In order to continue study in the art we then arranged occasional visits by Iaidoka from the Sydney Iaido Club, for which the Wollongong Kendo Club is grateful. However in August 1995 he was obliged to return to Hong Kong and we were left without an iaido instructor. In 1994 Chi Wai went to Japan for the kendo foreign instructors summer camp, and returned Shodan in Seitei Iaido, and we began sporadic training, using live blades. (nidan kendo) who came to the university as a kyu grade in iaido. History of Iaido at the University of Wollongongįormal iaido training was first introduced at the University of Wollongong Kendo Club in 1994, initially iaido training was lead by Chi Wai Lee Practice, the majority of the Iaido class study only iaido or iaido and jodo. Only a minority of kendoka associated with the club carry out this Instruction is given by Robert Brown, Godan (5th Dan) Seitei Iaido, the 20 National Iaido Championships individual runner up, assisted by Aden Steinke, Sandan (3rd Dan) Seitei Iaido. Have been able to train in an ad hoc manner as opportunity permits.įrom 2003 students are also being introduced to the Tamiya Ryu curriculum through Ray Lawrence Sensei in Perth who conducted our first Tamiya Ryu class here in Wollongong in April 2003, he has subsequently visited Wollongong for refresher trainng every year or two. Of twelve kata or forms is known to a wide range of instructors, so we We practice in the main Seitei Iaido, a form of iaidoĮstablished in 1968 by the Japan Kendo Renmei (ZNKR), based on contributionsįrom the largest historical iaido schools, as this common curriculum Training is held on Sunday's prior to Kendo training.
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The sword, and gives training in how to handle a katana, rather than
The University of Wollongong Kendo Club encourages the study of iaidoīy members as the art gives an additional perspective on the way of The Iaido Journal cover a wide spread of styles and there are sites that are based on the ZNKR seitei gata curriculum. Muso Shinden Ryu being represented, other sites representing newer forms of Japanese swordsmanship such as Shinkendo, still others such as Iaido related sites on the web reflect this, with organisationsīased on the various old koryu such as the Tamiya Ryu and It can be practiced with a live blade (a sharp steel sword), an iaito (a Japanese practice sword specifically designed for iaido, having no edge and being made of a non ferrous alloy that will neither hold an edge or survive being used for sparring), or, at a beginners level, with a bokken (wooden sword). Iaido, the art of drawing the sword from its scabbard (saya) and cutting, has a long history in Japan, with a large number (hundreds) of historical schools, some of which focused on iai alone, others which developed iai curriculum as part of more comprehensive weapons training. University of Wollongong Kendo Club Iaido
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