Northern California Naginata Federation

2016 NCNF Spring Seminar

Sat, May 14 2016 9:00 AM – Sun, May 15 2016 5:45 PM

San Jose State University, SPX 178

All,

The Northern California Naginata Federation will hold its 2016 NCNF Spring Seminar and Tanaka Sensei Memorial Embu on May 14 and May 15 at San Jose State University in SPX-178 (formerly called “the fencing room,” or SPX-89). The event restarts a long tradition begun under the late Miyako Tanaka Price of providing broad, yet deep training for locals interested in furthering or learning about the art of Naginata.

The seminar portion of the event will span both Saturday and Sunday and will cover material from absolute fundamentals to sandan-level kata and bogu. It will also include a portion focusing on judging and refereeing for yudansha participants holding sandan or higher and a portion on ring-management for participants with lower ranks and grades. The seminar will culminate in a short mock tournament, where all participants get to put into practice everything they learned during the weekend.

This year’s event will close with a short Tanaka Sensei Memorial Embu, in which interested participants will provide budo performances in her honor. Tanaka sensei was a driving force in spreading Naginata in Northern California and the world. All Naginata practitioners in this area are part of her legacy, so they are invited to participate.

Price participating in the two-day event is a flat $30 fee.

The agenda is as follows (subject to change):

SATURDAY

LEVEL	TIME	DESCRIPTION	NOTES
All	0900~1000	Registration/Setup
All	1000~1015	Opening Ceremony
All	1015~1030	Warmups/Zentai
All	1030~1115	Kihon Waza/Uchikaeshi
BEG	1115~1230	Shikake-Oji 1~5	Or whatever they can do/learn
INT/ADV	1115~1230	Shikake-Oji 1~8
Sandan+	1115-1230	Zen Nihon Kata	Members in this group will rotate out to help the beginner group
ALL	1230-1400	LUNCH
ALL	1400-1430	Guided practice	This is somewhat of a free practice for people to reinforce through repetition the movements and concepts they learned in the first half of the day. Senior participants can provide guidance to students and answer any questions.
ALL	1430~1500	Uchikaeshi/Kakari Geiko	In bogu.
BEG	1500~1645	More kihon waza, shikake oji, uchikaeshi	Guide will come from Intermediate and Advanced participants
INT/ADV	1500-1545	Bogu drills/ring strategy	Members of this group will rotate out to help the beginner group
INT/ADV	1545-1645	Jigeiko	(Also ishujiai if any kenshi come)
ALL	1645-1700	Shikake-Oji
ALL	1700~1715	Closing Ceremony Day 1
ALL	1715~1745	Free Practice/Cleanup

SUNDAY

LEVEL	TIME	DESCRIPTION	NOTES
All	0900~1000	Setup
ALL	1000~1015	Warm-ups and Zentai
ALL	1015~1100	Kihon waza and Uchikaeshi	No bogu
BEG/INT/ADV	1100~1145	Shikake-Oji	With introduction on how to enter and leave the floor in tournament and test situation
SANDAN+	1100~1230	Refereeing
BEG/INT/ADV	1145~1230	Ring Management
ALL	1230~1400	LUNCH
BEG/INT/ADV	1400~1500	Mock Tournament (kata)	Going through the motions, ALL
SANDAN+	1400~1500	Mock Tournament (shiai)	Going through the motions, ALL
ALL	1500~1615	Jigeijko	Including ishujiai if any kenshi present
ALL	1630~1700	Enbu
ALL	1700~1715	Closing Ceremony
ALL	1715~1745	Free Practice/Cleanup

Please contact Martin Nobida at nobida@yahoo.com to let him know of your intent to participate.

Sincerely,

Martin

Northern California Naginata Federation