Iai "居合", as a martial arts, began as a discipline of sword techniques for learning attack & defense. In the present-day context, the...

Practicing Seiza during pre-covid days | Image from Archives Seiza is one of the fundamental sitting positions in Iaido. As innocuous as...

Among the basics Kihon, Jo-Ha-Kyu is perhaps one of the more interesting concepts to understand and apply in practice. This article...

Looking back on Iaido over the years - a discourse from a beginner, eight years on.

This article is a perspective from one of our fellow Iaidokas. Contributor: Ronald, Editor: Valeth "I was looking for a form of...

Hi, hope this issue finds everyone safe and sound. Yes, the isolation might drive some stir-crazy. So here's a post for reading. We who...

Hello Everyone, the blog underwent some minor upgrades. Some of the feature art posts somehow did not make it through the migration....

Hello, finally we arrived at the last part on "Finding the Flow - Using flow to shape your own development in iaido". The pace of modern...

Hello Everyone, Here's the second part to the three-part series on "Flow". We talked about what Flow is and what are the prerequisites to...

Hello Everyone, Recent work and self-study schedule plus keiko seminars have taken up most of our time until now, where we can set aside...

MuShin” is comprised of two kanji characters - 無 (Mu): “Nothingness”, and 心 (Shin): "Heart, mind or self-consciousness". The concept of...

Hello everyone, before we know it, it is Apr 2019! We have an article for reading pleasure. We hope it would be a fun and informative...

As with learning any kata, correct form or posture is the primary goal. Slow, deliberate practice helps reinforce the correct body...

2018 has been an eventful and fruitful year for the Genyokan. We participated in Taiwan Taikai, Seminar by Kobara Sensei and Taichi...

The cornerstones of learning wazas involves two major aspects. One being the understanding the meaning of the wazas, and the other being...

(That is a lot of sen...) (-_-)" This article attempts to explain the concept of “Sen sen no sen, Sen no sen, Go no sen”. Before delving...

As one progresses along Iaido, one invariably goes through the four cyclic phases of Concept understanding, Familiarization,...

This articles continues the thematic discussion for learning and teaching. The correct starting point or perspective towards learning...

With cherry blossoms coming to an end, this article features the transient nature of flowers as a homage to them. Iroha is a Japanese...

2 or 3 moons ago, we had mentioned the idea of discussing learning and teaching. Well, this article serves as a precursor to this topic....