Welland Iaido Seminar, 2017
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The Saturday Samurai at Beamsville District Secondary for the 2017 Welland Iaido Seminar (not in Welland this year, because it's basketball season and all the gyms were booked).
Fabulous as always. I never fail to take away something from one of these events. This year, it was how the turning of the left foot during Shiho-giri turns the body. I've always led with the right hip when turning, and 'pull' the rest of the body after me, but it's really the left foot turning first, which forces the rest of the body to move around and towards the target.
Even if you don't think you pick anything up, you do. You can't not. Partly because you have access to the top-level senseis in the country - which kind of spoils a person, in a way. We're very lucky in this area, to have them so close to hand.
I took this before everyone had shown up, when there were just a few of us there warming up.
Six or so hours on your feet waving a sword around, takes it out of ya, though. By the last hour I had to duck out and sit down. My feet were killing me.
Now it's off to pay my fees for the Guelph Iaido seminar in May.