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

Hatsu Geiko or the "First Training" refers to the first training for the start of the new year. Interestingly, the character "Hatsu" 初,...

The 8th International Taikai was held in Tokyo, Japan on 3rd Nov 2019. This year is also the 10th anniversary of the formation of the...

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...

The Student-Teacher relationship is one of the defining traits in Classical Koryu. Originally, it serves the purpose of transmission of...

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

We had a farewell dinner following practice for one of our members, Yu Ting who has been with us since late2017/early 2018. Since then,...

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...

The Seminar was held on 19-20 Jan 2019. As usual, Singapore members visited the local dojo for practice opportunities. The focus on this...

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...

The different proficiency tiers of Iaido may be segregated as Kamae, Speed, Power, Might. Kamae - Posture or stance paves the first...

The theme of featured art by our resident artist for September: "Your Learning Journey" To the uninitiated, Iaido curriculum would seem...

Photo credits: Rachel

Sharing some highlights from the Seminar. More to come in following weeks. Photo credits: Rachel

The grades or "Dan" system does not feature prominently in traditional Kobudo until recent times. By ancient traditions, the student...

The seminar was held from 17 - 19 Aug @ Eurasian Club House and Changi Beach Club. On each of the seminar days, an average of 30+ members...

Well, no waza is actually like that... Rather this is more of an expression. A practice session should be an enjoyable, meaningful one. ...

This is a revisit to the article regarding Dojo Safety. In the previous article, 3 main aspects were covered viz. Distance, Posture and...