Dragonfly Mountain Japanese Sword Forging School

July 2009 Basic Forging Course Completed

Tomboyama Nihonto Tanren Dojo is pleased to report that the July, 2009 Basic Forging Course was wonderful, enjoyable success.  The four students were new to forging, with no prior experience, but they were all able to bring home a properly heated wakizashi of forge-welded cable.  It was a pleasure to teach the class.

Tomboyama Nihonto Tanren Dojo 2009 School Year

Photos of classes and students of the 2009 School Year at our swordsmithing school, the Tomboyama Nihonto Tanren Dojo (Dragonfly Mountain Japanese Sword Forging School)

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Space Available in September Forging Course

Due to a cancellation, there is now again a space available in the September 7-11, 2009 Basic Forging Course.  We invite anyone interested to sign up.

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Bamboo forest outside Kyoto, Japan.

UPDATED July 17th, 2009

Due to the great deal of interest in Japanese swordsmithing,  the July 20-24 Basic Forging Course, as well as the September 7-11 Basic Forging Course, have both been filled.   Due to interest, we did schedule an October Basic Forging Course on October 12-16, and space does remain at this time.

There are also still spaces remaining in the August 7-9 Oroshigane Seminar.

For those interested in a differnt course or wish to attend a Basic Forging Course, but the October course does not work for your schedule, this coming winter we will schedule the 2010 school year for Tomboyama Nihonto Tanren Dojo, which is planned to run from April to October.