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Visiting Teacher Seminars

Spokane Kendo Club is an official branch school of the Pacific Northwest Kendo Federation (PNKF) and the All United States Kendo Federation (AUSKF). As such, we are supported by the PNKF with visits and seminars by high-ranking Kendo teachers, ususally about every other month.

During 2008, because of our many trips to Seattle for PNKF Team training, in preparation for the 2008 US Kendo Championships in July, Visiting Teacher Seminars will be held during the latter half of the year.

The seminars for 2008 are as follows:

September:	David Yotsuuye Sensei - Spokane
November:	Curtis Marsten Sensei - Spokane

2008 Junior Summer Kendo Seminar

Every summer the Pacific Northwest Kendo Federation hosts a Junior Summer Gasshuku (seminar) for ages 18 and under.

The primary instructors for the Gasshuku are Jeff Marsten (Kyoshi 7th Dan), Curtis Marsten (Renshi 6th Dan), and David Yotsuuye (Renshi 6th Dan). They are supported by several other high-ranking instructors.

2008 Junior Summer Seminar is scheduled for Monday, July 28th through Saturday, August 2nd. The juniors will visit a different Seattle area dojo every evening. The Spokane group will be combining the seminar with camping. We will be staying at a campsite near Bellevue. Camping will include staying in a tent, outdoor cooking, swimming, boating, hiking, etc. A few other juniors from the Seattle area will be joining us for camping this year.

Spokane Kendo Club junior members should contact Russ or Wendy Sinclair Sensei to make your reservations and find out about costs, etc.

2009 Winter Training

To be announced soon.

Equipment Seminars

Equipment seminars are held about every 8 weeks on a Saturday from 10 am to 2 pm. Each seminar has four parts:

Shinai Seminar (10-11 am)
This seminar is for the "care and feeding" of your shinai. Students learn how to take their shinai apart, repair it, lubricate it, and put it back together.

Uniform Seminar (10-11 am)
How to properly wear, fold and care for your keikogi (Kendo jacket) and hakama (Kendo pants). Also, the reigi (manners) associated with wearing your uniform.

Food Seminar (11-12 pm)
In this part of the seminar we EAT and watch Kendo videos.

Armor Seminar (12-2 pm)
Those who are ready to start wearing Kendo armor receive it in a special ceremony and learn how to assemble, wear, put away and care for their armor. They also begin learning the reigi (manners) associated with wearing armor.

During the Armor Seminars, those who are not yet ready for Kendo armor have a chance to put on armor and see what it's like!

Scorekeeping Seminars

Every October, we offer a seminar to teach our members how to assist at tournament scorekeeping tables. The skills of timekeeping, scorekeeping, announcing matches, etc., are emphasized. If you miss the seminar, it will be available here as a video file.

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