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Added with permission from Kim Taylor Nanadan (CKF) Iaido, Rokudan (CKF) Jodo and Niten Ichi Ryu Shidoin, January 2023 I get them all the time, an existential dread that nothing makes any difference, that there's no meaning to life, that... well that things are as they are and it's up to us to assign what … Continue reading Crisis of faith – Kim Taylor, March 14, 2017

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Added with permission from Kim Taylor Nanadan (CKF) Iaido, Rokudan (CKF) Jodo and Niten Ichi Ryu Shidoin, January 2023 I spent some time today looking up this old chestnut for the Tuesday evening iaido boys. Here it is, it's also on the CIJF members site. -last edition: Oct 15, 2011 When I started iaido there … Continue reading Iaido Default Actions – By Kim Taylor Iaido, class of 1983

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Toronto iai practice July 18, 1987 Ohmi, Judy, Steve, Kim Seitei #3 Uke Nagashi – no pause with the deflection and cut. Work on: Cut is too wide, make it more vertical. At the end the edge is at (diagram, 65 degrees it measures at). The tip is one fist to the left of tanden, … Continue reading Notes from Iai Keiko – Kim Taylor, 18 July 1987