Every Spring, we put on a demonstration of Japanese swordfighting at the Anime North convention in Toronto. We also run short workshops. Each year, lucky fans of anime get the rare chance to try out some real samurai swordfighting techniques. Take a look at our video below to see what we do at Anime North: Our series of Japanese sword workshops have been so popular that unfortunately due to space and material constraints, we have had to turn many people away. Thank you to all who have participated and have made it such fun. Anime North 2009 Here is what Anime North has said about our workshops and demonstrations for them: “Douglas Tong’s demonstration and workshops were a big hit with our convention attendees, and were a welcome addition to Anime North.” It is a great honour for us to participate in this great event. Our thanks to Ms. Eileen McEvoy for allowing us this chance to show our arts to the anime community in the GTA. Our promotional table *Anime North is the largest Japanese Anime Convention in Canada and attendance at the convention numbers approximately 20,000 people every year.
Donald Simmons
Head of Operations
Anime North
Anime North is Canada’s premier fan-run anime convention and a major fund-raiser for SickKids Hospital in Toronto. Tokumeikan is very proud to be a part of this event and to help out and contribute to such a worthy cause.
For more information, you can visit their site: Anime North