I will be sharing thoughts and practise on the connections between #aikido and the Japanese sword, particularly #iaido, at the @aikidounlimited dojo in #Hyvinkää on Sunday, 10am. Will be doing some #AikiTohoIai / #NishioRyu Iai practise.

People there will be complete beginners so do come round if you are at all in the region :)

Today was asked to do an embu in #AikiToho / #NishioRyu #iaido in front of the whole #Lebudo class (including beginners). Lebudo does #ZNKR iaido as well as an offshoot of #SuioRyu. So a lot rested on my performance — the reputation of a whole school!

Well, it wasn’t perfect. A few of the cut lines were off and the movement was obviously a bit tense. But I got a lot of interesting questions.

I’d love to see how the experienced folks there would manage those kata :)