CKF NEWS
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| A official publication of the Canadian Kendo
Federation, supporting Kendo, and Iaido |
Vol 1/1 Issue 1
March 1999
kendo-canada.com |
INTRODUCTIONS
Welcome to the first issue of the CKF NEWS. We hope that this publication
becomes a good source of information for the member dojo in the Kendo Federation.
If you want to help us along, please send your dojo announcements, news,
and training reports to the editor. If you think it should be in the News,
then send it in so we can put it there.
My name is Kim Taylor, and I'll be your editor for a while. This first
issue will be an "asking for information" issue. If we are going to communicate
effectively with each other, we need a way to get in touch. Take a look
at the form enclosed, and fill it in for the CKF records. After filling
in that form, think about tagging one member from your dojo as the CKF
NEWS contact writer. They don't have to be a novelist or have perfect grammar
(that's what an editor is for), just willing to send me the facts and a
bit of background to spice up the story. I'm looking forward to working
with you all.
COMING EVENTS
Feb 27-28. Special CKF Saskatoon Kendo and Iaido Grading and 1999
Prairie Kendo and Iaido Seminar Saskatoon with Koike, Ohmi, Miyaoka, Campbell,
Takagaki sensei. For details contact Ken Miyaoka, 306-343-0012, fax 306-244-8010.
Mar 14. U. T. Ontario Open Kendo tournament.
March 20-21 IKF Referee Seminar in Los Angeles, USA. Those interested
please contact Roy Asa.
May 11-14 Nihon Budokan group visit to Toronto.
May 22-26 U. Guelph Spring Seminar (Iaido, Jodo)
July 3-5 Canadian Kendo Championships, Toronto
July 16-19 Guelph School of Japanese Sword Arts (Iaido, Jodo,
Kendo, etc.)
July 24-28 Guelph School of Japanese Sword Arts (polishing, hilt
wrapping, scabbard making etc.)
July 30-Aug 6. Foreign Leaders Kendo Seminar. Saitama Japan.
If you haven't got your copy of the notice from the ZNKR please get in
touch with CKF Headquarters.
CLUB NEWS
Heard from an old Kendo-friend, Tom Yamashita. We received an up-date on
Eddie Yamashita at Budo University in Japan. Ed is doing a whole lot of
kendo training in Chiba prefecture. Most days our young kendoka plays 3-4
times a day. His idle time is spent learning to write, read and speak fluid
katagana/hiragana, and the remainder of the time he practices kendo no
kata. We will all be looking forward to his return to Canada some time
this spring and playing kendo with the newest skillful graduate.
-Paul Morgan.
BURLINGTON KENDO CLUB NEWS: Burlington congratulates all the
kendo players who took part in the 1998 grading. Hope everyone did well.
We salute our new ranking kendoka: Dave Seto -- nidan, Thomas Sawackai
-- ikkyu, Butch McLaughlin -- ikkyu.
Burlington Kendo practices Monday evenings 7-9pm. Everyone is welcome
to Tansley Woods Community Centre, 1996 Itabashi-way, Burlington Ont.
SEMINAR REPORTS
MONTREAL IAIDO SEMINAR: Goyo Ohmi, Stephen Cruise and Kim Taylor
traveled to Montreal for an iaido seminar Feb. 6. Over 20 iaidoka from
three dojo in Montreal and one in Ottawa were present. The seminar was
conducted in a lovely dojo by a lake. It was originally a horse barn but
now features a wonderful wooden floor and great atmosphere. The seminar
was split into two groups with beginners and advanced students both practicing
the kendo federation forms and the advanced students working on Muso Shinden-ryu
under Cruise sensei. Ohmi, Taylor and Dave Green from Ottawa worked with
the beginners who all showed great dedication to their practice. The dojo
leaders were also put through their paces with some very intense one on
one coaching in the afternoon. The day ended with iai demonstrations from
all the students and the instructors. After this Dave Green bravely offered
to be uchidachi for some of the kendo jo forms. For someone who had never
practiced (or even seen) the forms before the demonstration, Dave performed
wonderfully and both partners survived without too much injury. We'd like
to thank the Shidokan for organizing this year's seminar, as always we
enjoyed ourselves and practicing with you was a pleasure.
-Kim Taylor
DOJO INFO UPDATE
The CKF would appreciate updates from all registered clubs. We need to
update the database so we can get the information out to everyone in a
timely manner.
Name of Dojo:
Mailing Address:
City:
Prov:
Post code
Tel (day):
Evening:
Fax:
WWW:
Contact person:
Email:
President:
Email:
Names of instructors:
The CKF NEWS is an official publication of the Canadian Kendo Federation.
Copies are sent to each CKF member dojo. Individual subscriptions are available
at $25 per year in Canada.
We welcome all inquiries, letters, comments, articles, announcements,
photos and tournament reports to Kim Taylor, Editor, 44 Inkerman St. Guelph
Ontario or email them to kataylor@uoguelph.ca