Sounds good. Please send the details to the list when you have more
information please!

Cheers,
Gabrielle

On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 6:05 PM, Paul Marshall <prmarshall@...> wrote:

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>
> I have recently returned from Grass Valley, California where I played the
> Samurai Game® at the Aikido¹Ka Dojo run by Sensei Frank Bloksberg. If you
> have never heard of the Samurai Game® it was created by Sensei George
> Leonard (who holds a fifth degree black belt) - you can check it out at:
> www.samuraigame.org
>
> In short, two teams take on the roles of medieval Samurai each led by a
> Daimyo and guided by the code of Bushido (even into death) ­ one team
> against the other engaging in a variety of unpredictable contests. There is
> no significant physical contact yet every contest requires the utmost
> commitment and focus. The atmosphere is chaotic ­ metaphorically everyone¹s
> life is at stake ­ and trying to stay centered is a real challenge. Leonard
> Sensei once described the game as ³... subtle and complex. Participants are
> never quite certain of all the rules or of exactly what¹s going on, or what
> may happen next.² As far as I am aware it has been played all over the USA,
> in Canada and Mexico, China, Taipei, Poland, Egypt and the UK. It has been
> run for corporations and, like the game I attended, as a public course with
> participants aged from 13 to those in their 60¹s.
>
> I could say a lot about my experience of the Samurai Game®. For me it was
> subtle and profound. So much so that I am bringing Lance Giroux of Allied
> Ronin Leadership Training & Consulting to run the Samurai Game® over a
> weekend in Brisbane at the end of July. Lance led the game I played and has
> been doing so since 1978. We already have participants who have played
> twice before with Lance flying over from Perth to take part!
>
> If you are interested participating or just in finding out more shoot me an
> email at either prmarshall@... <prmarshall%40gmail.com> or
> paul@... <paul%40cdrs.com.au>
>
> Warm regards,
>
> Paul Marshall
> Principal
> Concur Dispute Resolution Services
> www.cdrs.com.au
>
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