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- The NoVA Budokai kendo club will accept new students during the first week of September, January, April, and June of each year.
- There will be a 4-week training program for new students, consisting of 8 consecutive sessions that will take place on Fridays from 7:30-9:00 pm and Sundays from 12:30-2:00 pm.
- Students will pay a flat $65 fee for the introductory course up front and purchase a shinai from the club or on their own.
- The first class of each new student session will be on the first Friday of the listed months, unless noted otherwise.
- New students will also be invited to watch the advanced class after beginner class has ended.
- New students will study a curriculum to include: basic kamae, ashi-sabaki (footwork), kiai, kihon waza, kirikaeshi, etc.
- Upon successful completion of the introductory course, new students will be allowed to wear keikogi and hakama and join the regular beginner class.
- Students with prior kendo experience may join without enrolling in the beginner's course subject to instructor approval.
Please contact Ernie Lissabet at for further details.
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