Reflections from Auckland: On Seminar, Grading, and what comes after go-dan
Reflections from Auckland On Seminar, Grading, and What Comes After Go-dan Sean Dunne - Nanseikan There are some weekends in kendo that feel larger than the calendar space they occupy. The Auckland Summer Seminar and Godan examination now feels like one of those occasions for me. It was, on one level, simply a weekend away: travel, training, grading, conversation, return. But, in another sense, it felt much more than that. It felt like one of those moments that gathers together many years of work and then, almost without announcement, points toward what must come next. I wanted to try to put some of those reflections into words for our dojo. I also wanted to allow a short period of time to reflect properly before writing this piece, while ensuring I committed these thoughts to paper so that I can return to them and reflect on them again in the future. The Seminar The first thing to say is that the seminar itself was excellent. What impressed me most was not only the quality of t...
