by Mark Kawabe | Sep 27, 2015 | Uncategorized
When you think you know something and then you get information that changes the way your perspective about what you thought you knew, that’s a valuable experience. To everyone who thinks they “know” their kata, you missed a valuable experience...
by Mark Kawabe | Sep 13, 2015 | Uncategorized
Congratulations to everyone who participated in yesterday’s SWORD Tournament! It was a great little tournament. Regrettably I wasn’t able to stay for the godo keiko afterward or attend the after party at Tremendous, but I’m confident a good time was...
by Mark Kawabe | Jul 18, 2015 | Uncategorized
The Toronto Kendo Club’s 18th Annual Summer Camp promises to be full of good spirit and fun for all. This year’s camp location, we will be in Peterborough for the training and tent camping. Sensei Kimura will be leading us in a weekend of spirit building, practice and...
by Mark Kawabe | Jul 18, 2015 | Uncategorized
August 8, 2015 – 9:00 am We are pleased to announce the 9th Annual Keishicho (Tokyo Police Force) Sensei Kendo Seminar hosted by Kendo Ontario and Etobicoke Olympium Kendo / Iaido Club. Last year we were fortunate to have Takeuchi Masato sensei lead a very...
by Mark Kawabe | Jul 7, 2015 | Kendo Road Trip, Uncategorized
Here are some thoughts and reflections stemming from last weekend’s road trip. Kendo is like Alexander Keith’s beer: Those who like it, like it a lot. It is easier to observe the things that should be done than to actually do them. Similarly, it is easier...
by Mark Kawabe | Jul 2, 2015 | Uncategorized, Unwritten Rules of Kendo
The terms “sempai” and “kohai” loosely translate to “senior” and “junior”. There’s a lot of meaning behind those loose translations. Sempai is a term used to denote someone who is senior to you in experience. This...
