Demonstration at Japan Festival

[BrendanF]

An embu my group (Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto ryu) did at the local Japan festival this year:

NB: Our teachers had another obligation that day, so only students participated.

 

[Chris Parker]

Awesome, Brendan! I was hoping you guys got some video of the demo!

 

[hoshin1600]

looked good.
the only critique i would give as an outsider is during the Iaido segment, i think it would have looked better if everyone was more on time with each other. since you didnt focus on this i can assume it is not how you practice. but a uniform cadence during a demo really looks good. the people in the back row could have used the person in the front as a timing cue.

 

[BrendanF]

Awesome, Brendan! I was hoping you guys got some video of the demo!

Hey Chris - Ah yeah.. I think my other half filmed it, but this is someone else's footage (I hate being on camera).

It was a shame, sensei had her rokudan aikido grading that day so she and Noriko both had to miss it.

looked good.
the only critique i would give as an outsider is during the Iaido segment, i think it would have looked better if everyone was more on time with each other. since you didnt focus on this i can assume it is not how you practice. but a uniform cadence during a demo really looks good. the people in the back row could have used the person in the front as a timing cue.

Thanks for the feedback Hoshin - absolutely, that would be up there on my list of flaws in our demonstration. Unfortunately I have to add that it's largely myself to blame for that; the other two seem to have been pretty well in sync during the iai/battojutsu

 

[hoshin1600]

Hey Chris - Ah yeah.. I think my other half filmed it, but this is someone else's footage (I hate being on camera).

It was a shame, sensei had her rokudan aikido grading that day so she and Noriko both had to miss it.



Thanks for the feedback Hoshin - absolutely, that would be up there on my list of flaws in our demonstration. Unfortunately I have to add that it's largely myself to blame for that; the other two seem to have been pretty well in sync during the iai/battojutsu

I myself actually detest synchronized individual kata. I think it's counterproductive to what kata should be, however for a demo it does look good.
How long have you three been training?

 

[BrendanF]

Yeah when we train we do the torei as synchronised as possible, and we start the kata together, but run through it at our own pace. I guess I just did that out of habit.

I've been studying Shinto ryu for about 9 years - the other two have trained longer.

 

[Brian R. VanCise]

Nice!

 

[BrendanF]

Nice!

Cheers Brian