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tybox2000
11th August 2014, 15:30
Hello,

I am a new member but have been "lurking" around the site from time to time and decided to join.

My background is in Muay Thai for 8-10 years and some basic Aikido for 1 year.
In the past I was fortunate enough to travel to Thailand a couple times for boxing camp training and a few exhibition fights for the tourists to witness. Now I am "retired" from Muay Thai due to the toll it takes on my body. I have been looking for a more traditional form of Japanese training to blend more of the mental-weapon with the physical. I did enjoy taking Aikido for a year but did not continue that due to work schedule getting in the way.

I am currently looking for a Kenjutsu style of teaching in the St Louis area. I have not been able to find anything so far doing a web based search. Any ideas from you guys int he St Louis area?

gendzwil
11th August 2014, 16:10
Unlikely to be any koryu in St. Louis. There is a kendo club there, the website is here (http://www.stlkendo.com/). You might enjoy kendo, alternately you could contact them and ask if they know of any koryu in the area, they are more likely to know than anyone.

Brian Owens
12th August 2014, 20:36
...I am currently looking for a Kenjutsu style of teaching in the St Louis area. I have not been able to find anything so far doing a web based search.

You might try sending a message to Dave Lowry via St. Louis Magazine; he writes restaurant reviews for them, and is a long-time koryu budo practitioner. If there's anything in the area he should know about it.

BJohnson
12th August 2014, 22:47
You might try sending a message to Dave Lowry via St. Louis Magazine; he writes restaurant reviews for them, and is a long-time koryu budo practitioner. If there's anything in the area he should know about it.

Or possibly venture out to the Japanese Festival at the Missouri Botanical Garden on Labor Day weekend ( http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/things-to-do/events/signature-events/japanese-festival.aspx ), where there will be six or so koryu (not all local) presenting, as well as kendo and other gendai arts.

-Beth

Brian Owens
13th August 2014, 07:01
Or possibly venture out to the Japanese Festival at the Missouri Botanical Garden on Labor Day weekend...

Great tip!

Emily Egan
13th August 2014, 15:56
There is a koryu Iaido group in St Louis. Their web site:
http://www.stl-iaikai.org

tybox2000
22nd August 2014, 19:27
Thanks for all the replies. I have contacted www.stl-iaikai.org (http://www.stl-iaikai.org/) and will take a look at their
training.