im also interested in samurai arts such as kenjutsu iaijutsu and aikijutsu arew their any qualified instructors in chicago? i know im being a pain by asking the same questions but i just cant find any.
Pitchford-sensei is teaching Mugai Ryu in Chicago
http://www.japaneseculturecenter.com/iaido/ He is associated with the Nippon Iaido Renmei.
Posted by: Stony
Re: samurai arts - 05/28/05 08:39 PM
Check out
www.shinjinkai.org. It's located at 3717 N Ravenswood and is the official Chicago HQ for the U.S. Federation of Mugai Ryu Iaihyodo. It is also a branch dojo for Shinbukan Kuroda Ryugi. In fact Tetsuzan Kuroda Sensei will be visiting the US July 7 - 10. Shinbukan Kuroda was founded in 1848 and continues to teach it's curriculum of samurai military arts.
Just so that we're clear these are two different branches of Mugai Ryu.
Posted by: Stony
Re: samurai arts - 05/29/05 04:38 AM
There is also Iai-Tate-Do offered at Midwest Shotokan in Mount Prospect. Their site is
www.midwest-shotokan-karate.com.
What is Iai-tate-do? I can't find any information on that website concerning it.
Posted by: Stony
Re: samurai arts - 05/30/05 04:46 AM
Midwest Shotokan just calls it Iaido but when you start class or ask some questions you'll find out it's Iai-Tate-Do Iaido. Cieplik-Sensei use to teach out of his house when the class was only about 4 to 6 students. With 6 students, it was really tight.
Posted by: Amos Smith
Re: samurai arts - 06/02/05 11:25 PM
Modernwarrior,
You should consider Mr. Ritacco. With more than 30 years of kenjutsu experience, you'll be hard pressed to find a better instructor in Chicago...or the midwest for that matter. You've already found the website, so I won't bother repeating the address.
Amos