2009 - 2010 Board of Directors
President - Chris
Gilham
Secretary - Sohail Thaker
Funding - Todd Mitchell
Publicity - Joseph Armstrong
Events - Jean Matisse
Saskatoon - Colin Pitman
Saint John - Alex Cook
History
In 1996 Chris Gilham
moved from Windsor, Ontario to Tokyo, Japan to teach English as a
Foreign Language and train at the home dojo of Japanese Goju-Ryu
Karate.
Soon after reaching Japan
Chris discovered Iaido (Japanese Swordsmanship) and entered the Koganei
City Iaido Club, located in the Greater Tokyo Area.
Since that time,
Chris' sensei has been Yamamoto, Shotaro, 7th dan Kyoshi, of the All
Japan Kendo Federation.
Chris trained directly with Yamamoto
sensei for four years, grading to the rank of 3 dan in Tokyo, Japan.
Chris started the
Ka Muso Kai in Calgary in July, 2004 under the name of the Calgary
Iaido Club.
Yamamoto sensei came to Canada for the first time in August of 2009 to lead a three day seminar in Iaido.
Shortly after this visit we asked sensei if he would honour us with a Japanese name for our organization.
The Calgary Iaido Club and its affiliated clubs were renamed Ka Muso Kai in January, 2010.
Ka Muso Kai Saskatoon started in 2008.
Colin Pitman is the instructor.
Ka Muso Kai Saint John started in 2010.
Alex Cook is the instructor.
Yamamoto sensei came to Canada for the first time in August of 2009 to lead a three day seminar in Iaido.
Shortly after this visit we asked sensei if he would honour us with a Japanese name for our organization.
The Calgary Iaido Club and its affiliated clubs were renamed Ka Muso Kai in January, 2010.
Ka Muso Kai Saskatoon started in 2008.
Colin Pitman is the instructor.
Ka Muso Kai Saint John started in 2010.
Alex Cook is the instructor.
Organization
Ka Muso Kai is:
the new name of the Calgary Iaido Club.