WHO WE ARE

Current Members:

J. Ady (2dan, female)

R. Hayashi (dojo administrator, 3dan, 56 years old, female) : "I was born and raised in Japan and started practicing kendo as a 44-year-old in 2011." Other interests: caregiving for seniors, sewing, cooking & baking, sado (Japanese tea ceremony), and reading kendo books - especially ones about philosophy and spiritual development.

K. Hui (5dan, male)

G. Katagihara (no rank, male)

J. McCann (1dan, male)

J.K. Shishido (instructor, 6dan, 56 years old, male) : "I started kendo in the early 1980s under Shigeo Yoshinaga sensei (kyoshi, 7 dan) and have continued to practice kendo wherever I've lived (Hawaii, California, New York, Massachusetts) ... For now, I am focused on working with adult beginners, especially women ... I have over 30 years experience living with and managing chronic back pain and arthritis. I'd like to use the things I've learned during this time to benefit students who want to learn kendo but do not have an abundance of physical strength, flexibility, or agility." Other interests: critical social analysis, radical education, contemporary art, cats. Other influences: bell hooks, Noam Chomsky, Haunani-Kay Trask, Paul McCarthy.

Past or Leave of Absence members:

Shinzato
Burns
Cabrera
Morikubo
Lee
Fujihira
Stachiewicz
Arasaki
Itokazu
Tan
Liu
Komata
Zhang

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