Back to training

Training resumes this Saturday 8 December at 9:30 am at the West Pymble Community Hall.

Training dates

Ruth-sensei will be in Japan for training for the next 2 weeks. Please check your emails for next training date in December.

Congratulations

Congratulations to Mejane, Richard and Peter for passing their gradings on 28 October 2007.

Training on 31 August 2007

Training this week will be on Friday, 31 August 2007.
Please bring a bokken.

Monthly dues are also due on Friday.

Grading Photos

Group Photo














Ipponme Mae

Ipponme Mae

Dear Iaidoka,

Congratulations to all of you who passed your gradings at the NSW Iaido Gradings held at our West Pymble Dojo on Sunday. It was very well done indeed.

Overall the standard was good with some borderline cases, and a few outstandingly good performances. In particular from our club, Lusita and Peter who were singled out by the judges for commendation and Eddie, whose audible sigh of relief when he finished his ikkyu test, got quite a few smiles.

For Lyma, Lusita and Eddie having achieved your ikkyu puts you into contention for Shodan at the National Championships in January. This means a whole different style of Iaido which you will all have to work on so as to succeed in this grading.

I have attached a link to the Queensland site so we can all keep updated and make our plans accordingly.
http://iaidojodo2008.googlepages.com/home It is still under construction but the information is being updated daily.

This Friday we are going to celebrate after training, so if you like bring something along. I'll bring the tea etc.. and we can also discuss the January trip and see if we can get some idea about who is able to attend.

Once again Congratulations

Cheers
Ruth

Training & Grading

Firstly, a thank you to Lyma for organising this ‘blog’ it will be a great way to communicate now that I ‘ve become ‘blog literate’.

Secondly, I would just like to thank those who were able to come to our inaugural training session last Friday night. We had a very productive session specifically practicing for the next grading and also targeting some sword work in focusing on a strong, accurate kirioroshi.

Whilst it seemed strangely quiet for all of us who were used to the dooff , dooff, dooff , whirring of fans and other assorted cacophony that always attended our training at Macquarie Uni we all settled in pretty fast.

A belated welcome to Charles and a welcome also to Mark and Maesie who joined us for the first time last night.

We ended the night with hot Japanese green tea and Japanese treats which we will continue to do on the Friday night before the first Saturday of each month. I will post a calendar as soon as I get the dates from the council.

NSW Iaido Gradings will be held at this hall, Sunday 15th July. 1pm – 4pm. The address is
West Pymble War Memorial Community Hall
Lofberg Street
West Pymble

The hall is accessible from both Yanco Road and Lane Cove Road (Mona Vale Road) there will be a $5.00 dojo charge for all participant just to cover the hire of the hall.

Ruth Franklin
Dojocho

July 2007 Training Schedule

For the month of July, club training will be on Fridays from 7:00pm to 9:00pm at the West Pymble Community Hall, Loftberg Road, West Pymble.

Training on Saturday 23 June 2007

Training will be from 1:00 to 3:00 pm

Macquarie University Gym
Squash Court 6

Training on 9 June 2007

There will be no training this Saturday, 9 June 2007.

Wollongong Iaido Grading 07
Photo from Adeine Steinke Website UOW Iaido/Jodo/Kendo Club.

Annual Dues

Annual membership for the Australian Kendo Renmei membership is due soon. Please download the membership form from the NSW Kendo Association website and bring the form together with $80 dues to training.

Congratulations!

Congratulations to Suigetsu members who passed their Iaido gradings last Sunday.

A big thank you to our sensei Ruth for her time and patience in instructing all of us.

28-29 April Seminar & Grading Details

Saturday 28th 9am - 4pm
Castle Hill High School, Castle Street, Castle Hill

Sunday 29th 9am - 3pm
University of Wollongong

Club Photos

Left: Ruth Sensei, Lima, Eddie


Middle: Ipponme Mae (Lima)


Bottom: Iaido Grading Gilroy College

Seminar & Grading

There will be a NSW training session at Gilroy College on 28 April 2007 and grading the next day at University of Wollongong.

Kyu Grading

Required kata for kyu grading:

6 kyu: ipponme, nihonme
5 kyu: ipponme, nihonme, sanbonme, yonhonme
4 kyu: ipponme, sanbonme, yonhonme, gohonme, ropponme
3 kyu: ipponme, sanbonme, gohonme, nanahonme, happonme
2 kyu: ipponme, ropponme, nanahonme, kyuhonme, jyupponme
1 kyu: ipponme, yonhonme, nanahonme, jyu-ipponme, jyu-nihonme

Zen Ken Ren Seitei Iai Kata

1. Ipponme, Mae (一本目　前)




2. Nihonme, Ushiro (二本目　後)




3. Sanbonme, Ukenagashi (三本目　受流)




4. Yonhonme, Tsukaate (四本目　柄当)




5. Gohonme, Kesagiri (五本目　袈裟切)




6. Ropponme, Morotetsuki (六本目　諸手突)




7. Nanhonme, Sanpogiri (七本目　三方切)




8. Happonme, Ganmenate (八本目　顔面当)




9. Kyuhonme, Soetezuki (九本目　添手突)




10. Jyupponme, Shihogiri (十本目　四方切)




11. Jyu-ipponme, Soogiri (十一本目　総切)




12. Jyu-Nihonme, Nukiuchi (十二本目　抜打)

Training Schedule

Saturdays
1:00 to 3:00 pm

Macquarie University Sport & Leisure Centre
Macquarie University
Gymnasium Road (off Culloden Rd)
North Ryde, New South Wales

Cost: $10 per training
Membership with the Australian Kendo Renmei is required for gradings and competitions