Hi Everyone
Here is an update on up comming gradings (Covid willing)
September Grading Examinations
Please note the proposed schedule for the September Grading Examinations:
Date/Time
Location
Event
Wed 1 Sep. – Sat 11 Sep.
Various
Club Based Grading Examinations for 6th, 5th & 4th Kyu
Sun 12 Sep 8:00 am – 12 noon
Monash
AKR 5th Dan Grading Examination,
VKR 3rd & 4th Dan Grading Examination
Sun 12 Sep 1:00 pm
Kenshikan
Alternative time/venue for VKR 3rd & 4th Dan Examination
Sun 19 Sep 1:00 pm
Kenshikan
VKR 3rd Kyu – 2nd Dan Grading Examination.
(6th, 5th & 4th Kyu Examinations could also be held at this time if required)
All Kendo members 4th Dan and above are requested to make themselves available as Grading Panellists, Tachiai or Motodachi for the Dan Grade examinations as required. 3rd Dan members with some experience as Grading Panellists may be called upon for the Kyu Grade Examinations.
Lower Grades may be called upon as Motodachi for the Kyu Grade examinations.
Members selected to perform these tasks will be notified in early August, so please be prepared to respond promptly to any request you may receive.
Potential candidates for the September Grading Examinations should also take note.
Further information regarding the Club Based examinations will be provided via a separate email.
The alternative time for the VKR 3rd & 4th Dan Examination is for the possibility that the AKR 5th Dan Examination cannot go ahead due to the impact of corona virus restrictions on interstate travel. Members will be informed of any change as soon as possible, but should be prepared for either eventuality.
Koryu that are not like Kendo at all
In the previous post I listed the various branches of Itto Ryu and asked you to consider the similarities between their use of the sword and Kendo. Sometimes when one becomes used to a certain way of doing things, one can fall into the trap of thinking that is the only, or maybe the best, way of doing things. In learning iai kata of Tatsumi Ryu, we are trying to break out of that thinking by exposing ourselves to a system devised long before even the Itto Ryu was founded. This means that there are some fundamental differences in how the sword is used. In these posts I am mostly interested in the differences in how to swing the sword. In Kendo, and indeed in most of the styles of iaido practiced today, the fundamental cutting action is a straight up-and-down action often referred to as kirioroshi , cutting through or cutting down. In Tatsumi Ryu, the characteristic action where the sword first goes through a circular backswing before cutting downwards is called kowauchi , or 'power...
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