KoKoDo Taikai Vancouver

The 2011 KoKoDo Taikai was held in beautiful

British Columbia this year!

Seamark Shihan went to great lengths to put on a memorable

event and he absolutely nailed it!

Thanks for all your hard work!

As usual the training was Epic and Irie Sensei shared ALOT!

This isn't even the entire group!

We had a great turn out in Vancouver.

This is my favorite picture from the trip, I saw this

awesome Moose Mountie and grabbed our

Dojo mascot for a quick photo right when Soke

was coming out of the gift shop so he just joined right in,

no questions asked!

KIBO: HOPE for Japan

The Shindenkan Dojo was privileged with the opportunity to aid

in the effort to get Japan back on their feet in the wake of the

record breaking earthquakes and devastating tsunami that have left

parts of Japan utterly crippled in the aftermath.

Nakamura Ryu students demonstrating Toyama Ryu kata.

Ruben Marquez put Xander through some serious pain

with 5 min straight of KoKoDo pain.

Austin and Josh put on an amazing show with their kihon demonstration.

Rare footage of Xander not being on the receiving end of technique.

KoKoDo San/Yondan Waza.

Blue Belt Test

The Shindenkan Dojo had it's largest Blue Belt test ever last night

and everyone did exceptionally well resulting in 8 new Blue Belts!

Congratulations Matt, Mike, Patti, Chris, Emilio, Diego, Adam & Meredith!

The Tokyo 5

Austin, Josh, Kamilla, Brittany & Ben make up the Tokyo 5.

A group of truly amazing martial artists who after years of training

came to the point where we just had to take them to Japan.

They had 3 objectives on their journey:

1. Have an amazing cultural experience.

Check.

2. Pass their Shodan Exam at the Hombu.

Check.

3. Present themselves well at the Annual Nakamura Ryu Taikai.

Check.

Irie Soke visits Lancaster

The Shindenkan Dojo was very fortunate to have Soke Irie Yasuhiro

out again to share his KoKoDo Jujutsu with us.

Some were less "fortunate" than others.

All in all, it was AMAZING!

2010 Tanren Camp

This years Tanren Camp was a blast! The Dojo is blessed with some amazing kids.

We spent the week working on various Japanese Arts like Kendo, Kyudo, Judo, Shodo and other weapon and empty handed arts.

California Poppy Festival

Every year Lancaster City Park hosts the California Poppy Festival

and this year we were invited to demonstrate our martial arts and of course

everyone wanted to see swords cutting.

Since we had the entire day and our own dedicated area for our demonstrations

we made use of our time and space to squeeze in a lot of practice sessions.

Here we are preparing to demonstrate Toyama Ryu which

is the fundamental set of Nakamura Ryu.

We had a great time showing our community the arts we love.

Next year I will remember the sunscreen!