Today Sensei Scanlon made Sandan in Iaido. Congratulations, sensei, on this accomplishment.
Sunday, July 29, 2007
Friday, July 27, 2007
Urgent update regarding the Annapolis Kendo and Iaido Club Tournament
Please be advised, a minor and unexpected issue has come up with our tournament. If you have already registered for the tournament, you may be receiving calls that it has been canceled. It has NOT been canceled. However, we unfortunately have to change how payment is handled; you have one of two options:
1) Send a $40 check written out to Larry Scanlon to:
Larry Scanlon, PO Box 125, Linthicum, MD, 21090
2) Pay $40 at the door on the first day of the event.
In either case, we need the information below from anyone who plans to attend PRIOR to August 4:
First name:
Last name:
Club/Dojo Name:
Rank:
Lunch selection: (chicken, beef, or vegetable – please include additional selections if you are ordering additional lunches)
Send this information to lfs_mekugi@att.net, or just send it to me and I’ll forward it on to Larry Scanlon.
As a result of this inconvenience we will be extending the registration date to Wednesday, August 1. If you are choosing to pay at the door we still need the above information (Name, club name, rank, lunch selection) prior to August 4. If you have any questions feel free to send them to myself or lfs_mekugi@att.net. We apologize for the inconvenience and hope to see you at the tournament.
1) Send a $40 check written out to Larry Scanlon to:
Larry Scanlon, PO Box 125, Linthicum, MD, 21090
2) Pay $40 at the door on the first day of the event.
In either case, we need the information below from anyone who plans to attend PRIOR to August 4:
First name:
Last name:
Club/Dojo Name:
Rank:
Lunch selection: (chicken, beef, or vegetable – please include additional selections if you are ordering additional lunches)
Send this information to lfs_mekugi@att.net, or just send it to me and I’ll forward it on to Larry Scanlon.
As a result of this inconvenience we will be extending the registration date to Wednesday, August 1. If you are choosing to pay at the door we still need the above information (Name, club name, rank, lunch selection) prior to August 4. If you have any questions feel free to send them to myself or lfs_mekugi@att.net. We apologize for the inconvenience and hope to see you at the tournament.
Thursday, July 5, 2007
The Sixth Annual Kendo Invitational notifications have been sent.
Please see the initial emails. If you did not receive a notification please contact us.
August 4th will include a demonstration, a seminar, and a tournament. The seminar will have Kendo training for Mudansha and Shimpan training for all Dan ranks. The tournament will consist of divisions for Mudansha, Shodan/Nidan, Women, Sandan and up. Participation with the seminar is mandatory if you wish to compete in the tournament.
August 5th will include a kata and Kihon kata seminar. There will be no promotion this year due to scheduling issues with enough potential judges.
August 4th will include a demonstration, a seminar, and a tournament. The seminar will have Kendo training for Mudansha and Shimpan training for all Dan ranks. The tournament will consist of divisions for Mudansha, Shodan/Nidan, Women, Sandan and up. Participation with the seminar is mandatory if you wish to compete in the tournament.
August 5th will include a kata and Kihon kata seminar. There will be no promotion this year due to scheduling issues with enough potential judges.
Sunday, July 1, 2007
AUSKF Kendo Summer Camp, July 1
But first, more things I recalled from the June 30th seminar…
From the lecture:
- Set goals, whether it is attaining a certain rank or further perfecting a particular attack, setting goals will help your kendo improve. Its when you have no goals that your kendo becomes stagnant because you are merely showing up to practice to maintain what you already know but not striving to improve on it.
- The Hakima and Keiko-gi are not Nike gear, know how to put it on properly and understand how to wear it with integrity.
From the kendo seminar:
- A technique suggested to help work with do strikes is kirikaeshi with do strikes in place of the 4 men strikes forward and the 5 men strikes back.
July 1st of the Kendo Seminar - Kata
Once again, the 1-dan to 3-dan range were divided from the others and instructed separately. For our group the stances were given a careful look. Due to the impending test, time was limited but there was enough time to carefully look at the various stances taken during kata. Perhaps I misunderstood or just overwhelmed from yesterday’s information, but many of the comments made seemed similar to what is already being taught in Maryland. However one major point did jump out at me:
Left jodan – Left hand should be just above the head with the right hand off to the right a little. The key point here is that the left wrist should not break while you are in this position.
Despite not finding quite as much as I did yesterday it was still worth attending today. I picked up at least one pointer, I got to practice kata with a number of people, and I had the opportunity to observe the range of kata I can expect to encounter when I test for nidan.
If there are any questions regarding the summer camp then feel free to drop me an email, or if you are familiar with the places I usually practice at then feel free to ask me in person.
Many thanks to the AUSKF for holding this summer camp as well as to Sensei Kobayashi and Sensei Ohta for traveling all the way from Japan to instruct us, it was more then worth the 9 hour drive.
(Thanks again to Brenda Desjardins for taking the pictures while I practiced)
From the lecture:
- Set goals, whether it is attaining a certain rank or further perfecting a particular attack, setting goals will help your kendo improve. Its when you have no goals that your kendo becomes stagnant because you are merely showing up to practice to maintain what you already know but not striving to improve on it.
- The Hakima and Keiko-gi are not Nike gear, know how to put it on properly and understand how to wear it with integrity.
From the kendo seminar:
- A technique suggested to help work with do strikes is kirikaeshi with do strikes in place of the 4 men strikes forward and the 5 men strikes back.
July 1st of the Kendo Seminar - Kata
Once again, the 1-dan to 3-dan range were divided from the others and instructed separately. For our group the stances were given a careful look. Due to the impending test, time was limited but there was enough time to carefully look at the various stances taken during kata. Perhaps I misunderstood or just overwhelmed from yesterday’s information, but many of the comments made seemed similar to what is already being taught in Maryland. However one major point did jump out at me:
Left jodan – Left hand should be just above the head with the right hand off to the right a little. The key point here is that the left wrist should not break while you are in this position.
Despite not finding quite as much as I did yesterday it was still worth attending today. I picked up at least one pointer, I got to practice kata with a number of people, and I had the opportunity to observe the range of kata I can expect to encounter when I test for nidan.
If there are any questions regarding the summer camp then feel free to drop me an email, or if you are familiar with the places I usually practice at then feel free to ask me in person.
Many thanks to the AUSKF for holding this summer camp as well as to Sensei Kobayashi and Sensei Ohta for traveling all the way from Japan to instruct us, it was more then worth the 9 hour drive.
(Thanks again to Brenda Desjardins for taking the pictures while I practiced)
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