I'm excited to announce our very first LIVE community train-along and Q&A calls next Tuesday! And, to accommodate all of you in different time zones, I've scheduled TWO calls. You're welcome to join one or both. Both Zoom call links are located in a new Classroom section. Be sure to add them to your calendar. On both live calls, you'll be able to ask questions and there will be training in the fundamentals of kenjutsu so you can follow along at the same time (or with the recording, if you can't make one of the calls). These calls will be monthly for all community members. If you have any questions please leave them in the comments below. Looking forward to training with you LIVE next week!

Hi Sensei. I know this is probably more likely to happen against a woman. If I am face to face with an attacker and they grab my hair on top of my head my thought process is pin their hand to my head and quickly step back and slightly bend at the waist while I turn toward the arm that is grabbing me, breaking their grip, hopefully. If however I am grabbed by the hair from behind it would be much easier to pull me off balance as I get pulled back. Part of me thinks try to sit down so I don't get slammed to the ground. But not really sure going to the ground is a great option. When you have a chance would you be able to do a video with hair pull from front and behind? Also happy to hear thoughts from others. Than you.

"Questions are but the footprints of knowledge." Don't be afraid to ask questions about training. Never think your questions are too basic or dumb. We learn by asking. As Randy Sensei can attest, it is rare I get to the end of an online class without asking a question. 😃 So feel free to post questions. It will not only improve your knowledge but the knowledge of the rest of us!

I've been watching our member numbers climb and we're almost at 70! I'm truly happy to see people from around the world joining the Kenjutsu Online community, so I'm thinking that it would be fun and helpful to you all if we have a monthly video call once we reach 100 members. Due to everyone being spread across many different time zones, I'd be happy to post the recordings in case you can't join the meeting in person. You could also send your questions ahead of time, and I'd make it a priority to answer as many as possible. Please comment below if you'd like to have a monthly recorded video call.