Nanseikan Kendo Club 剣道クラブ南西館

This is a little drawing I did a while ago to help me understand the different timing concepts in Japanese. There are two different systems to explain the different opportunities for attack in your opponent's movement.

I hope you're all enjoying the beautiful autumn weather at the moment. On 23 June, membership renewals are due. New members must fill out a membership form. Continuing members need only write a cheque or pay money for the correct amount to me, so that I can submit a single cheque for the whole club. Members who are currently not training but have graded must remain members in order to hold onto their grade. Junior membership is $60/annum. Senior membership is $80/annum. Senior is someone who is 16 or over on 1 July 2007. b

Well done to all of you! b

Furugawa sensei - debana kote This is one of a series of videos on Youtube showing Furugawa sensei teaching various waza. His posture, timing and speed are all amazing. Most of all, he makes it look easy. Enjoy and emulate!

Kendo - You asked for it! This is an old program from the 1950s called "You Asked For It". In it they demonstrate kendo for the American TV audience. One of the kendoka is Mori Terao, a very famous Japanese kendoka who lived in America. Watch their jigeiko and how they use foot-sweeps to trip each other before scoring 'men'. These techniques were used in kendo before the Second World War. b

Kendo Kata This is from the All Japan Kendo Renmei instruction video for kendo kata. The kendoka are exceptional and there is an English commentary too! b

A reminder to all that training starts 3 February. See you then! b

Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto Ryu is the oldest surviving sword school in Japan. This is an excellent video of the current headmaster Otake Risuke and one of his senior students practicing kenjutsu kata. Note the different kamae and cutting style to kendo. Also, the kata are longer in duration than kendo kata and contain several attack and counter-attack sequences, not just one. b

This one's from the Darebin Festival in Nov 2004.

Kendo Robot Imagine having one of these at home... you could do kendo all the time! b

Dailymotion blogged video 100 Kote Video sent by kendomonster This is a great online video of kote scored in actual shiai in various Japanese competitions between high ranking kendoka. Enjoy! b

Here are a few of the pics from my own Nanseikan archive. I thought the blog looked a bit bare without an image so here's one to start the new year with. b

Akemashite Omedetougozaimasu! The term dates for 2007 will be: *term 1 - 3 Feb to 31 Mar *term 2 - 21 Apr to 16 June *term 3 - 21 July to 15 Sep *term 4 - 13 Oct to 8 Dec This year will be a very fun and challenging year in kendo. Once again the students from the Japan Sports Science University (Nittaidai) will be visiting, as will Chiba sensei. The Australian Kendo Championships will be held in Melbourne over the Queen's Birthday weekend in June, and then later in the year the Victorian Championships. Other regular competitions will include the Otsuka Memorial Taikai at Kenshikan, and the Mumeishi 3s at Mumeishi, where Nanseikan last year fielded two very successful teams: well done guys! In our regular training I will be returning to teach the class. This year we will be focusing on increasing the skill level of the most experienced Nanseikan members, as well as helping newer members reach that first milestone of wearing complete bogu. Caleb will also be returning to assist for ...

pic (c) Chris Panagopoulos Last Saturday, as part of the 2006 Australia-Japan Year of Exchange, a group of armourers and martial artists from Japan gave a demonstration of battlefield techniques and technology from medieval Japan. There were also demonstrations of kendo and iaido from members of the VKR. Josh Orth and Chris Panagopoulos both have posted pics of the day. Chris' pics are here: http://www.users.on.net/~watari/ Josh's pics are here: http://pics.livejournal.com/nuwishas_tail/gallery/0001yad1 Enjoy! b

Kendo - TWOS (The Way Of The Sword) This the video that Russell made att Nanseikan (and other places) last year. The Nanseikan sequence is near the end. Enjoy! =) b

Here is the poster for the 2006 VKC. Nanseikan members please feel free to copy it and print it out to put up at school. b

http://www.nishinippon.co.jp/nsp/kendo/tama/live/index.shtml Paste this link into a new browser window for a great site that has heaps of video of the annual Gyokuryuki high school kendo tournament in Japan. The site's in Japanese, but if you just try clicking on some different things, you'll soon find the videos. :) b

真冬に梅花をつける．．． The plum blossoms in the depth of winter. They inspire us because we can see spring in on its way. They also bloom while it is still very cold, thus showing their hardiness. We should aspire to be like the plum blossoms, inspiring others by our own example and effort. b

2.3.5 6 kyu Technical Requirements Kihon-waza to be executed with Motodachi, candidates wearing Tare and Do. • Correct Hakama & Keikogi • Correct Bogu • Rei and Sonkyo • Ashi-sabaki • Kihon Men • Kihon Kote • Kihon Do • Kihon Kote-Men (Delete) • Kihon Kote-Do (Delete) • Kiri-Kaeshi (Delete) 2.3.6 5 kyu Grading Technical Requirements Kihon-waza to be executed with Motodachi, candidates wearing Tare and Do. • Correct Hakama & Keikogi • Correct Bogu • Rei and Sonkyo • Ashi-sabaki • Kihon Men • Kihon Kote • Kihon Do • Kihon Kote-Men (Delete) • Kihon Kote-Do (Delete) • Kiri-Kaeshi 2.3.7 4 kyu Grading Technical Requirements Candidates wearing full Bogu and demonstrating against each other. • Correct Hakama & Keikogi • Correct Bogu • Kihon Men • Kihon Kote • Kihon Do • Nidan-waza • Kihon Kote-Men • Kihon Kote-Do • Sandan-waza (Delete) • Kiri-Kaeshi • Kiri-Kaeshi as Uchidachi • Uchi-komi Geiko 2.3.8 3 kyu Grading Technical Requirements Candidates wearing full Bogu and demonstratin...

Here's a pic of last year's Kangeiko with UMKC at Ballarat. For a larger version you can print, go to http://www.deviantart.com/view/18488304/ Thanks to Viet at UMKC for the pic. (B