Hello everyone.
I am considering moving to Ontario, and I am interested in training in the Yagyu Shingan Ryu there.
The website says "Study consists solely of 2-person partnered kata forms"
I started training Yagyu Shingan Ryu recently in the city I currently live in, and I already learned 5 variations of the first solo Kata. I understand that the school in Ontario is a different line of Yagyu Shingan Ryu, but are they so different that the Ontario branch is completely lacking in solo katas?
I also noticed they only train 1 hour a week, but at the branch I started at, we train 4 hours a week, and currently, the Ontario branch isn't training at all until further notice (ostensibly because of COVID I assume). Is there any chance that once they resume practice they might train more often? One hour doesn't seem sufficient to me.
Being that they only train 1 hour a week under normal circumstances, it seems like I would have to cross train in another art, to get enough hours per week, but as I understand it cross training in Koryu is frowned upon. Where would that leave me?
Appreciate all of your inputs.
I am considering moving to Ontario, and I am interested in training in the Yagyu Shingan Ryu there.
The website says "Study consists solely of 2-person partnered kata forms"
I started training Yagyu Shingan Ryu recently in the city I currently live in, and I already learned 5 variations of the first solo Kata. I understand that the school in Ontario is a different line of Yagyu Shingan Ryu, but are they so different that the Ontario branch is completely lacking in solo katas?
I also noticed they only train 1 hour a week, but at the branch I started at, we train 4 hours a week, and currently, the Ontario branch isn't training at all until further notice (ostensibly because of COVID I assume). Is there any chance that once they resume practice they might train more often? One hour doesn't seem sufficient to me.
Being that they only train 1 hour a week under normal circumstances, it seems like I would have to cross train in another art, to get enough hours per week, but as I understand it cross training in Koryu is frowned upon. Where would that leave me?
Appreciate all of your inputs.