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