The jodo section currently contains the following members
| rank | count |
|---|---|
| <kyu | 10 |
| kyu | 24 |
| 1d | 10 |
| 2d | 28 |
| 3d | 13 |
| 4d | 12 |
| 5d | 5 |
| Grand Total | 102 |
The section comprises almost 7% of the CKF population and our highest rank is 5dan. The section is still dependant on grading panelists from Japan and on the CKF iaido section for our major financial and logistic support. The section has created a strategic plan which is being finalized now. It will provide us with agreed-upon goals and ways to reach those goals as we look to the future.
We have held one jodo individual tournament, as a division of the Ontario Open Iaido championships, and we plan to initiate a team tournament to be held some time this year. The section has been centered in Ontario but we now have a firm base in the west with three clubs in Calgary, Rossland and Vancouver. We hope to continue supporting these clubs to provide a more country-wide coverage and increase the population.
We continue to enjoy a close relationship to senior instructors in Japan with five hachidan (four are hanshi, one is the chair of the ZNKR jodo committee) from Fukuoka and Tokyo plus several nanadan who accompany them to teach. We have been able to provide two major seminars a year so far and we hope to be able to continue that in the future. These seminars with our Japanese sensei are financially supported entirely from within the jodo/iaido community itself and we have no plans to ask for financial support from the CKF in the future.
The CKF has provided partially awarded support through the development fund for the 2011 Calgary Iaido and Jodo seminar and we hope that in the future we can obtain the full awarded support from the fund for similar seminars to spread jodo throughout the country.
Detailed Activities:
2008
Jan 12, Toronto seminar, iaido and jodo CMAC
Feb 17 Ottawa seminar, iaido and jodo Ohmi, Taylor, Cruise?
Mar
8 Toronto CKF meeting, seminar, iaido and jodo CMAC
15 Kingston seminar
16 Toronto jodo seminar AYC
April
12 Ottawa jodo seminar
19 AYC jodo seminar
May
3 Toronto Jodo seminar
16-19 CKF Eastern Iaido and Jodo seminar and grading
| Goyo | Ohmi | nanadan |
| Stephen | Cruise | nanadan |
| Shigenori | Namitome | Hanshi 8dan jodo Fukuoka (Kyoshi 8dan iaido), |
| Kenichi | Yoshimura | Kyoshi 7dan iaido, (7dan jodo Tokyo) |
| Fumio | Tsubaki | Kyoshi 7dan iaido Tokyo, (Kyoshi 7dan jodo), |
| Mitsuko | Otofuji w | 7dan Jodo Fukuoka |
| Tomoko | Eto w | Kyoshi 7dan jodo Fukuoka (Kyoshi 7dan iaido) |
| Atsumi | Hatakenaka w | Kyoshi 7dan iaido Tokyo |
22 Toronto jodo seminar
27-28 CKF director's meeting, CNKC iaido and jodo demonstrations
Aug
6-10 Iaido, Jodo, Naginata seminars at Bryn Mawr Penn.
21-28 Calgary iaido, jodo and Niten Ichiryu seminar
Sept
12-14 Toronto Jodo Seminar with Furukawa hanshi and Arai hanshi
27 Demonstration at Waterloo Asian Fest
Oct 18-19 Ottawa iaido and jodo seminar
Nov 1 Kingston seminar (shoto, kendo, iaido, niten ichiryu short sword techniques)
Dec 6 Toronto iaido and jodo gradings
2009
Feb21 Toronto iaido and jodo seminar CMAC
Mar 21 Toronto iaido and jodo CMAC
April 18 Toronto iaido and jodo CMAC
April 24-May 9 Training visit to Japan (Tokyo and Fukuoka)
May 14-20 CKF Eastern Iaido and Jodo seminar and grading
| Goyo | Ohmi | |
| Stephen | Cruise | |
| Shunya | Furukawa | 8dan jodo 7d iaido 5d kendo Tokyo |
| Genji | Kurogo | Kyoshi 8dan jodo kyoshi 7dan kendo renshi 5dan iaidoTokyo |
| Hisashi | Kikkawa | 8dan iaido Tokyo |
| Atsumi | Hatakenaka w | Kyoshi 7dan iaido Tokyo |
| Fumio | Tsubaki | Kyoshi 7dan iaido Tokyo, (Kyoshi 7dan jodo), |
Sept 11-13 Toronto Jodo seminar (Shiiya hanshi and Arai hanshi)
Oct
3 Demonstration at tai chi seminar
17-18 Ottawa iaido and jodo seminar
Nov 21 Aurora Niten Ichiryu seminar
Dec Toronto Iaido and Jodo gradings
2010
Jan 12 U. Guelph demonstrations
Feb 21-22 Ottawa iaido and jodo seminar
24 special practice with senior instructors
April 10 Toronto iaido and jodo CMAC
18 Peterborough iaido and jodo
19 special practice
26 special practice
May 8 Toronto iaido and jodo CMAC
19-25 CKF Eastern Iaido and Jodo seminar and grading
| Chihiro | Kishimoto | Hanshi 8dan iaido |
| Shunya | Furukawa | Hanshi 8dan jodo kyoshi7d iaido 5d kendo Tokyo |
| Hiroshi | Arai | 8dan jodo 7d iaido 5d kendo Tokyo |
| Atsumi | Hatakenaka w | Kyoshi 7dan iaido Tokyo |
| Fumio | Tsubaki | Kyoshi 7dan iaido Tokyo, (Kyoshi 7dan jodo), |
| Atsuko | Ueda w | 7d jodo Tokyo |
| Yasumi | Ozeki | 7dan jodo tokyo |
| Yukihiro | Sakai | 7dan jodo Tokyo |
| Goyo | Ohmi | |
| Stephen | Cruise |
Oct 3 Peterborough jodo seminar
Dec 4 Toronto Iaido and Jodo gradings
2011
Jan 23 Kim starts teaching weekly aikido weapons class UG
29 Aurora jodo seminar
Feb 26-27 Montreal jodo seminar Taylor (McGill)
March 12 Toronto jodo seminar CMAC
April
2 Peterborough iaido and jodo seminar
30 Toronto jodo seminar CMAC
May 19-25 CKF Eastern Iaido and Jodo seminar and grading
| Chihiro | Kishimoto | Hanshi 8dan iaido |
| Shigenori | Namitome | Hanshi 8dan jodo Fukuoka (Kyoshi 8dan iaido), |
| Shunya | Furukawa | Hanshi 8dan jodo kyoshi7d iaido 5d kendo Tokyo |
| Atsumi | Hatakenaka w | Kyoshi 7dan iaido Tokyo |
| Fumio | Tsubaki | Kyoshi 7dan iaido Tokyo, (Kyoshi 7dan jodo), |
| Tomoko | Eto w | Kyoshi 7dan jodo Fukuoka (Kyoshi 7dan iaido), |
| Goyo | Ohmi | |
| Stephen | Cruise |
June 9-12 Kent State Ohio AUSKF iaido and jodo seminar (Kishimoto and Yamazaki) Ohmi, Cruise, Taylor, Tribe, Green (CKF 7 and 6dans) attending plus more. Demonstrated iaido and jodo.
July 1 Demonstration at CNKC
Aug 12-17 Calgary iaido and jodo seminar
Sept TBA Toronto seminar with Furukawa hanshi and Arai hanshi
Dec 3 Toronto iaido and jodo gradings
We refer you as well to the iaido report as most jodo members also practice iaido and so there is a large overlap of activities.
Submitted June 2011 by Kim Taylor, Chief Examiner for Jodo.