Baton Rouge Iaido

Heard the news about Kim Taylor sensei. He was an influence on us, even though I never met him in person.

I contacted John Ray sensei in June of 2000 and in August, I travelled to Dallas to train with him the first time. In between that time, I ordered two of Sei Do Kai's videos with Kim sensei explaining how to put the uniform on, how to behave in class, the basics of starting iaido, etc.

I found out that Ray sensei had gone to Guelph for one of the budo events, and I was enamored with the idea, especially doing three other budo at the time. It sounded like heaven.

Later on, I would correspond with Kim sensei on the Iaido-L listserv, which was social media before social media. He ran the group and it connected me with people worldwide. There was a sense of connection there and Kim sensei was at the forefront of linking people up in this art across the world.

On Tuesday night at the end of our iaido class, we did our tome waza in honor of him and his passing. I hope it's of some comfort to his students and family that his legacy will live on.

I'm excited to announce we finally have a webpage after all these years!

I want to first and foremost thank Joseph David, who has pushed me to get this done for years and is responsible for the design and maintence of the site. It's his brainchild and he deserves full credit for it. Domo arigato gozaimasu, David-san!

We're still working on the history page and we'll soon have photos for each instructor, but for now, please feel free to use this as a reference!

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