BCKF July Seminar – July 7 – 10, 2010 @ SFU & Sunrise dojo

Dear BCKF & CKF Members:

The Sunrise Kendo Club is very excited to announce that it will be hosting a series of kendo seminars in early July. Uegaki Sensei has invited 4 prominent Sensei from Japan to lead these sessions.

The instructors include:

• Yoshiyama Mitsuru Sensei: kendo kyoshi 7th dan; author of the well known publication “The Kendo Grading Book.”
• Shiina Kazue Sensei: 7th headmaster Hokushin Itto-Ryu & Head Instructor of the Sekai (World) Kendo Butoku Washinkai
• Aida Shinji Sensei: kendo kiyoshi 7th dan; Vice-President of the Sekai (World) Kendo Butoku Washinkai;
• Kouzu Kazuhiko Sensei: head of the culture & arts division of the Sekai (World) Kendo Butoku Washinkai.

The curriculum will cover a range of topics (including kendo/zen breathing techniques and training methods to improve your kendo), but it will also likely feature some demonstrations of Hokushin Itto-Ryu and techniques that apply to kendo.

The seminar schedule is as follows:

Wednesday, July 7th — 7pm – 9:00pm
Location: SFU East Gym

Open to all BCKF & CKF members; all levels

Refer to this link for directions to the gym and parking info. https://sfukendo.wordpress.com/practice/
The East Gym is adjacent to the Central Gym and closest to the swimming pool.

Thursday, July 8th — 7pm – 9:30pm

Location: Sunrise dojo (Hastings Community Centre; in the Community Hall behind the main gym)
** Since the Community Hall is a fairly small space, we request that this practice be limited to yudansha level kendoka **

Friday, July 9th — 7pm – 9:00pm

The new location will be FALSE CREEK COMMUNITY CENTRE (@ Granville Island) in the Main Gym. The community centre is located next to the tennis courts on the south east side of the island.

Saturday, July 10th — 1pm – 5pm

Location:  Hastings Community Centre main gym (confirmed)
Open to all BCKF & CKF members; all levels

Please pass this information on to all of your respective club members. This will be an interesting and exciting series of workshops. Once we settle on a location for the July 10th workshop, I will let you know.