Heki-ryu Bishu Chikurin-ha Kyudo Intensives at Zen Centers

"In kyudo, the form doesn't end with the release of the arrow, but continues in silence and mindfulness as the archer retrieves the arrow. When the archer steps away from the defined practice area, does he leave silence behind?"
—Don Symanski, "Silence and the Narrow Path"

Don Symanski performs a tosha at SMZC, May 2006

May 2007
‹ Kyudo Intensive at Sonoma Mountain Zen Center (SMZC) ›

Teachers

Kyudo: Don Symanski, Lucy Halverson

Zen: Jakusho Kwong-roshi, Shinko Kwong

Photographers

Jeff Barab, Tom Bengston, Sahli Cavallaro, Tim Derning, Richard Driessen, John Halverson, Stephanie Kong


August 2006
‹ Kyudo Intensive at Zen Mountain Monastery (ZMM) ›

Teachers

Kyudo: Don Symanski, Lucy Halverson, Dennis Martin

Zen: Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Sensei

Photographers

Angela Senjin Caponigro, Hans Brede, Hermann Steffen, Koryu Saikai, Patricia Mitchell (b&w), Ryan Gallagher, Sally Rappeport, Tod Marsden


May 2006
‹ Kyudo Intensive at Sonoma Mountain Zen Center (SMZC) ›

Teachers

Kyudo: Don Symanski, Lucy Halverson

Zen: Jakusho Kwong-roshi, Shinko Kwong

Photographers

Demian Kwong ("At Genjo-ji"), Hans Brede ("DSCN"), Kamil Ratajczak ("RIMG"), Laura Trippi ("IMG"), Matt Alvear ("Sonoma Mountain Intensive")


August 2005
‹ Kyudo Intensive at Zen Mountain Monastery (ZMM) ›

Teachers

Kyudo: Don Symanski, Lucy Halverson, Dennis Martin

Zen: Ryushin Marchaj

Photographers

Brian Jervis, Doron Hanoch, Geoff Moore, Hans Brede, Shinsui, Taikyu


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