MIT: Independent Activities Period: IAP

IAP 2017 Activities by Sponsor - MIT Japan Program

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Ikebana: The Art of Japanese Flower Arrangement

Hiroko Matsuyama

Feb/03 Fri 02:00PM-03:30PM E40-496, Pye Conference Rm

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/11
Limited to 20 participants
Fee: $10.00 for Materials (due at time of registration)

Create your own flower arrangment with Hiroko Matsuyama, instructor from the Ohara school of Ikebana, in an IAP course on this ancient Japanese art.

Registration: to register, please contact Christine Pilcavage at csp18@mit.edu. Your registration is not complete unless you have paid your $10 registration fee. You will forfeit your registration if you do not pay by Wed. January 11th and your place will be given to the next person on the waiting list

Sponsor(s): Center for International Studies, MIT Japan Program
Contact: Christine Pilcavage, csp18@mit.edu


KYUDO: Japanese Archery

Joyce Wu, Jim Boorstein, Sam Kanner

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 15 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
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.  Training will take place on the first day (1/14), followed by actual shooting on the second day (1/15). People are required to come on Saturday to be trained in order to shoot on Sunday.

Cosponsored by Byakko Kyudo.

Sponsor(s): MIT Japan Program, Center for International Studies
Contact: Christine Pilcavage, E40-431, x8-8208, csp18@mit.edu


Training

Jan/14 Sat 01:00PM-05:00PM MAC Court

Kyudo training


Shooting

Jan/15 Sun 09:30AM-03:30PM Rockwell Cage, North Court

Kyudo shooting