I got up early and missed the “& B” part of the “B & B.” I headed to the other side of Thunder Bay to attend an Iaido Seminar. It was a full day of training, and I needed it. Ohmi Sensei was flown to Thunder Bay from Toronto and I was very lucky to receive feedback from both he and Tribe Sensei. This feedback (and the feedback from other people at the seminar) had all been added to a list of notes for me to go back on in the next few weeks to improve my Iaido. We trained in the morning, took a break for lunch (ham and buns... mmm...), and then trained more in the afternoon. Mostly we trained Seitei Iai (the standardized techniques), but then continued onto Koryu (style specific techniques). I was the only Shinden Ryu practitioner so my Koryu looked a little different from everyone else’s, but it was great to see the differences, and the similarities. I continued with the group for as long as I knew the techniques and then sat on the side to watch as the participants did the more advanced techniques. It was the first time I had been able to see so many of the advanced techniques.
When the seminar was over I headed back to the B & B to pick up my better half. The restaurant that we were all going to turned out to only be a block away from the B & B so we walked over. We did get lost once on the way but made it eventually to Tony & Adam’s (T & A... get it?!).
Supper was a flat rate with all you could eat food. There was first some veggy pizza as an appy and then pasta, chicken, salad, etc. for the entree. It was excellent. Part way through the supper Ohmi Sensei asked me to sit with him. He gave me some pointers to help me with my grading in December. I thanked him profusely and made a note to write down everything I could remember from what he and Tribe Sensei said that day (which I have now done). I hope to make all of the changes that Ohmi Sensei recommended so that I may improve my Iaido and pass my grading.
Following supper we returned to the B & B and went to sleep.
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