The seminars that I went to last month were very cool. I'd like to briefly review two of them for you:

Formality was low on Ed's radar. But training and imparting information were definitely high on his list. A no-nonsense person, Ed showed some of the lessons that he'd been working on in Hatsumi Sensei's classes recently in Japan. After a few years of living in Japan, Ed is moving back to his native Australia.
We worked on a variety of taijutsu and kenjutsu skills. Most notable from the event was Ed's updating our knowledge of sword training. I do remember him using the word “rubbish” a few times when speaking of what some iaido people teach (“most of Iaido is not practical for real combat”).
Special thanks to Matt Hildreth and his students for hosting such a pleasant event.