Shidokan Nowadays
Santoso Hanitijo, Robert Miller and Dean Jolly, direct students of Douglas Funamoto Sensei (Kendo) and Fred Okimura Sensei (Iaido), are the ones who lead the new Shidokan Generation. There were tough times for Shidokan after Funamoto Sensei passed away, and for some years the Dojo kept a low profile in the Kendo community. Funamoto Sensei was a strong father figure for many Shidokan students and losing him was a devastating blow...
After some years of rebuilding and with great effort and dedication from all its members, "Shidokan Kendo and Iaido Club" has managed to recover it’s old strength, the one that forged outstanding Kendoka(s) and iaidoka(s) all around Quebec and Canada.
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Shidokan in the media
Shidokan on Breakfast TV - Dec 2014
Kendo at Shidokan
Mini Documentary by Concordia NOW!
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When Bamboo Strikes - 2013
We would like to express our gratitude to Nicole D'souza for this fantastic video. This was filmed during one of our kendo sessions. "My short sensory ethnographic film "When Bamboo Strikes" (2013) explores the Japanese martial art practice of kendo. In this film I am interested in evoking a complexity of multisensory and experiential forms of knowing by the ways in which individual sensory categories (e.g., sound, image) interact with each other. I use an observational filming method, in which the image and sound of a piece is left relatively raw and unaltered. There is no soundtrack, nor is there narration or voiceover which orients the viewer towards a particular way of seeing and thinking. This type of filmmaking leaves the interpretation open to the viewer and reveals a new way of "knowing". |
Shidokan Iaido at John Abbott College
Mini Documentary by Concordia NOW!
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Shidokan Ippon Collection 2010
A small compilation of Shidokan kendo 'ippon'(s) in 2010 just for fun. |
Godokeiko 2008
Visit of the Osaka Prefecture University Kendo Club
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The Shinai Incident - 2007
Shidokan gets in trouble with the SWAT team.
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A word from our Captain
"Besides the health benefits such as weight or stress management through a total body workout, the kendo student eventually will be able to face and overcome different problems in life, the discipline and intense training sharpens one’s character striving never to surrender against any adversity. You learn to be calm at heart all the time, never letting your emotions dominate. You are given the rare opportunity to concentrate single-mindedly on one simple, yet unattainable goal: the perfect strike.
I believe kendo is one of those things in life that can truly shape your character, you always strive to become better, you learn to never give up, and you understand the true beauty in simple things. You face your own limitations and learn to overcome them, kendo can teach you a lot about yourself. The greatest masters that I have met in my life are very humble and admirable people. Experienced kendo masters are people with unshakable spirit and full determination in every aspect of their lives.
We are verly lucky to have a great master, Santoso Sensei is a wonderful mentor and his guidance has been crucial in our development. I'm very happy to have such a sensei, he makes my training a rewarding path in life. "
Tae Kyu KimShidokan Team Capitan