When thinking about every day practice our minds most often go to the physical movement, but there is so much more. For those of you who are newer we have the four horsemen of the apocalypse for Nami Ryu. They are assumption, expectation, anticipation and judgment. Think about how these things apply in our every day lives. Having a bad say? Have an argument with someone? Did you ride one of those horses? 🙂 I know i can be guilty of that sometimes so it's good to remind myself of the four horsemen. What are your thoughts?

Hi everyone, I just uploaded six more videos. Half are in the Fundamentals section and cover sword handling, home practice, and bowing in (2 videos on the latter). There are also detailed videos on sword draws. There are complicated mechanics and timing with draws that need to be practiced regularly, so hopefully these videos will help.

I've been watching our member numbers climb and we're almost at 70! I'm truly happy to see people from around the world joining the Kenjutsu Online community, so I'm thinking that it would be fun and helpful to you all if we have a monthly video call once we reach 100 members. Due to everyone being spread across many different time zones, I'd be happy to post the recordings in case you can't join the meeting in person. You could also send your questions ahead of time, and I'd make it a priority to answer as many as possible. Please comment below if you'd like to have a monthly recorded video call.

is anyone able to help me locate the saturday class zoom link?

A part of our training is about every day preparedness. With that in mind, many parts of the country are expecting extreme cold, snow and ice this weekend. I am in upstate NY and high temps will be 9 degrees with below zero windchill. In the event i get stuck somwhere, i have in my car a wool blanket, extra gloves and a hat to keep warm. I also have some basic first aid supplies. What do you have in your car and/or home to prepare for weather extremes in your area? I am sure we can all help each other by posting suggestions for preparedness. Thanks in advance!