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Shibata Sensei will be attending this year and will also be directing other senior members of Zenko in creating a genuine practice environment.

Shibata Sensei's response to the request for a theme for this year's Kyudo Assembly:

For thirty years now we have been practicing kyudo together in the West. Sports, budo, these are easy. But kyudo is meditation from the traditions of India, the Avadhuti mandala. It's a lot of work, difficult! Now, there are many young people who want to do meditation practice. One hopes for an easy theme or message. But it's not easy to deliver this. It's easy to say 'meditation.' But this is a matter of each of you cleaning your own hearts. In any case, this trouble continually arises, again and again, one practices and hopes for the target.

In the cold winter, you have no stove.
In the hot summer, no air conditioning.
This is meditation.

Hitting the target is good. Not hitting the target is good. We have seven coordinations and five tastes. These five tastes are five aspects of good balance. You come to the platform with so much hope, to hit the target, to have a good form. Within the five tastes we have yuki no metsuke, the falling snowflake. When you see this what are you seeing? There is so much eagerness, various hopes. Instead, let's have a slow, gentle discussion together.

Genki de!

Kanjuro Shibata XX

The idea of the Assembly is that all of the kyudo practitioners in the area and beyond come together each year to practice with each other and to celebrate our shared journey. The key is open-hearted participation.

Beginners will work directly with practiced students and progress from iba etiquette and equipment handling to learning the basic form, shichi-do, or the Seven Coordinations. With students from Sensei's home iba in Boulder and the leaders of the major Zenko iba groups in the east coast area working in conjunction, this program offers an environment in which beginning and experienced students can advance their practice together.

There is a $25 kyudo venue fee.

Karmê Chöling offers 2 price options for this program.
Please choose the option that works best for you.

Full Program Fee: $323

Discounted Program Fee: $275

Please Note:
Price includes meals but not accommodations.

Scholarship and Financial Aid resources are available to make dharma accessible to people in all circumstances. We offer different ways for overcoming financial obstacles here.

Registration is closed for this program.