Saskatoon Seminar Pics

[Neil Gendzwill]

Pictures from the Saskatoon Kendo Seminar can be found here (www.kendo-sask.com/seminar2005.html).

[Hisham]

Hi Neil, did you get any of the 3+ dan shiai on camera? if so it would be great if you can post some video clips for us to see.BTW gratz to the guys that passed there grading, also any anecdotes worth telling us about that happened during the seminar?

[Neil Gendzwill]

I've got some video around somewhere but I'm hesitant to post it without getting people's permission first. From a personal perspective, in the final Daisaku smoked me right out of the gate with a beautiful straight men that I didn't see coming, and then all he had to do was coast (it was only 3 minute matches).

The most interesting part for me was the shimpan seminar, which wasn't just about flags and calls. It was about how to best keep the match moving, to best allow the participants a chance to score. In other words, in Kamata-sensei's opinion it's not about calling penalties, it's about keeping it safe and letting the guys fight. So stuff like what to call right away, when you can delay, what to do when you aren't shushin (when to let him notice a problem or when to stop things yourself) etc. Very cool.

[Hisham]

It would be great if the others give there permission, of course we have got to see that men especially after how you discribed it :D

Your take on the shinpan seminar is pretty interesting, i guess that it's an art in itself.

[mark]

Great seminar, thanks Neil :)