Anyone have any details on the east coast shinsa/seminar for 2010?
It tends to be on superbowl sunday as I recall.
Anyone have any details on the east coast shinsa/seminar for 2010?
It tends to be on superbowl sunday as I recall.
I remember some guy asking Liang Baiping what the philosphy of Taiji was. Baiping looked at him and said, "The philosophy of Taiji is to crash through to their center and kill them".
Tentatively set for Sunday, Jan. 24, at the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark.
Paul
Typical ethnocentric Americans.........Originally Posted by hl1978
You might have mentioned 'America' or 'U.S.' in the title......
I was getting all excited when I saw this title - - as I also live on
an east coast - - but in the UK.
Bill Davison; - Myoken Dojo [Plymouth]
Events Officer; BKA/Iaido
The mountain path I climbed with my Sensei led to the foothills;
The path to the peak is a solitary one.
Well, the event typically is called the East Coast Iaido Seminar and Shinsa.
I wouldn't be too worried, seems like there is plenty more iaido activity in your part of the world than the US. We don't even have any iaido examinations within our federation.
I remember some guy asking Liang Baiping what the philosphy of Taiji was. Baiping looked at him and said, "The philosophy of Taiji is to crash through to their center and kill them".
Then how do you grade-progress...........?
Bill Davison; - Myoken Dojo [Plymouth]
Events Officer; BKA/Iaido
The mountain path I climbed with my Sensei led to the foothills;
The path to the peak is a solitary one.
Here on the "east coast" and specifically the AEUSKF we have one regional grading, usually in January, if you miss it you're out of luck. We also have the Nationals but not everyone can make those. But you can only test up to nidan at the regional, for sandan and above I believe you have to test at the nationals.
You have to travel outside the federation to test or wait for the national summer camp. This can be quite pricey or involve long distances as you can imagine. The result is that in my dojo, I only have one person who has tested in 3 years.
I contacted the VP of promotions for our federation and he thought we only have 1 yondan in the SEUSKF and I know we have a couple of sandans (me and at least one other). Sandans used to be able to sit on a panel, but no longer can. Maybe if both of us pass next year and we can find one more person we can put on our own examination.
The east coast seminar/shinsa is a joint shinsa between at least 2 federations as I recall.
I remember some guy asking Liang Baiping what the philosphy of Taiji was. Baiping looked at him and said, "The philosophy of Taiji is to crash through to their center and kill them".
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