Thread: Looking for Dojo in Temiskaming Shores, Ontario, Canada

Quote: Originally Posted by jjcruiser It may be too far to do regularly, but why don't you contact them and arrange a visit and do a class or two? Then you can work with online resources and maybe travel there once per month to go over your progress. If you love it, 160km is not that far to go once per week. If not, it wouldn't matter if it was 1.6km, you won't want to go regularly. As to online learning, the problem with that...

I have to agree with jjcruiser. You can make the trip easier by car pooling (find someone or people who want to go to the other town to do some shopping - maybe your family?). You could also plan to do some grocery shopping at the same time (maybe there's a Costco or something there - I'm naturally presuming the town with the Dojo is larger than where you live). Maybe take in some cultural events or go to a restaurant. If you take...

Quote: Originally Posted by Seb1985 Please excuse my bad English; English is not my primary language. Hi, I live in Earlton, Ontario, Canada and I want to learn kendo, but after a few researches using the Canadian Kendo Federation site. The closes Dojo that I could found was Laurentian Kendo Club in Sudbury, Ontario proximately 164km from my area..... A 164km drive is long drive, to go to a Dojo to learn something that I don’t know yet if I...

I think you're in some difficulty. It seems like Sudbury is definitely the closest. Our club here in Sault Ste Marie is even further. There are lots of great online resources (such as the Cyber Dojo http://kendo.imafuji.info/the_cyber_dojo_news/ ) but in all honesty you really can learn kendo online and you definitely can't get the feel for kendo any other way than in a dojo. Best of luck with your search.