Iaido Christmas Party 2010

...And Richard T's farewell party.

From left to right:  Turbo, Hiroki, Nao, Shirley, Konstantine, Vincent, Andre hidden behind Richard, Ayako, and Sensei.

Sushi, what else?  As usual, we got the world's supply of sushi from Sushi King.

Koji-san prepares his frozen baguettes.

Yi and her friend made special cookies just for the party - katana cookies!  And if you look real close, they even included a bo-hi in every blade!

Yi's friend, Yi, Shirley and Hiroki.

Prawn cocktail courtesy of Shirey

Sensei and Ayako

Vince, Rich and Konstantine

Koji-san, Sensei and Andre

Vince and one of Richard's suburi bokuto.

It's abit heavier than it looks.

And of course Richard's field sword has to make an appearance at every iaido get together.

It's like the iaido version of Santa Claus, everyone wants to take a picture with Rich and his monster.

Back to suburi practice...

Sensei and Bahman

Shirley and Ayako's muffins.

Way to go Yi!  Brand new to the dojo, but with as much spirit and enthusiasm as any senior member.

Dessert's ready.

Yi's cookies get the boss' approval.

Breathe between bites Vince...

Richard getting some fatherly advice before his departure back east.

Peter P. and Yi

Ayako and Shirley start the seiza club

Some of Peter C's paintings

What kind of iaido party would it be with a good old samurai movie?

Maki-chan, the late arrival....kawaiso.....all the oishi food is gone!

2010 Vancouver Iaido Christmas Party

Hi Everyone,

Really short notice here, but this year's Christmas party will be held this Saturday at Richard's house.

Come to class Saturday to find out where it is, or e-mail or call sensei

Peter P.

Message from Sensei Re: 2011 CIA Seminar

Let's add following info on CIA web.

Practice Time:
* June 3rd (Friday) @2 pm to 4 pm (2 hours) & 6 pm to 8 pm (2 hours)
* June 4th (Saturday) @10 pm to Noon (2 hours) & 2 pm to 4 pm (2 hours)
* June 5th (Sunday) @10 pm to Noon (2 hours)    

Shoudan Shinsa (Dan exam) & Free practice or Embu kai                                  
* June 5th (Sunday) @2 pm to 5 pm (3 hours)Instructors from Japan ZNIR:
* Kato Haruo Sensei (Hanshi 10th dan)
* Kaneda Hisato Sensei (8th dan)
* Masumura Katsumi Sensei (7th dan)

Regard.
Hiro

Images from Boston Seminar

Here is a brief report of Boston Seminar :

Iai seminar was held in Boston MA. USA (at Cambridge War Memorial Recreation Centre), hosted by Boston Iai Dojo.

The seminar was for 4 days long on Thursday Sep. 23rd, Saturday 25th, Sunday 26th & Monday 27th. (refer attached PDF file)

Around 20 people gathered on this seminar, this year's special guest instructor was Wout sensei from Belgium & myself as usual.



First day, we did introduction of Iaido, I was glad to see some of familiar faces, but many were new members. People are "Come & Go", as everywhere.

From second day, We divided into 2 groups, switched back & forth to meet all students. Covered mostly Batto-ho & Seiza no Bu.

On Sunday afternoon, we had Sho-do (Japanese calligraphy, see attached photos) demonstration by Imai sensei, then followed by our Iai Embukai.



It was quite successful seminar, They arranged a huge beautiful gym for this seminar (12,000 Sq. feet / about same size as last Nanaimo seminar).



I thank to Cuong, Tam & dojo members for their hospitality & hard work.

Hiro Inoue

Marpole Class Started

Hi everyone, Marpole dojo had it's first class this friday and it was a pretty good turnout.  9 students in the the new dojo and there was still room for more.  Class officially starts at 6pm but Sensei will be there from 5:30 pm and he's encouraging anyone to come out a bit earlier for some extra practice.  It's a good opportunity to get some one-on-one instruction and ask any questions you may have.

Classes are Friday night from 6pm (officially) to 7:30pm, drop in fee is $8

Thank you for your continued support and hope the two dojos (UBC and Marpole) continue to grow.

Peter P.