Hoshu Vancouver Jodo Seminar
Posted May 7, 2013
Hoshu Vancouver Dojo will be hosting a seminar on the day before the 2013 Western Canada Jodo Test. The instructor will be Kei Goto Sensei, 7th Dan Kyoshi. The seminar will be broken into two sections, a joint morning section focused on the Kihon, and an afternoon section split into two groups for beginning and advanced practitioners. Goto Sensei is visiting from Oita Prefecture, Japan, and was a direct student of Otofuji Ichizo Sensei. The content of the seminar will be the All Japan Kendo Federation Seitei Jodo Curriculum.
When: Saturday, May 25, 2013, 9:00AM–4:00PM
Where: The Justice Institute of BC gymnasium located at 715 McBride Boulevard in New Westminster
How much: May 25: $100.00
CKF Invests in development of Iaido and Jodo
Posted March 29, 2012
The CKF is pleased to announce the composition of the Iaido and Jodo Development Fund Committee for 2012.
Hanna Ikeda-Suen (Toronto) - Chair Iaido
Chris Jarvie (Ottawa) - Chair Jodo
Alex Cook (Calgary )
Elizabeth Nicholson (Guelph)
Natan Cheiftetz (Vancouver)
Bill Anderson (Fredericton)
The CKF has increased the Iaido and Jodo Development fund allocation to $5000 (a 25% increase from 2011). The purpose of the fund is to support the development of Iaido and Jodo in Canada. We encourage all dojo active in Iaido or Jodo (or both) to apply for funding. Applications are sent to the section chairs and the application forms are available in the Iaido and Jodo sections (http://kendo-canada.com/iaido/ckf.html and http://kendo-canada.com/jodo/ckf.html)
Hiro Okusa
President
Jodo Grading - Written Exams
Posted March 29, 2012
The written exam questions for the May Jodo grading are now available. The following document provides the questions for all grade levels (answer the ones for the level you are challenging for), as well as instructions on how to submit your answers and by when.
Please start early. Deadline is April 25, 2012. Late submissions will not be accepted.
2012 CKF JODO Written Exam Questions MAY.pdf
2012 CKF Examen ecrit de Jodo MAY-FR.pdf
Ottawa Jodo Seminar
February 16, 2012
There will be a Jodo Seminar in Ottawa on March 3, 2012. Please contact Chris at chris@tateyamadojo.ca for more information.
Jodo - Written Exams
January 14, 2011
Starting in May 2011 there will be a written component to the Jodo gradings. More information is availabe in the 2010 board of director's report.
Visit the board reports page here
New website
December 10, 2010
The new CKF Website is up and running. Spend some time browsing the various articles and documents to learn more about Kendo, Iaido and Jodo in Canada.
Visit the home page of the CKF
Sensei confirmed for SDK Spring Iaido and Jodo Seminar
March 1, 2010
The Iaido sensei from Japan have been confirmed as Kishimoto Chihiro (Hanshi 8 DAN), Hatakenaka Atsumi (Kyoshi 7 DAN), Tsubaki Fumio (Kyoshi 7 DAN).
For more info, see SDK Spring
Grading time change
December 12, 2009
To align ourselves with the AJKF and FIK regulations, the practice period between 1 DAN and 2 DAN has been shortened to one year.