European Sword Events

1.) This Sunday March 7th classes will be at the normal times in Covington at the Step'N Out Dance Studio (Iaido 8:00am until 9:15am, Kendo 9:30am until 11:00am). We will share the dance studio with the Cincinnati Fencing Academy and their coach, former Olympian Ed Wright. They will have a Fencing tournament that will start on the second floor while we are still practicing. Once we are done with Kendo, the fencers will move down to the first floor. It will be a good opportunity to watch a tournament using point weapons (foils). I've been invited to help judge the Fencing matches, so I might leave Kendo practice a little early.

2.) The following weekend March 13th and 14th, I'll be teaching a Japanese Swordsmanship class for the regional seminar of the Society of American Fight Directors (SAFD) at the Northern Kentucky University in Highland Heights KY. I'm scheduled to teach on Saturday the 13th. I'm planning to participate in some of their other classes as well. If you are interested in watching or participating in my class, let me know. It might be possible for me to get permission for you to visit and watch one of the other classes. The SAFD teaches Stage Combat to actors for use on stage, television and movies.

3.) Since I'll already have my goodies packed for the SAFD seminar, I'll have a sword presentation for Iaido class on Sunday March 14th at the Step 'N Out in Covington. I'll bring swords from my collection (broadsword, rapier, katana....) and we'll talk about how they are used and differences in their construction.

Jim