Kanagawa Prefectural Tournament
Way back in June, I stopped by the Kanagawa Prefectural Iaido Tournament, just to say I went. It was also a chance to show my girlfriend, "This is iaido" as she had never seen it before.
Kanagawa is a very strong prefecture when it comes to iaido, so the level was very, very high. It was humbling (gut churning?) to see 2-dans, shodans, even mudansha, who have better technique than me.
I didn't stick around for long. Interestingly, the Budokan was within walking distance of my (then) apartment, so I walked home from the tournament. Prior to that, I had no idea where it was or that it was so close!
Now that I have moved to Yamato city, goodness knows what (or who) might be right around the corner. No matter what it is, though, I guarantee you I will discover it about a week before I am scheduled to move next.
On to the pictures...
Ozaki Sensei
Part of the 8-dan Kyoshi demonstrations
Ishido Sensei
Yet another "blurry-but-kind-of-interesting" photo from my poor little camera.
Kanagawa is a very strong prefecture when it comes to iaido, so the level was very, very high. It was humbling (gut churning?) to see 2-dans, shodans, even mudansha, who have better technique than me.
I didn't stick around for long. Interestingly, the Budokan was within walking distance of my (then) apartment, so I walked home from the tournament. Prior to that, I had no idea where it was or that it was so close!
Now that I have moved to Yamato city, goodness knows what (or who) might be right around the corner. No matter what it is, though, I guarantee you I will discover it about a week before I am scheduled to move next.
On to the pictures...
Ozaki Sensei
Part of the 8-dan Kyoshi demonstrations
Ishido Sensei
Yet another "blurry-but-kind-of-interesting" photo from my poor little camera.
posted by Jeff at 4:51 AM
3 Comments:
Hi Jeff,
Do you have any information about "Ozaki Sensei" from the first picture? That's a pretty impressive Nukitsuke he has there..
Makoto Ozaki is head instructor at the Saiseikan dojo in Nagatsuta, Kanagawa. He is a kyoshi 8-dan Muso Shinden Ryu iai and a 7-dan in kendo.
Last year he competed in the invitational Hakone 8-dan taikai and won 3rd place.
Would you know where we might be able to get a video or two of him demoing?
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