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Mackay Sword Club

Locality: Mackay, Queensland

Phone: +61 422 902 757

Address: 82 Bridge Road 4740 Mackay, QLD, Australia

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30.01.2022 https://m.youtube.com/playlist

25.01.2022 No iaido training tonight due to work commitment.

24.01.2022 A couple ways to tie your sageo on your iaido scabbard.

23.01.2022 The 2019 Australian Iaido and Jodo Championships were hosted in Tasmania this year. Next year they will be held in Brisbane, Queensland for 2020.

23.01.2022 Thankyou to Kuramochi Sensei for visiting our little beginners Iaido class to advise and show us the latest iaido kata & updates.

22.01.2022 Congratulations to Kuramochi Sensei on passing his 6th Dan Iaido today. Well done Sensei we are all very proud of you. It has been a long journey to reach your goal. Now your new journey begins afresh.

22.01.2022 Decorative Cord Knot There are a number of ways to tie your belt cord (sageo) for decorative display on a stand. This is just one possible arrangement. Using an enameled chopstick (hashi) was helpful to poke the cord into small spaces and to hold the loops. In step seven, tuck in the trailing ends of the cord. Prefer not to see cord ends at all, so hide them under the other layers. Even if you do not hide the ends, it is considered crude to allow the ends to dangle too far.

20.01.2022 Well its getting closer. The 2020 Australian Iaido and Jodo Championships will be held at the Sleeman Sports Complex at Chandler in Brisbane this year from the 30th May to 4th June 2020. Registration is now open for the event. The event will hold a 2 day iaido seminar. This will be followed by the 29th Australian Iaido National Championship. Following which will also be an iaido Dan Grading... Commencing Tuesday morning the 2nd of June will be a 2 day Jodo seminar followed by the 20th Jodo Australian National Championship, then aswell there will ve a Jodo Dan Grading . For those travelling distances there is onsite accommodation available. There will be a 5 person delegation will be arriving from Japan as well as our own home grown 6 and 7 dan sensei to oversee the event.

20.01.2022 The oldest sword school" Katori Shinto Ryu"

19.01.2022 Seiza is one of the most common practices in martial arts...but what are the benefits? CREDIT TO ALL RIGHTFUL OWNERS OF THE IMAGES MUSIC Arigato / GrillaBeats

16.01.2022 Some notes on the 3 kata we went through tonight. Kata 10 to 12 to help your understanding of what's happening.

14.01.2022 Congratulations to Brett Gulliver who on the weekend travelled to Brisbane for his very first examination attempt at the State Kendo and Iaido Seminar and Examinations. Brett has performed very well with being awarded the rank of 3rd kyu in Iaido and 5th kyu in Kendo.

14.01.2022 No sword training tonight

10.01.2022 Kata practice last night.

10.01.2022 #karateglobal #karate #karatekata

08.01.2022 Small class tonight

08.01.2022 IAIDO : The Power of Self-Restraint Martial arts include an artistic beauty. Created by (Kojiro Hori)... Thanks to Niigata Iaid Association http://niigat-iaidou.net/ ()

04.01.2022 Good infomation on parts of the sword

04.01.2022 There will be no training tonight

03.01.2022 Typical Cord Knot The following diagram should help to tie the belt cord (sageo) properly, so as not to come loose from the scabbard (saya)

02.01.2022 Great movies and to have a new series sounds great.

27.12.2021 First night back to club training in a while. A bit rusty but feeling good to be back doing Iaido again.

07.12.2021 Mackay Sword Club has reopened to help people learn the Japanese martial art of Iaido (the way of drawing and cutting with the japanese samurai sword). Anyone interested in learning or finding out more about this art please pm for more information. Classes starting this Monday night 30th August

