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    Default Hartford Connecticut

    I was hoping all of you might be able to help me. I am looking for a Dojo near Hartford Connecticut. I tried google, but came up empty handed. Any help is appreciated.
    James M. Emdin

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    Default Re: Hartford Connecticut

    Originally posted by Mushin San
    I was hoping all of you might be able to help me. I am looking for a Dojo near Hartford Connecticut. I tried google, but came up empty handed. Any help is appreciated.
    Hi James,

    There are a couple of kendo dojo in Connecticut. Note that the Shidogakuin dojo also practices iaido:

    GNUSKF
    Shidogakuin GW
    20 Acosta Street
    Stamford, CT
    M W Sa
    Sa Iaido
    Contact: Duane E. Langenwalter (203)445-0192
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    GNUSKF
    Koushinkan Kendo Dojo at Yale University
    Payne Whitney Gymnasium, Yale University
    70 Tower Parkway, New Haven, CT 06520
    Contact: Daniel Zoot (Instructor): 508-490-1628
    Naoko Kozuki
    Practice Times: Tu, Fr 8-10 PM, Su 10 AM-12 PM, other times by prior
    arrangement

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    You can find other kendo dojo in Southern New York or Massachusetts here:

    http://www.auskf.info/mainpages/schools.htm

    These dojo may be a bit of a drive from Hartford, but I'm sure they'll be well worth the trip.

    I hope this helps.
    Dennis Ralutin

    Orange County Buddhist Church (OCB) Kendo Dojo
    Southern California Kendo Federation (SCKF)
    All United States Kendo Federation (AUSKF)

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    Default Re: Re: Hartford Connecticut

    Originally posted by Ralutin
    Hi James,

    There are a couple of kendo dojo in Connecticut. Note that the Shidogakuin dojo also practices iaido:

    GNUSKF
    Shidogakuin GW
    20 Acosta Street
    Stamford, CT
    M W Sa
    Sa Iaido
    Contact: Duane E. Langenwalter (203)445-0192
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    GNUSKF
    Koushinkan Kendo Dojo at Yale University
    Payne Whitney Gymnasium, Yale University
    70 Tower Parkway, New Haven, CT 06520
    Contact: Daniel Zoot (Instructor): 508-490-1628
    Naoko Kozuki
    Practice Times: Tu, Fr 8-10 PM, Su 10 AM-12 PM, other times by prior
    arrangement

    I hope this helps.

    The dojo you listed are pretty far from Hartford, one about an hour the other about 80 minutes. All in all not that far compared to what some people travel for JSA training. I train Muso Shinden Ryu Iaido at Westside Aikido in West Springfield Ma, about 30 minutes north of Hartford right across the Ma state line. Send me a PM if you would like more information


    Also, there is a guy in Manchester CT (about 15 minutes west of Hartrford) claiming to teach kenjutsu. Stay far far away from this place. The guy actually makes his students call him Shihan instead of sensei, and has no verifiable JSA training. He claims that during the late 60's and 70's he was a memnber os the US special forces. He was assigned to travel to Japan to learn all the martial arts (including kenjustu) he could so he could come back and train the rest of special forces with what he learned. Though for the life of me I cannot figure out what learning kenjutsu would have to do with teaching millitary hand to hand combat. Unless of course the special forces use the katana as a weapon and it is so top secrete no one knows about it.

    I can also give you more specific info via PM.
    Last edited by Tim Mailloux; 28th April 2004 at 20:26.
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    I will second the fact that there is nothing in the immediate hartford area....I can also state that both the Stamford Dojo and the New Haven Dojo have excellent reputations. Having travelled from Hartford to NewHaven to train in Aikido for a number of years I can say it's not actually too bad. Stamford is a haul but maybe weekends?

    hope this helps,
    Howard
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    Smile I have a Kendo dojo even closer for you!

    Hi there!

    I found one more Kendo dojo in Conecticut.

    There is a small Kendo group in Middletown, CT that I found out about from somebody, a couple months ago. I looked on a map to see where it is in relation to Hartford, and it is definately closer to you much more so than the New Haven dojo and the Stamfor dojo.

    The sensei of the dojo in Middletown is Yoshihiro Yonekawa.
    They practice at Wesleyan University, in Connecticut. This dojo does not have a webpage that I could find.

    Contact: Yoshihiro Yonekawa - yyonekawa@wesleyan.edu
    Phone at the school: (860) 685-7370

    or, Justin Leroy - jleroy@wesleyan.edu
    Phone at the school: (860) 685-4696

    You can also call Daniel Zoot for more information about contacting Yonekawa-sensei.

    Daniel Zoot: 508-490-1628
    e-mail: danielzoot@earthlink.net

    It took me about an hour to hunt down these contact e-mails and numbers, which I finally found at the Wesleyan University website by searching all over, there. The person who told me about this dojo didn't have any other info other than the name of it and where. So, for more information on the location and practice times, try to contact Yonekawa-sensei, and if you can't get a hold of him, then please call Daniel Zoot-sensei.

    Well, I hope this helps you!

    Good luck!
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    Thank you everyone. your help is appreciated.
    James M. Emdin

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    So I guess I'm not the only one looking for a school near Hartford. I hope the info on this page is still valid. In 2004 I was just a young lad fresh out of high school.
    Thanks for the info!

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    I also recommend looking through this somewhat recent thread: Iaido in Massachusetts?.
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    Quote Originally Posted by blackkaze369 View Post
    So I guess I'm not the only one looking for a school near Hartford. I hope the info on this page is still valid. In 2004 I was just a young lad fresh out of high school.
    Thanks for the info!
    I probably should have mentioned this earlier but I don't own a car so traveling far distances is a bit harder but not impossible.

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    I probably should have mentioned this earlier but I don't own a car ...
    Then might I respectfully suggest that you're SOL? To find a legitimate instructor of the Japanese sword arts within walking distance would defy tremendous odds. You'll need to either A) buy a car to commute to a dojo, or B) Move somewhere that has a dojo within walking distance.

    As an indicator of the odds that I talk about ... there are 6.5 million people currently living in the DFW area of Texas where I live. There are exactly 5 (mostly) legitimate instructors of the Japanese sword arts, and two of them are technically outside the metroplex.
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    Craig Churchill
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    (860)539-4571
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    Brian Dunham
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    Quote Originally Posted by pgsmith View Post
    You'll need to either A) buy a car to commute to a dojo, or B) Move somewhere that has a dojo within walking distance.
    I recommend B. Not only do you get a place to train, you get out of Hartford. While you're at it, I recommend leaving CT all together.

    If moving is not an option, your only other choice is looking into something like karate, judo, or aikido.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Eric Spinelli View Post
    I recommend B. Not only do you get a place to train, you get out of Hartford. While you're at it, I recommend leaving CT all together.
    Seattle would be a good start.

    Although you might not find a dojo within walking distance (depending on where you live), 15 - 45 minute bus rides would yield a few.
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