VKTC mock gradings and panellist training
Yesterday the Victorian Kendo Technical Committee held its second grading seminar for candidates and panellists. This seminar series is becoming a valuable resource for all Victorian kenshi. It was disappointing that no Nanseikan members were involved. Let's remedy this next time! The seminar covered both jitsugi and kata, outlined the new grading panellist assessment forms, gave real-time feedback to candidates immediately after their gradings, and was an opportunity for less experienced panellists to check that their standards aligned with the more experienced sensei. As most of you know, Victoria has two new 7th dans in Matsumoto sensei and Hikima sensei. This means that according to IKF rules we could, theoretically, hold gradings to sixth dan and even 7th dan! This is not going to happen in reality, but it does mean that the VKTC is now actively designing these seminars to help those going for 5th and 6th dan in future. This seminar included, for the first time, opportunity ...