[Tokyo] A comprehensive samurai experience of swordsmanship and archery at a real dojo - My class is not a tourist trap

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• Once your reservation is confirmed, you will receive an email. Please be sure to confirm. This experience can accommodate up to 15 participants. During this experience, you will receive a lecture on Japanese swords, learn kata (cutting techniques), practice sparring, test-fire a bow and arrow, and try slashing with a mock sword. During the test-slash, you will slash multiple targets while moving with the mock sword. Slashing while moving is extremely difficult. Please experience the difficulty for yourself! Your instructor will be Yoshioki Sumida, assistant instructor of the All Japan Toyama-ryu Iaido Federation. With over 27 years of experience, he has taught at overseas branches in the United States, Europe, and Hong Kong. He is one of the very few instructors in the world who has deeply mastered and continues to pass on both kenjutsu and yabusame. Iai will teach you how to handle the sword, gekken will teach you distance from your opponent and attack/defense, and drawing the sword will teach you how to hold the blade. ~Schedule: Time may vary depending on the number of people~ ① Demonstration (3 minutes) ② Lecture on swords (20 minutes) ③ Changing into training clothes (10 minutes) ④ Iai lesson (20 minutes) ⑤ Kendo lesson (20 minutes) ⑥ Archery lesson (20 minutes) ⑦ Test cutting with a mock sword (20 minutes) ⑧ Awarding of certificate (5 minutes) ⑨ Changing into casual clothes (10 minutes)
• Taught by a sword and yabusame instructor with over 27 years of experience
• I am an assistant instructor at the headquarters dojo of the All Japan Toyama-ryu Iaido Federation, and I also practice yabusame (mounted archery) in armor. For the past 20 years, I have traveled to teach at overseas branches in the United States, Europe, and Asia several times a year. I have also hosted over 3,000 sword-trimming experiences, and have also hosted experiences for foreign VIPs through embassies. This experience is not entertainment or street performance, but rather teaches real swordsmanship and spirit. Anyone who wants to experience it the correct way and study the real thing is encouraged to join.
• You can experience the introductory level of swordsmanship and archery, the main martial arts of the samurai, in one stop.
• You can experience beginner's classes in three areas: Iai, Gekken, and Hajime. Before the experience, there will be a lecture to deepen your understanding of swords. In Iai, you will use a mock sword to learn how to draw and sheathe the sword, and in Gekken, you will practice sparring using a special bamboo sword. In the Kyūjutsu lesson, you will shoot through a target using a bow and arrow actually used in Yabusame. In the Hajime lesson, you will check the Hajime of the blade.
• A certificate of approval will be issued
• Those who complete this experience will be issued a certificate of approval from the Toyama-ryu Bizen Association.