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Jodo Canada Seminar and Kyu grading be there or be a 4 sided polygon of equal length sides.

SEMINAR AND GRADING!! https://www.jodo-canada.ca/events/jodo-canada-seminar

Don't be a four sided thing!

As the province enters Phase II reopening this Friday, we are able to expand our dojo practice from 5 people to 10 people, while maintaining physical distancing. Looking forward to seeing folks back at training.

Iaido/Jodo virtual Seminar via Zoom

Spring VIRTUAL Seminar is ON. Lets support this initiative.

2020 ANNUAL SPRING JODO AND IAIDO SEMINAR Right, for those of you who thought that Seidokai would have to cancel the May jodo and iaido seminar for this year, h...ave no fear, it will be presented as a Zoom Seminar. As you might guess, we are working this out as we go along and we will have to rely on the good will of the participants during the seminar, especially during the social events in the evenings. Yes, we are trying to give as much of the feeling of the last 30 years of gatherings as we can. This will be fun. Please check out https://seidokai.ca/iai.seminar.html for the developing seminar. We have our instructors lined up and the timetable will be filled soon. There are no plans to charge for this seminar, but I believe there may be a chance to donate in order to help us cover the costs of the cancelled physical seminar (flight tickets etc.) Those who have left their registration fees with us to apply against future events, we thank you very much. This has allowed us to carry on. Due to the time zone situation, this seminar might be best attended by those in North and South America, but by all means, everyone is welcome to attend. The Zoom system has a limit of 100 for a meeting, but we will work around this if necessary. We may be asking for pre-registration numbers. I hope to see everyone very soon. Kim.

After 30 years of research and writing I am pleased to announce the book my sensei told me to write a long time ago, "my sensei says" is available as a pdf on the https://sdksupplies.com/ website under the "free ebooks" link.

Andy Watson sensei is posting a really nice series about control and calibration. GO WATCH IT : https://www.ryoshinkan.org/cc

Nice video - watch the distancing.. https://www.facebook.com/rene.v.amersf//10157213436306570/

Andy Watson Sensei fro the UK has posted this very nice video that emphasizes for saya banari what we have been working on for noto and nukitsuke. Don't do two things at once, we are not good at that has humans. https://www.ryoshinkan.org/cc

Stay calm, and practice Iaido - we basically invented Social Distancing (see banner photo)

COME Practice with us! One of the largest functioning (open) dojos in Canada! #NoCorona