29.11.2021 The 47 Ronin attacked and killed Lord Kira Yoshinaka on this day, January 30, 1703. One of Japans’ best-known and much-loved samurai stories is the vendetta kno...wn as Chushingura, the 47 Ronin Story. The story begins in 1701, when Lord Asano Naganori of Ako, is sent to Edo Castle to learn court procedures. As part of his official duties, he was appointed one of two daimyo tasked with hosting delegates and guests from the Imperial Court to the Shogun. Lord Kira Yoshinaka, Master of Protocol at Edo Castle was to instruct the younger daimyo, but tensions arose between himself and Lord Asano. According to the well-known version of the story, the greedy and corrupt Lord Kira expected bribes from the two younger men, but Lord Asano, seen as an upright and incorruptible samurai, refused to pay the bribe, for which he was deliberately humiliated. Angered at not having been properly instructed, and made to look foolish at court, Lord Asano, drew his sword in a fit of rage and attempted to kill Lord Kira in the Matsu-No-Rouka (Corridor of Pines) in Edo Castle, cutting his shoulder and forehead, but not killing him. Drawing a weapon within the confines of Edo Castle was forbidden, and as such, the shamed Lord Asano was ordered to commit seppuku, ritual suicide, immediately. He was buried in the temple of Sengaku-ji. After a short recuperation period, Lord Kira was allowed to continue with his work. Asano’s 300 samurai retainers were terminated from service and became ronin, master-less samurai, and the Shogunate further confiscated the Asano clan’s castle and fief in Ako (Hyogo Prefecture). Two years later, 47 of the Asano clan’s loyal men gathered. They had been planning revenge for some time, and late on the 14th night of the 12th month, (by the old calendar, Jan 30 by the modern) attacked Kira’s mansion in Edo. They killed a number of Kira’s guards before capturing the elderly Lord Kira, and taking the old man’s head in revenge. They carried the head to the Sengaku-ji, the temple where their Lord’s grave was, and after placing the head before the grave, the Ronin themselves they turned themselves into the authorities. The government found them guilty of having sought revenge without permission, and ordered them to commit seppuku two months later. They were allowed to be buried in the Sengaku-ji, beside their master. Although a great and well-known story, it is not quite the truth. The story became a Kabuki and Bunraku puppet play, and as a form of entertainment under the title of Chushingura, and as such, the truth has been disguised. Lord Kira, the villain of the story, was NOT in fact corrupt, quite the opposite, he was a trusted vassal of the Shogun, a highly ranked koukei class samurai, hereditary Master of Protocol, and often acted as a messenger to the Emperor on behalf of the Shogun. Lord Asano on the other hand, was known to have been impetuous and hotheaded. This doesn’t detract from the loyalty and bravery shown by the 47 at all. It just shows that mis-information can lead to tragedy. Particularly as of all the men who reformed to avenge their former lord, none were with him in Edo Castle at the time of the initial incident. They were in Ako. Lord Kira, it appears, was far from the villainous character we see in the movies. He was a kindly man, highly respected by the Shogun and governed his lands in Kira Cho, modern day Aichi Prefecture well. Well enough in fact, that to this day the locals still regard him as a victim of the ronin. The many movie versions of the story have never been shown in the local picture theatres, and even now, Lord Kira is seen as a hero! The Kira Clan were lords of the territory now known as Nishio in Aichi Prefecture from the Kamakura period until the Edo period. Lord Kira was responsible for having built the Kogane Zutsumi in 1686 as a flood prevention earthworks embankment that remains to this day. The project was completed so quickly, it became known as the Ichiya Zutsumi, or Overnight Embankment. The area is known a popular cherry blossom viewing spot. Another public works project instigated by Lord Kira is the Tomiyoshi Shinden. The rural landscape south of National Route 247 in Aichi Prefecture, was land reclaimed from the ocean by Lord Kira, and said to be named in honor of his wife, Tomiyoshi. The area was partially for farming, while other parts were for the production of salt, which the Kira clan sold. Kira was said to have often ridden his horse around the area, greeting the locals and talking with them openly. Even now Kira is regarded as a fine man by the people of the area. Lord Asano, on the other hand, was known for his foul temper and impatience. It was most likely Lord Asano who lost his temper over his own inability to perform the ceremonies correctly. Lord Kira had no reason not to properly instruct Lord Asano, as that would reflect badly on himself. Recently released details have revealed letters written by Asano himself stating that he was beginning to find his inability to control his own temper alarming. According to the story, Lord Asano was said to have lost his temper while conversing with Lord Kira, and having struck at his there and then. Edo Castle reports state the two had a heated exchange, commenced by Asano himself, before the two went separate ways. Some 10 to 15 minutes later, an enraged Asano emerged from his room in search of Lord Kira, attacking him when he found him in the Matsu no Rouka, Corridor of Pines, pointing to this being not a spur of the moment, but a pre-meditated attack. As mentioned, much of what is known about the incident is based on re-worked stories written for Bunraku puppet and kabuki plays 50 years after the actual event, and many of the inaccuracies and much of the re-worked story has become considered "fact". The truth of the matter has been buried under the popular story. Despite the popular story and the truth being similar in some ways, different in other details, it is still a story of courage, and an ode to the way of the samurai.

19.11.2021 29th Iaido and 20th Australian Seminar and Championships 2020 CANCELLED In light of the most recent announcement by the Prime Minister of Australia regarding ma...ndatory quarantine for international travellers to Australia, and the increasing number of infections of Covid-19 within our national borders, the Australian Iaido Jodo Seminar and Championships (AIJSC) 2020 scheduled for late May have been cancelled. As with the previous announcement regarding the cancellation of the 45th Australian Kendo Championships, the Australian Kendo Renmei’s (AKR) considerations are the same, the health and safety of its members and society at large. Any registration and/or grading monies paid to the AKR by individuals will be fully refunded. Members will be informed of the mechanics and timeline which will be worked out between the AKR and the relevant boards. It is envisaged that the next AIJSC will be held next year again in Queensland in 2021. This is under discussion at present and may change. Members will be informed once a decision is made. The AKR apologises for any inconvenience caused by this decision, but it has been taken with due consideration of the health and safety of its members, their families, friends and close associates. Stay safe.

06.11.2021 Good infomation on parts of the sword

07.10.2021 Congratulations to Brett Gulliver who on the weekend travelled to Brisbane for his very first examination attempt at the State Kendo and Iaido Seminar and Examinations. Brett has performed very well with being awarded the rank of 3rd kyu in Iaido and 5th kyu in Kendo.

03.10.2021 Kata practice last night.