[Cydayshosse]

Hello all,

Our club in building dojo for kendo, iaido ja jodo.
The floor is already quite nice.

The design of the floor comes from Noma dojo where one of our members
visited when he was making an graduation work for his school on different types on kendo dojo floors.

We have taken pictures of our work from the start, and we update them still every week.

If you are interested check our dojopages:
http://poridojo.googlepages.com/

all comments are welcome

[medshop]

Looks like a nice big open space... and bright too

grats !!

[Frodogzzz]

Looks absolutely great! Finally a real dojo in Finland. If you arrange some sort of camp when it´s finished I´ll surely be there

[highattainlet]

very nice!!!

[WordofViagra]

Nice ... I can't wait to see the photos of all the Finnish Kendoka in the finished dojo

[DOWNLOADnowADOBEphotoSHOP]

Wow, sprung with actual springs! Very cool, and so exciting for you guys.

We also have good news - after years of putting up with a steadily degrading floor, the good folks at the YMCA have decided to completely replace it, and it will be done this September. We're really happy!

[cheapphenonline]

lol neil tell us how you did it ... we have been figthing for a new floor for years now :P they just fix little bits of it every year or 2 :P

[uwJzsM8t]

We didn't do anything - they were eventually forced to replace it, as it was just getting so horrible, even for people in shoes. I called our contact there yesterday to confirm start dates for fall, and she just told me out of the blue they were replacing the floor.

[AAAESLLESO]

that looks nice.
congratulations dude(s)

[bpejjssoe]

Looks absolutely great! Finally a real dojo in Finland. If you arrange some sort of camp when it´s finished I´ll surely be there

In that case, I guess we'll meet in September ;-)

Welcome!


t: Ari_k

[Biashpainabix]

that looks awesome, congratulations.

we also have issues with the floor, last February they closed the place for a full month and did nothing (!) they were supposed to "fix things"

[Carfanate]

Looks great congrats and good luck with it

[Yfclciak]

Thank you all,,

We have also trained in various schools and public sports halls for fifteen years so this new dojo, although far from finished, feels like a small bit of kendo heaven

I take some pictures of the construction few times a week, so if you
stay tuned to our dojopages you can watch how we progress.

[twinaircant]

That floor looks like it's going to be gorgeous. Hung beams with real springs!

[rorsvierwelia]

The design of the floor comes from Noma dojo where one of our members
visited when he was making an graduation work for his school on different types on kendo dojo floors.

Who was the master mind behind the construction details? Any chance he has photos from under the Noma Dojo floor? I have never been under the dojo but understand that the framework and crawl spaces are impressive. Your new floor gives some insight to this.

Would be very cool to see the under-structure this wonderful dojo is based upon.

Any chance we could get a reference to his thesis? I for one would like to see what he found while researching dojo floors in Japan.

Interesting side note, my private dojo floor is a "kit" from a Finnish company that has foam elastermeric springs giving it some spring.

[yazetaw]

my dojo used to be an old bowling alley

no springs under there.

[poispanna]

For our new floor, we've asked them to mark out a permanent shiai-jo along with all the other gym lines they'll be painting. Should be handy!

[Hrennilasi]

For our new floor, we've asked them to mark out a permanent shiai-jo along with all the other gym lines they'll be painting. Should be handy!

Swanky! I don't think I've ever seen a permanent shiai-jo marking.

[DoniandaCoado]

Who was the master mind behind the construction details? Any chance he has photos from under the Noma Dojo floor? I have never been under the dojo but understand that the framework and crawl spaces are impressive. Your new floor gives some insight to this. One of our club members who teaches house building in school made the plans.
Yes he has some pictures from under the Noma dojo, and some other old and new kendo dojo as well.
At the moment his research is on in finnish, but we are about to translate it to japanese and maybe to english too if there is interest.

He had some great stories about the floors in japan, and the rare opportunity to go underneath the floors in some very old dojos. In most of the places even the sensei who practise there don't know what is under the floorboards.

[nemoforone]

He had some great stories about the floors in japan, and the rare opportunity to go underneath the floors in some very old dojos. In most of the places even the sensei who practise there don't know what is under the floorboards. Tell us the secrets!