That's right, I actually got a black eye from kendo. Hopefully it will be my one and only, ever. It was from practicing kata.
It happened on shoutou ipponme (小刀一本目). I was shidachi (仕立ち) with the shoutou (小刀). I was a little late with my sidestep and my block wasn't strong enough, so the uchitachi's (打太刀) strike knocked my shoutou (小刀) into my face. :p My left eye teared up but I finished the rest of the kata (形).
The next morning my coworker asked if I had a black eye, which really surprised me. It's not very noticeable, but there is a bruise on my left eyelid. So yeah, I got a black eye from kendo. ^_^
Update: Another picture, this one is 2 days after, on Tuesday. The bruise is even more apparent. :p
