The Japanese Sword Society of Canada

ABOUT JSSC

The Japanese Sword Society of Canada (JSSC) is mostly an educational, non-profit organization located in Barrie , Ontario , Canada. It was founded in 1965 by its President Fred Fimio and Incorporated in 1976. 

The society, with close connections with both the NBTHK and the NTHK of Japan, is dedicated to the preservation and edification of the Japanese sword as a work of art.

The society's main endeavor is toward the education of its members through correspondence courses, planned seminars, meetings and informative, educational quarterly sword journal Published and Edited by Fred Fimio.

The JSSC also provides information regarding instructive books on sword, shows and show dates of other sword societies.

In previous years the society hosted three very successful international shows. People came from all over the world, i.e. China , Australia , South America .  The JSSC hopes to continue this trend with the assistance of member volunteers.

The quarterly sword journal includes a Sword Quiz, reviews of shows and exhibits, sword discussions, articles submitted by members and much, much more.

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4. Fred Fimio, Publisher and Managing Editor

7. ABOUT FRED FIMIO

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• Collector, author, teacher, lecturer, artist, fine arts Appraiser
• President and Founder of the Japanese Sword Society of Canada (JSSC) 
• President and Founder of the Tokenkai Toronto 
• Director and Canadian representative of Nihon Token Hozon Kai (Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Sword) of Tokyo, Japan 
• Longstanding member of the Japanese Society of the United States 
• Fine Arts Appraiser for over 60 years
• Japanese Fine Arts Appraiser for over 40 years
• Publisher and Editor of the Canadian Japanese Sword Journal
• An artist who paints scenes of Samurai in combat using different edged weapons

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