Kezurou-kai USA is now offering In-Person classes
For more details and registration click on the links below.
- Before you sign up for a class, please check that your email address in your Paypal account matches the email address that you currently use. All class links and receipts of payment will be sent to your default email address listed in your Paypal account.
In-Person Classes
Cut Your Own Kanna Dai – Jason Forster & Lucas Benjamin – June 21 & 22, 2025
With Jason Forster & Lucas Benjamin
June 21 & 22, 2025 – Saturday & Sunday
9am – 5pm PT
Richmond, CA (San Francisco Bay Area)
Limited to 12 participants
$300 non-members
$240 members (use the discount code in the latest newsletter at checkout)
Please note that we have been considering releasing these classes at a future date via streaming and/or download. By signing up for class, you are agreeing to be recorded and included in these future recordings.
Cut Your Own Kanna Dai
Join Jason Forster and Lucas Benjamin for a two-day workshop on cutting your own kanna dai!
Covered topics will include: layout, cutout, fitting the blade(s), and shaping the dai for use. This will be a hands-on workshop in which you will go through these steps alongside the instructors. You will be expected to bring your own kanna blade and chip breaker (or just a single kanna blade), a Japanese white oak dai blank, and at least one nomi (chisel) for cutting out the dai. If you’d like to use this workshop opportunity to practice on a piece that is not as precious as Japanese white oak, we can provide a dai blank from a domestic species.
If necessary, blades and Japanese white oak dai blanks can be purchased locally from Suzuki-Ya Tools (suzukitool.com), or Hida Tools (hidatool.com).
Timberframing Workshop One Week Intensive – Toby Hargreaves and Mia Norton – July 14-18, 2025
With Toby Hargreaves and Mia Norton
July 14-18, 2025 – Monday – Friday
9am – 5pm PT
Bonny Doon, CA
Limited to 10 participants
$1,500
Lunches and on site camping included
Please note that we have been considering releasing these classes at a future date via streaming and/or download. By signing up for class, you are agreeing to be recorded and included in these future recordings.
Timberframing Workshop One Week Intensive
Learn and practice Japanese style timberframe construction in the Santa Cruz Mountains with experienced instructors, Toby Hargreaves and Mia Norton. Students will work alongside professional timberframe carpenters and raise a 15’ x 20’ structure in a week. The workshop will include instruction and hands-on experience in tool use, sharpening, layout and cutout principles of Japanese timberframe joinery, and frame raising. Also featured will be a demonstration of advanced log layout and cutout. All experience levels welcome. On site camping is available and lunches will be provided. Limited to 10 participants.
Members Get Discounts
If you’re not already a member consider joining. You’ll receive a Coupon Code for discounts on the classes, and at only $20/year for membership it will quickly pay for itself if you are thinking of taking classes.