Alrighty, I'll pick up a sword after you two are done and see who wants to go a round.  I didn't say what year he was if I remember right, so if it's alright I think I'll go with Freshman.  His birthday didn't start until after the high school year started so he had to wait a year or something for he was too young if that works for a likely explanation.  If not I'll think of something else.  I've done sword fighting before, and lots of them, so I know how they work, just haven't done Kendo is all lol.