Vancouver Eishin Ryu Iaido Club: New Year's Practice

Tuesday, January 4, 2022

New Year's Practice

Attn members:

Our in-person free trial classes on Saturday, January 8th has been cancelled due to concerns over COVID 19 and new restrictions.

For anybody interested, we will carry on with our online practice in lieu of our in-person New Year's practice.

Please private message either myself, Brad or Vincent for joining instructions if you are interested in attending.

For Marpole Members, normal classes will resume on Friday, January 21st.

Apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused.

Stay safe.

For more information about the Vancouver Eishin Ryu Iaido Club, please contact us at:

@vancouveriaido

vancouveriaido@hotmail.com

www.vancouveriaido.com

musojikideneishinryu.blogspot.ca

https://mjer-iaido.github.io/ja/

In Person Classes run:

Student Recreation Centre, UBC

Saturday: 9:30am to 11:30am

Tuesday: 6:30pm to 8:00pm

Thursday: 6:30pm to 8:00pm

Marpole Community Centre

Friday: 5:45pm to 7:15pm

(Fall/Winter schedule)

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The Way Of The Sword

The Vancouver Eishin-Ryu Iaido Club is dedicated to the study of the traditional Japanese martial art of Iaido. Iaido is the art of drawing a katana (commonly referred to as a Samurai sword) and delivering a decisive strike against one or more opponents. Iaido is one of the oldest Japanese martial arts, with a history that can be traced back at least 450 years.

Iaido waza (techniques) always begin and end with the student's sword sheathed. Unlike Kendo, which is the art of sword-fighting once swords have already been drawn (similar to Western fencing), Iaido focuses on quick and effective responses to unjustified or surprise attacks.

Students of Iaido, known as Iaidoka, do not compete against one another -- waza are performed individually against imaginary opponents. However, students should aim to react and behave as though they were engaged in a life or death situation. The ability to achieve focused concentration and stillness under such oppressive circumstances is one of the many goals in Iaido.

There is a saying in Japanese: 'Saya no uchi no kachi.' This translates roughly to 'Victory in the sheath.' and is the ultimate goal of the sword arts. By perfecting oneself through Iaido practice, battles can be diffused or won before taking the drastic step of unsheathing a sword.

Our school studies the classical main branch of Muso Jikiden Eishin-Ryu Iaido under the guidance of Kobara Kenichi, Hanshi, President of the 一般社団法人　正統正流無雙直傳英信流居合道国際連盟 - Ippan shadan hojin Seito Seiryu Muso Jikiden Eishin Ryu Iaido Kokusai Renmei (World Muso Jikiden Eishin Ryu Iaido Federation). Our Vancouver instructor is Hiro Inoue Sensei, 8th Dan (八段).