Sensei’s Blog

  Budo organizations are largely voluntary, and what that means is that nobody is getting paid to take shite. Yet the culture of budo tends toward dictatorial pronouncement and "my way or the highway" combined with admonitions to be loyal little robots. No wonder we're not taken seriously in most of society. Folks come in, … Continue reading Management side, customer side. – Kim Taylor, Renshi, CI Sei Do Kai Guelph ON, Nanadan Iaido and Roukudan Jodo

The Seito Bugei Juku will now be offering Adults and Children's Okinawa Goju Ryu Karate Classes at: Peterborough Multi Sport Club 275 Rink St #14, Peterborough, ON K9J 2K1 We will be sharing the space with Jitsu Canada and Chokushin Aikijujustu!!!

A random phrase in my notebook that hasn't been crossed out so presumably I haven't written about it. I can see why, it would make folks angry to call them spoiled. Fortunately, when I speak of this or that, nobody figures I'm talking about them. Human nature, it's some other club, some other schlub. The … Continue reading Spoiled clubs – Kim Taylor, Renshi, CI Sei Do Kai Guelph ON, Nanadan Iaido and Roukudan Jodo

OK I spent an absolutely horrible night without sleep of more than 30 minutes at a time before I had to get up. Couldn't sit to read, couldn't lie down, went to the sauna, couldn't sleep there. Thank goodness morning came before I had to go work in the shop. Why am I telling you … Continue reading Empires from the sun – Kim Taylor, Renshi, CI Sei Do Kai Guelph ON, Nanadan Iaido and Roukudan Jodo

First year's New Years day training!!! First Class at the PMSC for the Juku!!!! Thank you Morgan Carl and Kristi(Forest Farm) coming out!!!! Looking forward 2019!!!!!

  Hah, Saturday morning, it's dark out (I wake up early these days) and I walked down to Balzacs for my coffee, may even slip across the street to the market just to get my dose of "I hate people" as I try to walk through the crowds. I was tempted to post the "old … Continue reading Shake, hug, shake – Kim Taylor, Renshi, CI Sei Do Kai Guelph ON, Nanadan Iaido and Roukudan Jodo

Once again the winds are blowing toward the "what if we had gradings outside the organization" direction. It happens often, people get annoyed with the system, they wonder why they grade, they wonder why they pay the money, they wonder why they have to jump through so many hoops. Maybe the gradings become silly, or … Continue reading These gradings are rank! – Kim Taylor, Renshi, CI Sei Do Kai Guelph ON, Nanadan Iaido and Roukudan Jodo