Ontario Open Iaido Tournament
I was back in Canada ever-so-briefly (well it seems that way, looking back) in August. I was happy to have the chance to stop in to the Ontario Open Iaido Tournament, held at the beautiful Japanese Canadian Cultural Center (or JCCC) in Toronto. This is a very well-organized annual event. This year, the tournament was held on Sunday, following an all-day seminar on Saturday, which I sadly wasn't able to attend.
The whole thing seemed to run very smoothly. I was asked by one of the organizers how it compared to tournaments in Japan. I would say that it compared very favourably, both in terms of organization and quality of competitors. I did feel that the atmosphere was a tad too quiet -- despite being held in a huge room, but you could hear a pin drop! In Japan, the audience is a little bit larger, and correspondingly noisier.
I couldn't stay long enough to find out who won. (I showed up, disrupted things, and then left, which is kind of becoming "my style".) So ... anybody care to leave a comment with the results? Onegaishimasu.
Carole Galligan
Ed Chart
Showing fine form in front of the JCCC logo
The whole thing seemed to run very smoothly. I was asked by one of the organizers how it compared to tournaments in Japan. I would say that it compared very favourably, both in terms of organization and quality of competitors. I did feel that the atmosphere was a tad too quiet -- despite being held in a huge room, but you could hear a pin drop! In Japan, the audience is a little bit larger, and correspondingly noisier.
I couldn't stay long enough to find out who won. (I showed up, disrupted things, and then left, which is kind of becoming "my style".) So ... anybody care to leave a comment with the results? Onegaishimasu.
Carole Galligan
Ed Chart
Showing fine form in front of the JCCC logo
posted by Jeff at 5:06 AM
5 Comments:
Hi Jeff,
Thanks again for coming. ^_^
The results can be found here: http://www.jccciaido.com/2009OntarioOpen/2009_Ontario_Open-Iaido.html
Hope to see you again, sometime soon, with actual time to talk.
Hi,
I just moved recently to Toronto. I learned from your article about the Japan centre. I am glad about that, as I really love Japan, I spent there quite a long time. Hope would have chance get back one day. At least I can visit the centre now.
Thanks.
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Hi Jeff -
Thanks for making time to come by! I'm sorry that we didn't have more time to chat, but I'm glad that you enjoyed your brief time with us :)
A full writeup on the taikai and seminar is forthcoming - I'll post a link when we get it up...
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