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8/4 Practice Schedule with Yamanaka & Saito Sensei

Mon — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:08:07 +0000

First of all, NO CLASSES on Friday & Saturday (8/6 & 8/7) for those who are NOT going to summer camp!

As most of you have already known that Yamanaka (8th Dan Hanshi) and Saito (8th Dan Kyoshi) Sensei are dropping by our dojo along with Sakamoto Sensei (6th Dan) from Choyokan for a special practice before heading off to the Summer Camp.

Please be at the dojo around 6:30 to help prepping and be ready to go at 7pm – if you’re one of those “right on time” guys, be earlier this time

Also, there will be another chance to learn from the Sensei’s on Thursday (8/5) down at the Rochester Y around 7pm with the Hokkyokusei group. If you can make it, please do! If you need a ride, just let one of us know then we’ll figure it out! Here’s the address:

Rochester Area Family Y
709 1st Ave SW
Rochester, MN 55902
507 287-2260

2010 MWKF Summer Camp (Updated)

Mon — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:30:15 +0000

Here’s the form for and information for the camp (thanks to Ai Takashima forwarded this to me). So please download it and get it all send out by the due date:

MWKF Summer Camp Registration 2010 (Information packet & form)
Date: 8/6 – 8/8
Sensei’s visiting this year: Yamanaka, Shigeki Sensei (8th Dan Hanshi) / Saito, Shigeki Sensei (8th Dan Kyoshi) / Suzuki, Aki (Miss! 6th Dan)
Room Adult (double): $125 / Single Room: $160
Room Youth: $90 / Triple: $65
Due date: July 25th ($20 late fee after this date)

It’s great fun and great learning experience. If you can make it please do! $125 include rooms and foods, you can’t get better than that besides learning from 2 super awesome 8th Dan Sensei’s!

Miyazaki Masahiro Sensei a.k.a. The Kendo God is now 8th Dan!

Mon — Wed, 20 May 2009 19:42:03 +0000

For people who don’t know who Miyazaki Masahiro sensei is, how could you?! Miyazaki sensei participated in the All Japan Kendo Championship (meaning the best fighting the best). Winning 6 times 1st place, 1 second place and 3 third places (victories in 3 consecutive years once, victories in two consecutive years once) between 1990 to 2001. Miyazaki sensei assumes the position of head instructor at the Kanagawa prefecture police department in 2008 (Source). If you want to know more, read the amazing short biography of Miyazaki sensei here.

Winning 1 time makes you the Kendo chump and have a fan club on facebook with 100 plus people joining, but 6 times?! That makes him the Kendo God! Here are the videos him passing 8th Dan:

Looks like the videos had been removed by the author. In the meantime, you can see all the Ippon’s Miyazaki sensei had scored:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2d-qqgy-Dpg

Part 1 (Right side)

Part 2 (Far side)

Waiver Form

Mon — Sun, 17 May 2009 19:04:31 +0000

Hi all,

We need to do a renewal on everyone’s waiver and updated information. So if you could kindly print the following form out, fill it in and bring it to the dojo when you come in, it would greatly appreciated. We’ll also have a few forms there if you don’t have a printer. Thank you!

Minnehaha Kendo Dojo Waiver Form

Pictures!

Mon — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:20:30 +0000

I don’t know if you have noticed, but the New Year Keiko’s pictures are up! Not a lot, but a few shots here and there.

Enjoy!

2008 Detroit Videos & Pictures

Mon — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:04:33 +0000

Hello all!

Looks like someone uploaded lots of quality videos for the tournament:

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=kendo+detroit+2008&search_type=

The videos are archived in the Resources section.

Pictures wise, check out the photos section. I’ve added Nate’s collection, I will post more later this week. So stay tuned.

Enjoy!