Seminar Report: March 2020 Iaido seminar at Port Credit Just dropped Eric Tribe off at the airport and now we're back in Guelph. The Pamurai has gone off home t...o sleep until the time she usually wakes up, and I'm sitting in front of a good looking cuppa with my tablet and keyboard. I guess that means the seminar is over. It was great. Lots of smiles, Ohmi sensei taught the whole day yesterday and mentioned that "everyone was very nice". Of course they are. Well, maybe not me. I told the seniors that Ohmi sensei said the same thing he says every seminar, and nobody listens. I will include my notes from his morning class just in case anyone wants to read them. === The 5dan section needs to step up their game, nuki tsuke is very important and if you can't do it correctly, you should perhaps not be in the class. The upper ranks must do better, we are the examples for the rest of the group. I was in a seminar recently and I learned two things. We know these things, but I was reminded of them. First, for Morote zuki, you must look first, then turn and cut. If you are not looking at the target, you are not doing correct iai. Second, on Soete zuki, your opponent is close, you must draw upward to avoid hitting him. These are two things we must keep in mind. You must also, at higher levels, work on such things as Ma, the timing, the tempo of the kata, and jo ha kyu, breath control, and metsuke, these all help to make a performance come to life. Watch the 6 dans demonstrate. You must have a strong saya biki, you must stretch forward to catch the opponent on the nuki tsuke, and you must have a strong foot position. 6dans, do it again. OK everyone do it. Now everyone do Ushiro. You have spirit, you must use it. Everyone do Mae and Ushiro once more. Kime, you must have kime, even when sitting in seiza you must show a sharpness. When you are sitting, kime happens when I breathe in. When you do nuki tsuke there is kime, when you do seme komi and cut, there is kime, when you do chiburi there is kime. Noto is quiet, it is zanshin. Iai jutsu is the act of cutting from the saya, it is nuki tsuke, the moment the sword exits the saya, so this is the most important part of iai. Hissatsu itto, you must make a real cut. Five dans, I don't see a real cut. Eric Tribe, demonstrate this please. You must use your fingers to do nuki tsuke, you must connect with the kissaki on the cuts. Beginners, that nuki tsuke is better, maybe even better than the 5dans, but even chiburi and zanshin must have jo ha kyu. Five dans, your iai is 1-2-3-4, don't do this, use kan kyu kyo jaku. Work at this, some day you may do your kata with mushin, but for now THINK. Everyone please do Uke Nagashi. Seniors, where is your monouchi, cut with the monouchi. Everyone please do Tsuka Ate. You must sit in tate hiza with kigurai, with confidence. Higher grades, you must sit properly. Kesa Giri. Make sure your right hand is in front of your shoulder as you turn the sword over, not off to the side. The judges are looking at you. It is a key point that the tip of the sword is down a little at the end of the last cut. The left hand must be in the center of the body and the tip down. Morote zuki, your nuki uchi (first cut) is to the chin. You have a person in front of you, you have a long knife! This is not a stick, don't hit, cut. When you move to seigan, make sure your mind is moving toward your opponent's throat. The tip does not move back as you take seigan. On hiki nuki (pulling the sword out of the body) your foot doesn't move, you must not pull the sword out with your arms. Use the turn to pull it out and raise it overhead at the same time. This is not two movements. On the first cut, you might have a good nuki tsuke, but with a bad hip the kata is dead. Cut, finish him, look and look as you turn and cut. Don't open the hip on this kata. Sanpo giri, watch the 5dans. Technically this is OK but you are just acting. Push! The story is not there, you are not first dan, you must show the story without words. Your first cut must inflict deep damage so that you can turn and deal with the next opponent. Don't just scratch his nose. Iaido has joints, like a bamboo stalk. You must not make these joints (kime, pauses) too large or the stalk will break. Ganmen ate, do not leave your metsuke too long on the first opponent. Carole Galligan, show us that thing you do. (Galligan sensei): You must balance your weight, you must have equal weight on both feet. This you can do if you push your back foot's heel down. Try lifting your toes up and doing the kata this way, see how the weight stays on both feet. Do Soete zuki and Shiho giri with the toes lifted off the ground. Get the correct balance with the weight on both feet equally. Demonstrate Shiho giri with four people in place. It is the timing that makes this kata work. Try catching all four attackers. Now try doing the kata in one breath, with actual attackers it is easier than when doing the kata by yourself, the timing changes. Doing the kata with one breath means you aren't messing around, not wasting time. The rhythm of the kata depends on the spacing of the four opponents. If they are close, you must move faster. The first two are close, try moving number three and four to different places and see how the timing changes. Your metsuke and seme also dictate the timing of the kata. You must think of the reality of a sword fight (shinken shobu) but don't lose the technical. Too much power and speed makes the kata break down. In every seminar the head instructor says "read the book". What does the book say about where these four people are? Nothing. The first two are close but the last two are where you put them. This is your kata, show the audience where those two are. The timing of your kata is what tells your story. Change the last cut of this kata to an upward cut (kiri age). Do you see that when you do this your waki gamae becomes active, you are thinking of cutting in this position. Don't pose when you do waki gamae. When you are in jodan, cut from there, don't wind up. Make sure your tip is never dead. === Me again. I recently gathered all the notes from Ohmi sensei together, and reading them over I found that he has been saying the same things for many years. In fact, this is Canadian iaido. All of us should pay attention to what sensei is saying. Carole is saying the same thing. To summarize, learn the technical bits, but after that, there is more. You must go on to things like kime and metsuke and ma, and seme, and all the other bits and pieces that make the kata real, that make it come alive. To help with this, get your story right. Understand what you are doing at each moment. Hmm, sounds like what I say every day in these essays. There is more to a kata than "dancing through it". Kim Taylor Mar 9, 2020 https://sdksupplies.com/ U. Guelph Japanese Swordsmanship Club (Sei Do Kai): Tues. 9-11pm, Fri. 7-9pm, Sunday 1-4pm. Contact [email protected] for details. Events: To Shin Kai Jodo/Iaido classes, Clarke Hall, Port Credit, Mar 16 Apr 18, 19. Peterborough Haru Geiko, Jodo, Niten Ichiryu, MJER jujutsu, and one other I can't remember. May 15-18. Annual CKF Spring International Iaido and Jodo seminar and Jodo grading.