Beginning Kyudo Instruction: First Shot
Marion Taylor, Don Seckler, Jim Katz, Joyce Wu
Schedule: TBD
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 22-Jan-2010
Limited to 20 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Fee: 20.00 for instruction
Kyudo, or Japanese archery, means the "way of the bow" and was considered the highest discipline of ancient Japanese samurai. Kyudo is based on standing Zen meditation used by Zen Buddhist monks as a means of cultivating self-awareness. Beginners will receive instruction in the basic form of kyudo, the Seven Coordinations or "shichi-do," and shoot at a short-range target.
SCHEDULE/LOCATIONS: Sat Jan 30 - 1-5 pm at MAC Court, Z Center; Sun Jan 31 9am to 3pm at Rockwell Cage North Court.
Cosponsored by Byakko-kyudo.
Contact: Joyce Wu, jowu@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Center for International Studies
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Ikebana: The Art of Japanese Flower Arranging
Hiroko Matsuyama
Tue Jan 12, 02-03:30pm, E40-496
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 20 participants.
Single session event
Fee: 10.00 for materials
Hiroko Matsuyama, an accomplished instructor of the Ohara school of Ikebana, will show you the basics of this ancient art as you create your own flower arrangements.
Contact: Michelle Kern, E40-431, 258-8208, mkern@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Center for International Studies
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Intermediate and Advanced Kyudo Practice
Marion Taylor, Don Seckler, Jim Katz, Joyce Wu
Schedule: TBD
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: Beginning Kyudo Instruction: First Shot
Fee: 20.00 for instruction
In addition to instruction at the short-range makiwara target, intermediate students will be able to practice shooting long-distance at 28 meters.
Co-sponsored by Byakko-kyudo.
SCHEDULE - SAT JAN 30 - 8am - noon and SUN JAN 31 9am-3pm
Both at Rockwell Cage North Court.
Contact: Joyce Wu, jowu@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Center for International Studies
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