Daniel Laverick
Grading successes
Huge congratulations to Martin Laing, who passed his Shodan exam late in 2022, and Sarah Shoulder, who passed her Ikkyu earlier this...
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Daniel Laverick
- Aug 15, 2021
- 1 min
Beginner's course - starts this September
We're happy to announce that out first beginner's course of 2021 is scheduled to begin this September. For those of you keen to try...
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Daniel Laverick
- Jun 20, 2021
- 1 min
The meaning of Kei-ko
Written by Phill Whitfield sensei For years I understood the Japanese word “keiko” (or sometimes geiko) means “practise”. We say keiko-gi...
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Daniel Laverick
- Feb 14, 2021
- 4 min
'Fulfilling a dream' - my first visit to Kobukan
Written by Daniel Laverick to commemorate the anniversary of the Kobukan dojo, Tokyo. In February 2020, I travelled to Japan for the...
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Daniel Laverick
- Feb 7, 2021
- 7 min
The Thirty Years War
At the end of January 2021 I will have been practising kendo for thirty years, so I’m going to bore you all with some reminiscences,...
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Daniel Laverick
- Feb 7, 2021
- 3 min
Kashi No Ki Kendo Beginners' Course
We are happy to take new members at anytime, just read through the Start Kendo page on the website for details. Please bear in mind that...
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Daniel Laverick
- Feb 7, 2021
- 9 min
On Kendo and Philosophy - by Ozawa Hiroshi (Kendo 8 dan)
Hiroshi Ozawa, Eishin Gijuku Kōbukan Tokyo, January 2017. Translated & edited by Jan Rod, Hayami Aboutaleb and Tyler Rothmar View of life...
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Daniel Laverick
- Nov 15, 2020
- 1 min
30 years with an English Kenshi (part 8 - The first Ozawa seminar) - by Ozawa Hiroshi sensei
Bolsover Castle: standing on the ramparts, looking into the distance, the wind was cold from the north. It was a memorable year for me as...
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Daniel Laverick
- Nov 15, 2020
- 4 min
30 years with an English Kenshi (part 7 - August 1999 visit) - by Ozawa Hiroshi sensei
A year after this photo, in October of 2000, I was unable to play kendo due to back pain. At that time, I didn't think I would have...
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Daniel Laverick
- Nov 15, 2020
- 2 min
30 years with an English Kenshi (part 6 - Kendo tour round the UK) - by Ozawa Hiroshi sensei
Front row far left, Dennis Smith, back row second from right, Mr. Barlow, third Trevor, fourth Mr. Cunnington, second from left, Billy...
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Daniel Laverick
- Nov 14, 2020
- 3 min
30 years with an English Kenshi (part 5 - after Sunday's practice) - by Ozawa Hiroshi sensei
(From right to left, Masaru Minowa sensei and Mandy in the center) Mandy was a doctor of pharmacy working in a pharmaceutical company's...
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Daniel Laverick
- Nov 14, 2020
- 2 min
30 years with an English Kenshi (part 4 - Albert Dock, Liverpool) - by Ozawa Hiroshi sensei
I was 46 years old. My hair is frizzy. No, I'm not naturally permed, so it's like curly. Trevor was 37 or 38 years old. I think his sons,...
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Daniel Laverick
- Nov 14, 2020
- 2 min
30 years with an English Kenshi (part 3 - 'no training' nights) - by Ozawa Hiroshi sensei
The first accommodation I was assigned was a spacious two-story house with one bedroom on the ground floor and three bedrooms on the...
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Daniel Laverick
- Nov 14, 2020
- 5 min
30 years with an English Kenshi (part 2: Trevor and kendo kata) - by Ozawa Hiroshi sensei
What I am about to write about is not necessarily in chronological order. I will write about the fun and hilarious memories that Trevor...
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Daniel Laverick
- Nov 13, 2020
- 4 min
A life dedicated to Kendo - Trevor Chapman
British kendo lost an important and influential individual in November 2017 when Trevor Chapman-sensei, Renshi 6-dan and dojo leader of...
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Daniel Laverick
- Nov 13, 2020
- 4 min
30 years with an English Kenshi (part 1) - by Ozawa Hiroshi sensei
The name of this Kenshi was Trevor Chapman. It's past tense because he died on October 18, 2017, after been diagnosed with an incurable...
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Daniel Laverick
- Nov 13, 2020
- 5 min
Trevor Chapman memorial practice - January 2018
In November 2017, Trevor Chapman (kendo 6th Dan Renshi) passed away after a two-year battle with cancer. Trevor, who was dojo leader and...
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