Vancouver Eishin Ryu Iaido Club: May 2011

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

More Announcements from Ron

Hi guys.
Since we will be attending the June Iaido Seminar at the UBC Student Rec Centre,there will be no Iaido Class on Friday,June 3rd at the Marpole Community Centre.Classes at the Marpole Community Centre will continue on Friday, June 10th
-Ron P.

Hi Guys.
Just a reminder to those of you who registered for the June Seminar, please try and submit your fees to me[Ron] before the start of the Seminar.
Also,if you are planning to attend the Banquet on Saturday,June 5th at 6pm.at the Li Garden Seafood Restaurant at 5822 Victoria Drive please give the $25 cash per person to me as soon as possible so that I can adjust the number of people[50] for the reservation. The dinner will be a 10 course Chinese Seafood Banquet held in a traditional Chinese Restaurant-no Chop Suey or Egg Foo Yung.
We will also be having a farewell dinner for the Senseis on Sunday,June 5th at 7pm. at the Blue Star Japanese Restaurant located at 1935 West 4th Avenue[between Cypress and Maple Streets].At this dinner, people will be paying individually for the food that they order.
I'm looking forward to seeing you all at the Seminar.I know that it will be a fantastic experience as usual .

-Ron P.

Seminar Dinner Saturday, June 4th

Hi Everyone,

Sorry to get this out so late, but Ron-san has an announcement regarding the big seminar dinner on Saturday:

We will be having our banquet at 6pm. on Saturday,June 4th at the Li Garden Seafood Restaurant located at 5822 Victoria Drive in Vancouver.The restaurant is between 43rd and 44th avenue on the east side of Victoria Drive. The phone number is 604-325-0783 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 604-325-0783 end_of_the_skype_highlighting.We will be having a 10 course Chinese Dinner at a cost of $25 per person.I will be collecting the $25 from those who wish to attend the dinner,so don't include this amount in your cheque for the registration fees for the seminar.Thanks,Ron.

Seems like the restaurant has a pretty good rating:

http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/14/1491677/restaurant/Victoria-Fraserview-Killarney/Li-Garden-Vancouver

Thanks for reading,

Peter P.

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, and our dojo can trace its unbroken lineage all the way back to the early 1600s in Japan.

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).