Sensei’s Blog

Fall Boot Camp 2019 – Mike Chinadi, CI Seito Bugei Juku Peterborough ON

Well another successful Camp has come to a close!!! Excellent training this year!!! Principle based as there was varied number of MA. On Saturday morning, Paul Fox and Brian Collins led off with Aiki principle of avoidance and redirect. After which followed Meditation and Awareness Keiko!! In the afternoon started off with mediation and environmental … Continue reading Fall Boot Camp 2019 – Mike Chinadi, CI Seito Bugei Juku Peterborough ON

Kata of Okinawa Goju Ryu – Mike Chinadi, CI (Kancho) – Seito Bugei Juku

 型                                     Kata                                                            Forms  基本型                            Kihon Gata                                       Basic form  三戦                               Sanchin Dai Ichi                                 Miyagi Chojun version 撃碎受一                          Gekisai Dai Ichi                                   Miyagi Chojun 撃碎受二                         Gekisai Dai Ni                                   Miyagi Chojun 三戦二 … Continue reading Kata of Okinawa Goju Ryu – Mike Chinadi, CI (Kancho) – Seito Bugei Juku

What Cannot be Seen – Kim Taylor, Renshi, CI Sei Do Kai Guelph ON, Nanadan Iaido Renshi and Roukudan Jodo Renshi

What can be seen and what cannot be seen - the aesthetic sense of the Japanese medieval arts. Akira Amagasaki The Gakushuin journal of international studies Vol 4, March 2017: 1-14 There, I started with the citation so you can find the paper. This is more or less a transcript of a lecture delivered on … Continue reading What Cannot be Seen – Kim Taylor, Renshi, CI Sei Do Kai Guelph ON, Nanadan Iaido Renshi and Roukudan Jodo Renshi

Speed is not timing – Kim Taylor, Renshi, CI Sei Do Kai Guelph ON, Nanadan Iaido Renshi and Roukudan Jodo Renshi

Quite often, I get told that speed is the solution, to scoring a point, or to doing a good kata, it's being aggressive. Look on the net and you'll see lots of examples of swordsmen doing long kata at high speeds. The thing is, speed is not timing, but speed is very easy to time. … Continue reading Speed is not timing – Kim Taylor, Renshi, CI Sei Do Kai Guelph ON, Nanadan Iaido Renshi and Roukudan Jodo Renshi

Yesterday was an awesome day- 3rd August 2019!! – Mike Chinadi, CI Seito Bugei Juku

Starting at 10:00am to 12:00pm, a combined Keiko with two Iaidoka and one Jodoka. The Iaidoka covered Zen Ken Ren Kata Ippon Mae, Nihon Mae and Gohon Mae. And in the last half hour, Ippon Mae De-ai from Tachi Uchi no Kurai. The Jodoka covered the first four Kihon and then with me Kata one … Continue reading Yesterday was an awesome day- 3rd August 2019!! – Mike Chinadi, CI Seito Bugei Juku