Nanseikan Kendo Club 南西館剣道クラブ

grading at Kenshikan when it had the old floor Upcoming grading dates below.  If you are grading please make sure you take either your own, or club bogu with you.  6th kyu will only need to wear do and tare. 5th kyu and above wears full bogu. If you are grading please take full bogu and tenugui!  (shinai as well, of course!) It sometimes happens that people get asked to double grade, in which case you need to have everything there just in case. Grading for 6th Kyu - 2 Kyu: Date:  September 8, 2013 Time:  12.30 registration for 1 pm start Location:   Kenshikan Dojo, 91 Rosslyn Street West Melbourne VICTORIA 3003 Grading for 1st Kyu   - 3 or 4 Dan:   Date:  September 22, 2013 Time:   12.30 registration for 1 pm start Location:   Kenshikan Dojo, 91 Rosslyn Street West Melbourne VICTORIA 3003 Grading fees are $35 for kyu grades , payable after you pass. The VKR will invoice me after the grading    and I will collect fe

looking at Osaka Castle, from the roof of Otemae HS, 2009 Yes, part of my mind is in Japan right now. Training for and planning my trip in November is well underway. In the meantime though, normal life goes on... Firstly, please bring your bokuto to training for the next few weeks, as we will be practicing the bokuo kihon with the beginners, who start next week. Also... from this year's kangeiko Kenji Sugimoto from MUKEN passed his 5th dan grading at the Kendo Leaders' Summer Camp in Kitamoto, Saitama Prefecture. Pics of last year's camp can be seen here . Well done Kenji! You finally get to sit on the other side of the dojo. Kenji is a much better kenshi that I was when I passed 5th dan. I think he'll easily pass 6th dan when he's eligible. Here is an old diagram I made to show what height to raise the shinai for the backswing of a cut. Both are considered a large swing. There's no need to lift the sword any higher or further back