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Western Circle of Swordfighters
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The modified or more accurate verion below, please take a look. Thank you Gad8008

The Western Circle of Swordfighters (WCoS) is a unique group of swordsmen based mainly out of California. Their main purpose of the organization is to provide both a very realistic sword art to practice and a formal means to compete in Kenjutsu. The group was officially formed in the 1990's, by 3 trained martial artists. At that time the group was made up of only a few members, which would gather several times a year in sword competitions to trade techniques. In 2004 the Western Circle of Swordfighters became a recognized nonprofit corporation. It had several dojo’s in different parts of the country and had Kaidens (sword instructors) teaching in several other parts of the world. The group has since grown considerably and now has a number of schools that teach the sword fighting style of the Western Circle. In its earliest form, the purpose of the group was to have a place where swordfighters of all styles and disciplines could gather and compete with one another in true sword combat. This provided a means of opportunity for all these trained fighters to test their skills on open field battle. This was and is a chance that most schools and groups either frown upon or limit. The Western Circle of Swordfighters has its own art of swordsmanship, which is made up of 14 levels of training (seven steel and seven wood). The levels are difficult to obtain and inspire discipline and respect, but their true goal is to create a fierce and honorable trained sword fighter. Like most traditional martial arts groups the student must train and master techniques prior to testing. Each level has a different test and rank designation. Initially a swordsman trains and spars with solid hardwood training swords, or 'bokken'. Once a swordsman reaches level 4 (Skilled Swordsman) they are given the right to train in live steel combat. After they complete that training, they are then tested by a council of 3 Kaidens (Sword Teachers). Upon passing they enter a group of the Western Circle that works with steel swords as well as wood. These swordsmen then both compete and do choreographed demonstrations for various venues through out California. Currently schools are run mostly through open-air outdoor dojos throughout California and Nevada. Every year this unique organization puts on a month long demonstration of live steel combat at the Arata farm, near Half Moon Bay, CA. Here fighters from all over the world come to fight in arena, before crowds of hundreds of people.

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Western Circle of Swordfighters
Hello, If you are the owner of the material,please follow the instructions on WP:DCM. Thanks,Acather96 (talk) 08:24, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

Copy, I want it to be different than the description I wrote for teh website so I have changed the wording considerably. I will modify it further so it is clear that it is not a copy,bu a description of the WCoS, Thank you,

GAD8008

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