It’s a chilly evening in Emeryville, where half-a-dozen martial arts students at a community center are practicing with katana. They kneel, jump and slash, then slowly mimic wiping blood off their ...

The freshly reopened Garden celebrates the autumn harvest and the full moon with food, drink, haiku readings, Iaido sword dancing, live music, calligraphy, and tea-ceremony demos.

Lancing C. England Ed.S. holds a 9th Degree Black Belt in Satori-Ryu Iaido, under the instruction of Dale S. Kirby Sr., the founder. Then I saw a gentleman demonstrate techniques and movements with a ...