Class with Hiroko, Sammy and Ivan today. Ivan last serious trained in kendo some 10 years ago in the SF bay area. He came today as a guest of Hiroko to check out the class. We started with some warm up random cuts and blocks back and forth across the gym. Ivan’s previous school was sufficiently different that I spent time reviewing the four basic stances; kendo, front, cat, and back. We also took a look at the blocks for head, temple, wrist and waist as he had never worked with them. Next we started on Standing Iai 1 and finished with my adapted Cutting Pattern 1. As I was finishing going over the cutting pattern with Ivan, I had Hiroko and Sammy do a bit of light one-attack parry.