News
Restart of courses January 2017
Happy New Year! The Kashima no Tachi kenjutsu classes will restart on January 13th, 2017. Looking forward to seeing you there!
School Holidays Autumn 2014
The class of Friday October 24th will not take place as the Meyrin School dojo is closed for the Swiss school holidays. Classes will restart on October 31th.
Restart of courses 2014/2015
The classes at the CERN KTK dojo restart on Friday 5 September 2014 in the dojo of the Ecole Bellavista II in Avenue de Vaudagne, 39 in Meyrin. The time of the classes is 12:15 to 13:30. You are all welcome.
Seminar with Araya kancho
The CERN KTK and the Shung Do Kwan Budo Geneva are honoured to have Araya Takashi kancho, the Shiseikan Director, give an exceptional seminar from June 4th to 8th. More information.
Easter Break 2014
The KTK takes its Easter break on Friday April 18th, classes will start again on May 9th, 2014. Happy Easter!
Seminar with Adam Radecki from Budojo Poland in February
We had an other excellent seminar with Adam on February 22nd and 23rd.
Seminar with Adam Radecki from Budojo Poland in September
We had an excellent seminar with Adam on September 7th and 8th. Look at the group photo!
Restart of courses 2013/2014
The classes at the CERN KTK dojo restart on 13 September 2013. From this year we will have new training hall and time. Training will take place in the dojo of the Ecole Bellavista II in Avenue de Vaudagne, 39 in Meyrin. The new time of the classes is 12:15 to 13:30. You are all welcome.
Summer Break 2013
The KTK takes its Summer break on Friday June 21th, classes will start again on September 6th, 2013. Enjoy your holidays!
Easter Break 2013
The KTK takes its Easter break on Friday March 29th, classes will start again on April 5th, 2013. Happy Easter!
Christmas holidays break
The CERN KTK takes its Christmas break from 14/12 (last course of 2012) to 11/01 (first course of 2013). Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all of you!
Stage of introduction to Kashima Shin Ryu
The Shung-do-Kwan of Geneva proposes a stage with Gildo Mezzo 6ème Dan, on September 22nd, 2012 (click on the link to view the poster of the stages with details and a map). More info can be found on the Shung-do-Kwan web site
Restart of courses 2012/2013
The courses at the CERN KTK dojo restart on 7 September 2012. You are all welcome.
Summer Break 2012
The KTK takes its Summer break, classes will start again on September 7th, 2012. Enjoy your holidays!
Christmas holidays break
The CERN KTK takes its Christmas break from 16/12 (last course of 2011) to 13/01 (first course of 2012). Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all of you!
Stage of introduction to Kashima Shin Ryu
The Shung-do-Kwan of Geneva proposes a stage with Gildo Mezzo 6ème Dan, on September 10th, 2011 (click on the link to view the poster of the stages with details and a map). More info can be found on the Shung-do-Kwan web site
Restart of courses 2011/2012
The courses at the CERN KTK dojo restart on 2 September 2011. You are all welcome.
Summer Break
The KTK takes its Summer break, classes will start again on September 2nd, 2011. Enjoy your holidays!
Kashima no Tachi Kenjutsu Exhibition at the CERN Relay Race 2011
In the context of the exhibitions and side events of the CERN Relay Race 2011 the Kashima no Tachi Kenjutsu section of the CERN Martial Arts Club will give a demonstration of kata and techniques. The exhibition will start at 12:45 in the exhibition area in front of Restaurant 1 just next to the main roundabout in front of Building 40. More info about the Relay can be found here
Two stages of introduction to Kashima Shin Ryu (15 february 2011)
The Shung-do-Kwan of Geneva proposes two stages with Gildo Mezzo 6ème Dan, on April 2nd, 2011 and September 10th, 2011 (click on the links to view the posters of the stages with details and a map). More info can be found on the Shung-do-Kwan web site
Start of Kashima no Tachi course at CERN (7 january 2011)
The Kashima no Tachi course within the CERN Club of Martial Arts started on Friday 7 january 2011 under the direction of Gildo Mezzo. Thanks to all participants!
Links
Kashimanet, the Network for Kashima-no Tachi and Aikido
ISBA, the International Shiseikan Budo Association
Le Shiseikan dojo at the Meiji Jingu shrine in Tokyo
Books, articles and DVDs
Inaba, Minoru, Researching Japanese Budo , Meiji Jingu Budojo Shiseikan textbook no. 5, Tokyo: Meiji Jingu Budojo Shiseikan, 2006 (pb, 121 pp)
C. Edinborough, Self-reflection and the organisation of experience: Examining Inaba Minoru´s budo as a form of art, Journal of Asian Martial Arts, V. 20, Issue 1, 2011 (http://www.goviamedia.com/Current-Issue/Volume-20-Number-1-2011/flypage.tpl.html)
Interview with Inaba Minoru, Aikido Journal, #120 (http://www.aikidojournal.com/article?articleID=107)
Inaba Minoru - The Teaching of Budo, DVD (http://www.budojo.pl/DVD/index.htm, in Polish)