Up first – Tsunoda-san iai.

Yesterday two monjin of the Yatsushiro dojo, Tsumoda-san and Hachiguchi-san were tested at the annual grading and hanami party that is held at the Sokaku-ji temple in Yatsushiro.

Here’s a gallery showing some shots of us setting up before the tests began.

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After the enbu, returned to Yatsushiro, had dinner and suprised Yamamoto-Sensei with a cake to celebrate his birthday.

Tomorrow we will perform an embu (demonstration) at the Kumamoto-Ken Kobudo Kyokai embu.

I’ll post some photos and an account of the day’s events.