Sensei’s Blog

Update: 12 January 2016 - 03 April 2016 - Spring Session Karate Schedule Change: New: 615-715pm: Tuesday and Thursday Children's Class New: 730-930pm: Tuesdays and Thursday 13+ Class

Too much information Snake style: When I started my iaido and jodo training we had limited sources of information, our training with senior sensei came in short bursts during a seminar. At that time the sensei would generally do a core dump of information, or to put it more crudely, he'd throw up a giant … Continue reading Too much information – Nov 11, 2015, Kim Taylor, Renshi, CI Sei Do Kai Guelph ON, Nanadan

My sensei says... Before that, I'd like to say many thanks to Jim Wilson and his crew in Peterborough for their work with yet another lovely Muso Jikiden Eishin Ryu seminar. I think this is the fourth, may there be many more. I'm impressed that so many students will attend a koryu seminar with an … Continue reading Peterborough Koryu Seminar – Nov 9, 2015, Kim Taylor, Renshi, CI Sei Do Kai Guelph ON, Nanadan

And spring back, or at least that's how I confuse myself at this time of the year. Your clocks go back in Fall, by the way, so I woke up an hour earlier than I needed to this morning. For us fellows of a "certain age" that isn't a big deal, we're up four or … Continue reading Fall forward – Nov 1, 2015, Kim Taylor, Renshi, CI Sei Do Kai Guelph ON, Nanadan

I just read in a paper all about how the traditional martial arts (as opposed to MMA) were unchanged from far back in history. Nothing could be further from the truth, no more than oil portraiture is unchanged since Leonardo, photography requires wet collodion, or carpenters use framing hammers to build houses. I love my … Continue reading Traditions aren’t Fossils – Oct 10, 2015, Kim Taylor, Renshi, CI Sei Do Kai Guelph ON, Nanadan

At least three times last night I caught myself telling the aikido beginners "and if he does this you could...." I apologized a couple of times for that but I can't seem to remember that a class needs clear physical direction, not stuff to think about. Having four different techniques going on at the same … Continue reading Then you could do this – Oct 30, 2015, Kim Taylor, Renshi, CI Sei Do Kai Guelph ON, Nanadan

I just read in a paper all about how the traditional martial arts (as opposed to MMA) were unchanged from far back in history. Nothing could be further from the truth, no more than oil portraiture is unchanged since Leonardo, photography requires wet collodion, or carpenters use framing hammers to build houses. I love my … Continue reading Traditions aren’t Fossils – Oct 10, 2015, Kim Taylor, Renshi, CI Sei Do Kai Guelph ON, Nanadan

I am now bereft of children. My son has gone off to school and I miss him. It's not that I saw him that much but there were signs that he was in the house, dirty dishes would appear (sometimes in alarmingly large amounts all at once if he cleared out his room) and maybe … Continue reading Copycats vs creators – Sept 10, 2015, Kim Taylor, Renshi, CI Sei Do Kai Guelph ON, Nanadan