A club specialising in swords has come to Whangarei and is looking for prospective members who want to sharpen their skills.
Whangarei Iaido Club has come to the city.
Iaido is one of the traditional Japanese Budo forms concerned with drawing the sword and cutting in the same motion.
Born out of Iai-jutsu, the classical sword-drawing art practised for combative purposes, Iaido evolved during the peaceful Edo period of Japanese history.
Today Iaido is found worldwide and has found its way to Whangarei after three students of the martial art decided they'd rather study it here than go to Auckland, as they had done for the past three or four years.