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Another one for the pile. Not so much about suburi, but teaching, judging and focusing on fundamental iaido concepts:

The Doctrine of Iaido

Seemed pretty clear to me. He doesn't think ZNKR iai is iaido. It must be something then, but the question is what. That's where he'll need to fill in the blanks. :)

Thanks for this. I considered Germany this year, but I'll hold off on that as Stevenage is more familiar to me, having been there once.

Michael Hodge

There's also a naginata club at the Japanese Canadian Cultural Center in Toronto.

My observation is more or less this (ignoring other factors such as health, family or career):

For every ten people that take up a traditional art, seven will likely quit within six months to a...

+1.000

This topic periodically resurfaces. I always refer to this article:

http://ejmas.com/pt/ptart_morgan_0202.htm

That's the link to their RSS feed, Neil. The article is on the front page of their site.

Here's a direct link.

I wouldn't recommend it, personally, unless you have fairly experienced tenouchi. The wrapping is quite fragile and tends to slip around after a lot of use.

Here it is:

https://mega.co.nz/#!YgtRELjK!C6S_1mjDVsIHw96WXEdDXUrPOsscBhvFGFK2hm1JN_g

I have a Japanese-English translation of this document (PDF, Robert Stroud). I'll upload it within the next couple hours.

Possibly. I actually pulled the example out of the Yamauchi-ha MJER book.

On a related note, one postulation from a book I read about why the hands are placed left first then right during seiza rei, is that it gave the bushi a possible means of defending himself with his...

Get a new wife.

Sorry, couldn't resist.

Try pointing your back knee toward your front. It will over correct your back foot initially, but you'll get the feeling for what constitutes something closer to straight ahead and eventually be...

Folks realize the original post was five years ago, and the most recent before it was brought back from the dead was three years ago?

Hey Bill, could I trouble you to post the other BKA-related events to the forum as well? I'm hearing things about Germany that's been posted to that Facebook thing.

Can't say much about it myself, but I believe the higher ranking Jikishinkai guys wear daisho. If one of them happen to spy the conversation, perhaps they could add their input.

How do I get physical copies of these?

Cough.

Post history.

So after one brief test run, I'm currently about halfway through my first full sageo.

It's called Hira-se, and is a 12-strand flat weave using approximately 2.4 kilometers of 40wt embroidery...

Apologies for the necro post, but I've recently acquired some traditional kumihimo equipment and, hopefully, will be able to produce nice sageo in fairly short order. Just need to run some samples...

That would have been these folks, but they're from Vancouver.

Wasn't what I was trying to express, although I would imagine any teacher would wish their teachings to evolve through their students. Fortunately for us, and needless to say, we can all agree that...

Friends,

I write to announce that Goyo Ohmi, nanadan and kancho of the Mumonkai iaido club based in Toronto, Canada was awarded the rank of kyoshi on November 24, 2012.

Ohmi sensei has and...