Visiting JCCC

[roc_kendo]

Guys,

I'm with Rochester Kendo Club(New York).. My sempai and other Kendoka plan to visit JCCC at Toronto......

Anyone knows what they practice in Sunday class... They have three different classes..

Are there any Etiquettes to know before practice with them???
It is first time to visit other dojo... :)


Any feedbacks are welcome!

[AlexM]

Bring booze... they like booze.

Especially Tsumura sensei :D

[Hai_hai]

Guys,

I'm with Rochester Kendo Club(New York).. My sempai and other Kendoka plan to visit JCCC at Toronto......

Anyone knows what they practice in Sunday class... They have three different classes..

Are there any Etiquettes to know before practice with them???
It is first time to visit other dojo... :)


Any feedbacks are welcome!

Siince most dojos have the same rules, you bow in, bow out, don't wear shoes in the dojo, stick with the same respect rules. You may want to show up early to ask if there is any different protocol for visitors, i.e. where you stand in line.

[R A Sosnowski]

Guys,

I'm with Rochester Kendo Club(New York).. My sempai and other Kendoka plan to visit JCCC at Toronto......

Anyone knows what they practice in Sunday class... They have three different classes..

Are there any Etiquettes to know before practice with them???
It is first time to visit other dojo... :)

Any feedbacks are welcome!

To be sure, check with the PoC: Brian Asa. Contact info. at CKF Member Dojo (http://www.kendo-canada.com/ckf_dojoadr.htm).

[Raiza]

I had the privilege of grading at JCCC and have visited the Toronto Kendo Club a couple times. The JCCC dojo is gorgeous and the instruction is first-rate. We've had Shane Asa put us through our paces when he came out to see us last summer.

Bring a present from your club (read: booze), do your normal reigi and be prepared for eating lots of noodles afterwards. Tsumura-sensei is a stickler for detail so make sure your gear is neat and tidy.

[roc_kendo]

We asked Asa sensei, and he said it is ok to visit...
hmmmm..... Bring a present???.... Any idea?

:rolleyes: Sake?

[AlexM]

Bring sake to be formal (problem is they probably have MUCH better stuff in the back) and bring something like New York State specific beer or something local to be nice and original.

Just don't bring wine from NY... they have enough crap wine in Ontario as it is. Baby Duck anyone? :D

[Raiza]

Just don't bring wine from NY... they have enough crap wine in Ontario as it is. Baby Duck anyone? :D

Hey, that's like talking about poutine from McDonald's while excluding the premium stuff at a casse-croute! I hope there's some good Ontarian wine to be had here but I've been too busy getting all nostalgic for Mission Hill (http://www.missionhillwinery.com/estate_winery/default.html). And yes, I love a great certified Bourgogne or Beaujolais.

roc_kendo, if your group has trouble finding something unique and classy as your club gift from New York, good hard liquor may be an option. For example, an aged single malt Scotch whisky like Lagavulin or Glen Ord. However, I've tried the Glenlivet and I consider it to be a smooth oak facepunch, so you may want to stay away from that one. Ultimately the club gift is up to you and your fellow members.

Sake's ok too, but these guys really know their sake.

[AlexM]

No, there is no such thing as good wine from Ontario (or Quebec *sigh*). Except for ice-wine which is really a desert thing and therefore not what real men drink with their steak. :D

Don't get me started on BC wine either: My dad bought a bottle when he was salmon fishing out there... He did so to be nice with the natives (read: cute cashier at Vancouver liquor store). He later stated that it wasn't fit to be used for cooking.

I think I've taken this thread sufficiently and dangerously off course now. Beware the wrath of Raiza. :D

[Neil Gendzwill]

Don't get me started on BC wine either: My dad bought a bottle when he was salmon fishing out there... He did so to be nice with the natives (read: cute cashier at Vancouver liquor store). He later stated that it wasn't fit to be used for cooking.
He bought one bottle of bad wine and pronounced judgement on the whole BC wine industry? That's pretty harsh. There's some nice wine coming out of BC.

[AlexM]

He bought one bottle of bad wine and pronounced judgement on the whole BC wine industry? That's pretty harsh. There's some nice wine coming out of BC.

That's the problem with first impressions... you only get to make one. :D

He bought what the cashier recommended as the "good" wine. It apparently made a Cabaliero de Chile taste like a Château Pétrus.

This was 20 years ago by the way... and yet I stand by my prejudices! :D No amount of logic can disuade me.

[Neil Gendzwill]

This was 20 years ago by the way... and yet I stand by my prejudices! :D No amount of logic can disuade me.
Ah, you're probably still bypassing all these young upstarts from Australia, Chile and South Africa too.

Tried an excellent Australian the other day - Wolfblass Yellow Label. It's a cabernet. I don't have any wine vocabulary, I'll just say it's really nice.

[kendokamax]

whats going on on this forum??

This is a kendo forum! and yet 2 thread have been turned into alchool degustation discussion.

oh well i would go to jccc with a good pint of milk if i were you.

[Bear of Doom]

Ah I've finally spotted a crowd that would know something about JCCC ... canadians! I need your help. Our Sensei, David Young was sensei at JCCC before, so we want to know more about him :cool2: ... anyone's got some info? some stories? He was apparently Shane Asa Sensei's best friend ...

(Reading this thread has helped, lol ... i can now see where all his mentality comes from ... his Tsumura Sensei, the clothing, the noodles, the drinking, etc.)