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11th January 2011
-On Tuesday evenings at
18h30 in the Cape
Town dojo we also
offer the 400 year-old
sword-drawing art of
Musō Jikiden
Eishin-ryū Iaido
taught by Aidan
Macaskill sensei.
Iaito & bokken will be
provided. Please contact
Aidan on
21st December 2010 - All our dojo will be closed between Christmas and New Year. The Cape Town (honbu) dojo will resume classes on Tuesday 4th January 2011. Hermanus will resume classes on Monday 10th January 2011 and Stellenbosch on Wednesday 12th January 2011. May you all have a blessed & heathly holiday season! - John 1st March 2011 - Hi Everyone (Mina-san), Here are some Japanese phrases which may help to further your knowledge of Kenjutsu: Oshiete kudasai: Please teach me (to be said by the students at the beginning of class) Onegai o-tsukare-sama deshita: An expression of thanks (used after training) O-tsukare-sama deshita: You have become tired (because of hard training). Thanks! Junbi taiso o hajimemasu: Begin warm-up Junbi taiso o owarimasu: Warm-up finished Katana o motte: Get your swords (or use bokuto or bokken instead of katana) O kiotsukete: Be careful (take care of yourself) Mawatte: Turn around Osame to: sheath your sword Datto: Taking the sword from the belt Taito: Putting the sword into the obi Teito shisei: Holding the sword by left side, as if in obi, thumb on tsuba Yuru yaka ni: smooth(ly) |
Sorato-Ryu Kenjutsu Heiho
(Cape Town, Stellenbosch, Somerset West, Hermanus, Pretoria)
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