The Iaido and Soto Zen Cambridge Meditation group was created to give people in the greater Cambridge/ Boston area the opportunity to practice Iaido (Samurai Swordsmanship) and Zen, and meet other locals that share the same interests.  Iaido and Zen are direct transmission that can only be accomplished through practice and they cannot be found in books (although few hundred thousands books were wrote on this subject). Iaido is the way of the samurai and Zazen simply means to set down quietly and observe the true nature of our selves. Octavian