Japanese Swordsmanship Society

East Coast Iaido
We had a great seminar this weekend. Thanks to all the participants and sensei for a great time. and congratulations to the nichubukan JSS team for their successful shinsa.

Save the date! The 2025 AUSKF Iaido Camp will be in Houston, Texas from July 31 - August 3. The event will include a seminar, national Taikai, and Shinsa up the 7th Dan. Details, such as registration, will be announced soon.

https://www.suskif.org/iaidocamp

Thank you all for your participation of the JSS Naginata Seminar & Taikai this year. It was a great to see many old and new faces.
Thank for the continuous support of Weehawken High School.
Thank you David D'hose Sensei & Mark Alexander Berghaan Sensei for visiting and providing valuable lessons for all the participants.

Hi everyone, i am also happy to announce the 2024 JSS Naginata spring seminar on April 6 & 7th.
For information, please check link below.
As usual, you can register via the google form link, and payment is due the day of event.
Furthermore, we have testing up to Nidan, but please make sure you register and complete the paperwork ahead of time.

2024 Nichibukan Naginata Seminar - Shinken.cc Please join us for the 2024 Nichibukan Naginata Seminar and Yamauchi Memorial Tournament, April 6th & 7th in Weehawken, NJ.

2024 East Coast Iaido seminar - Shinken.cc Please join us March 8-10 for the 2024 East Coast Iaido Seminar in Weehawken, NJ. Instruction will be provided by Kato Shozo Sensei, Kyoshi 7 dan Iaido, Kyoshi 8 dan Kendo. Taikai Shinpan-cho will be Pam Parker Sensei, Kyoshi 7 dan Iaido A reminder: You must be fully vaccinated (booster is a good id...

Day 2 complete, and that is a wrap.

Thank you Tyl Dermine sensei for coming to visit us from Belgium, Gabe & Ray sensei of ECNF to lead the groups.

Big shoutout to all the volunteers, participants that made the event possible, it happened because of your support and hard work.

Again, Big thanks to Weehawken High School & Board of Ed directors, and staffs at the school for the generous support of our activity.

And finally, Congratulations to all the event participants, shinsa challengers.

Hope to see you all again next year. (I promise I will have the correct award certificates print out for the winners)

Day 1 complete, Onward to taikai Sunday!

Looking forward to seeing everyone at the JSS Spring Naginata seminar tomorrow. See you all at Weehawken High School! Looking forward to meeting 1st time attendees, and many familiar faces.

2023 Nichibukan Naginata Seminar - Shinken.cc Please join us for the 2023 Nichibukan Naginata Seminar and Yamauchi Memorial Tournament, March 25 & 26 in Weehawken, NJ.

I am happy to announce our Kyudo group have restarted their Sunday practice. It will be in the gym of St. Bartholomew's Church at 325 Park Ave, New York City, Sunday 9:30 - 12:30. For those interested, please review the new student information at our website for Kyudo to get started. If you have questions, send us an email or reach out directly via Facebook.

Kyudo in New York and New Jersey | NY/NJ Kyudo Club Students with no (or very little) Kyudo experience must observe at least one regular class, and complete a beginner course. Read our guidelines for new students.

Big thanks to David D'hose Sensei for coming all the way from Europe to give us instruction over the weekend.
Thank you high school for hosting us over the weekend.
Thank you to all the participants for making this possible.
Hope to see everyone again soon.