{"id":6,"date":"2017-10-03T13:17:04","date_gmt":"2017-10-03T13:17:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kenshi247.net\/edinburgh\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2026-02-06T04:33:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T04:33:48","slug":"past-seminars","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kenshi247.net\/edinburgh\/past-seminars\/","title":{"rendered":"Past Edinburgh Kendo Seminars"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"644\" height=\"363\" src=\"https:\/\/kenshi247.net\/edinburgh\/files\/2024\/08\/2024-07-edinburgh-seminar6-644x363.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kenshi247.net\/edinburgh\/files\/2024\/08\/2024-07-edinburgh-seminar6-644x363.jpeg 644w, https:\/\/kenshi247.net\/edinburgh\/files\/2024\/08\/2024-07-edinburgh-seminar6-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/kenshi247.net\/edinburgh\/files\/2024\/08\/2024-07-edinburgh-seminar6-768x433.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/kenshi247.net\/edinburgh\/files\/2024\/08\/2024-07-edinburgh-seminar6.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 644px) 100vw, 644px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">2024 seminar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kenshi247.net\/about\/\">George<\/a> ran Edinburgh kendo club between 2000 and 2003, before leaving for Japan to pursue his passion of kendo. He has been travelling back to Edinburgh from Osaka on-and-off and doing kendo there since 2008, including running four seminars. From 2017, however, Edinburgh Kendo Club and George decided to make the seminar a more \u201cofficial\u201d yearly event. In summer 2018 (the 10th year he has been travelling back to Edinburgh, and the 30th anniversary of kendo in Edinburgh) he brought back Yano sensei, a professional police hachidan, with him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Note that up until and including 2017 the seminars have been mostly private affairs \u2013 mainly for Edinburgh Kendo Club, Scottish kenshi, and friends. From 2018 onwards the event is open to all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please check out seminar-related media and links below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Articles<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kenshi247.net\/blog\/2025\/07\/30\/edinburgh-kendo-seminar-2025\/\">2025<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kenshi247.net\/blog\/2024\/08\/21\/edinburgh-kendo-seminar-2024\/\">2024<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kenshi247.net\/blog\/2023\/08\/21\/edinburgh-kendo-seminar-2023\/\">2023<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2021-2022 (unable to hold due to pandemic)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2020 (cancelled due to pandemic)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3P7i3-3XS\">2019<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kenshi247.net\/blog\/2018\/08\/04\/edinburgh-kendo-seminar-2018\/\">2018<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kenshi247.net\/blog\/2017\/08\/29\/kenshi-247-seminar-in-scotland\/\">2017<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/z51j0_6EVkw\">video here<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kenshi247.net\/blog\/2014\/08\/12\/eikenkai-edinburgh-august-2014\/\">2014<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kenshi247.net\/blog\/2012\/08\/13\/2012-eikenkai-in-scotland\/\">2012 <\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kenshi247.net\/blog\/2010\/08\/21\/august-2010\/\">2010<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2008 <small><em>(Technically a visit not a seminar!)<\/em><\/small><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pictures<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:65.92245%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" 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data-link=\"https:\/\/kenshi247.net\/edinburgh\/past-seminars\/2024-07-edinburgh-seminar10\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/kenshi247.net\/edinburgh\/files\/2024\/08\/2024-07-edinburgh-seminar10-644x362.jpeg\" data-width=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/kenshi247.net\/edinburgh\/files\/2024\/08\/2024-07-edinburgh-seminar10-644x362.jpeg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open image 19 of 19 in full-screen\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>George ran Edinburgh kendo club between 2000 and 2003, before leaving for Japan to pursue his passion of kendo. He has been travelling back to Edinburgh from Osaka on-and-off and doing kendo there since 2008, including running four seminars. From 2017, however, Edinburgh Kendo Club and George decided to make the seminar a more \u201cofficial\u201d &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kenshi247.net\/edinburgh\/past-seminars\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Past Edinburgh Kendo Seminars&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenshi247.net\/edinburgh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenshi247.net\/edinburgh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenshi247.net\/edinburgh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenshi247.net\/edinburgh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenshi247.net\/edinburgh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"https:\/\/kenshi247.net\/edinburgh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":366,"href":"https:\/\/kenshi247.net\/edinburgh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions\/366"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenshi247.net\/edinburgh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenshi247.net\/edinburgh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}