This year again, we had two very nice seminars for Kendo & Iaido. Here some group pictures taken; more available at social networks! See you allnext December for the Winter version or in 2013 for the next Summer edition! 
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The Belgian delegation joined world’s greatest gathering this year in Novara (Italy). Important meetings of FIK & EKF had also place before the tournament. More info will be available through your dojo leaders soon regarding the decisions taken.
On the first day, 4 out of 7 from our men delegation members took part in the individual competition. One of them, Carroll Tange arrived in the final best 8 top and will be rewarded with a “Fighting Spirit” at the end of the day.
Second day was “Ladies day”. 4 of our ladies took part in the individual competition and the entire team had their job to do by trying to win the first place of their pool of 4 to make a chance for the final round. No chance for none of them this time but clear points to work on appeared.
Third and last day was the men team competition. Belgium was put in the only pool of 4 countries where only 1 country could end into the final grid. After real strong fights against Taipei, Germany & Norway, we couldn’t make it this time but got plenty of congratulations and encouragements for the future from other delegations & teachers.
Finally, the delegation would like to thank deeply the commitment of Hirakawa sensei and the numerous supporters who made the trip to Novara.
All results of 15th WKC are available at FIK & dedicated WKC website & plenty of pictures can be found on the different social networks as well…
Next year, the EKC will be in Berlin, Germany from 12th until 14th of May… We count on you all!
The 15th iaido championships organised this year by the BKR took place sunday 27/05/2012 in Louvain-La-Neuve (Blocry) and started at 10:30 sharp. The hall had been nicely prepared with 2 shiaijo and a warming-up area.
6 referees were appointed for each shiaijo (A & B) which made it possible to switch on a regular base. As the matches went on, soon it became as hot inside the hall, as it was outside …
The morning competition ended at 13:00 and we could restart at 14:30 with the finals and Embu taikai for 5 dan. We did not have enough 6th Dan and up referees, that is why an alternative competition had been worked out : 10 competitors (2 from each division) were invited to watch the Embu of the 8x 5th Dan and to write down 3 numbers in order of preference. This allowed us to make a final result. Starting from next year it is the plan to organise a regular 5th Dan competition as well.
After this we had some 14 examination candidates, an embu of the 6th & 7th dan and the awards ceremony.
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MUDAN 1.CROES KIM 2.VAN ISVELDT JAN 3.GELDHOF FELIX 3.COOL STEVEN FS HEUNGENS DAAN |
SHODAN 1. VIJVERMAN IVAN 2. ILBERT ARNAUD 3. DE VOGELAS DIDIER 3. IVENS DAVE FS IVENS DAVE |
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NIDAN 1. VERVACK VALENTIN 2. DE ROOVER CHRISTOF 3. BEERNAERS HANS 3. VANDERBIEST ROWAN FS ARNOU MAARTEN |
SANDAN 1. VANDENBUSSCHE JONATHAN 2. DEBLOCK MARJAN 3. DEBOOM TOM 3. LOOZEN LAURENS FS VLAD LIVIU |
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YONDAN 1. VLAMINCK JULIEN 2. SNYERS STEPHANE |
GODAN 1. SIMONINI MICHAEL 2. DEFRAEYE LUC 3. KANTO YUKI FS HEIRMAN ALBERT |
Thank you to the organisers who did so well, to the referees who did a nice job, and to all the competitors who gave their best.
P.Demuynck
On March 11th, almost all Belgian kendo dojo had their annual rendez-vous in Forest-Vorst for the Belgian “Open” Kendo Championships. This tournament is open for all members of BKR & VKIJF which are at least registered for one year and not taking part in any other national championship.
Three individual categories (Junior, Ladies & Men) as well as a tournament is organized in a one day long event.
This year, 10 juniors, 13 ladies, 81 men & 17 teams took part.
Results:
2012 Champion at Juniors: Sara VAN LAECKEN (Kenseikan)
2012 Champion at Ladies: Annick POLLET (Isshin Dotai)
2012 Champion at Men: Stefan VAN BOVEN (Seishinkan)
2012 Team Champion: KOJIKA
Complete results:
result BKC Men 2012 result BKC Ladies 2012 result BKC Junior 2012 result BKC Team 2012 pool ladies junior BKC 2012 pool men BKC 2012
From February, the final countdown for our team members has started. Since several months, this group prepared themselves to join the biggest event organized by the International Kendo Federation, the World Kendo Championships… This tournament is taking place every three years and will be held in Novara, Italy, next May.
The Belgian delegation is composed of 7 Men & 7 Ladies assisted by their Delegation leader, coach & manager.
Delegation Leader: Daniel Delepiere (ABKF President)
Coach: Nobuo Hirakawa & Serge Hendrickx
Manager: Marc Nameche
Men team: Carroll Tange, Wesley Haeke, Peter D’Hont, Stefan Van Boven, Geert Van Dort, Sean Van Laecken & Celest Vinck
Ladies Team: Lisa Van Laecken, Maaike Steyaert, Arsenia Corcoba, Rachel Buysse, Ans Van Eupen, Annick Pollet & Alexandra Snoy
On February 11th, these members had some shiaigeiko & commun training with the members of Düsseldorf Kendo Club and advice from Yasue sensei, “local” 8th Dan and Yukio Shimizu, 7th dan from Köln Kendo Club. Next trainingsessions will be the seminar under the guidance of Hirakawa sensei from Feb 20th to 26st. Other shiaigeiko are also planned with our friends from The Netherlands in April as well as the last seminar before the WKC from May 14th until departure…
During last winter seminar, the coach of the Belgian team, N. Hirakawa received the first training wear from the sponsor, Robin Van Daele, owner of Electro Direct. This equipment will become the official wear for the next three years for our kendo team.
As always, December was a busy month… We had the 21st edition of the ABKF Winter Seminar for Kendo, Iaido & Jodo. All groups had the opportunity to practice under the guidance of Japanese top experts. This year, around 300 persons from 12 different countries came to Brussels to share their knowledge, experience and make new friends.
Jodo practitionners had a very “basic” seminar with Nishiumi sensei, Kyoshi 8th dan, who stressed the importance of kihon and zanshin in daily practice.
Iaido practitionners got “serious” info in how to get more from iaido than executing physical movements by Kobayashi, Hanshi 8th dan & Uehara sensei, Kyoshi 7th dan.
Kendo practitionners had a seminar which made it possible to feel the importance of “seme” and “timing”. Also Nihon Kendo Kata demonstration was shown by Tahara and Shinotsuka sensei, Hanshi 8th dan. And the traditional kendo competitions were held on the last day of the event for Ladies individual, Team of 3 players & the “open” individuals…
Results of the competitions:
Ladies:
| 1 | STOLLARZ (FRA) |
| 2 | DE BACKER (FRA) |
| 3 | GREIF (SLO) |
| 3 | TEXIER (FRA) |
Team:
| 1 | CNK 1 (FRA) | |
| 2 | Kenseikan (BEL) | |
| 3 | BELGIUM 2 (BEL) | |
| 3 | CNK 3 (FRA) |
Open:
| 1 | Haeke (Belgium) |
| 2 | Nakabayashi (France) |
| 3 | Takeuchi (France) |
| 3 | Montessinos (France) |
Fighting Spirit prices were handed out to:
Pollet A. (Belgium) – Dutescu M. (Romania) – Van Laecken S. (Belgium) – Bensaid A. (Belgium
Special ANA-ticket to Japan went this year to:
Wesley Haeke (Belgium)
As the result for the first “Kyoshi” exam in Japan organized by the All Japan Kendo Federation in english, our friend Emilio GOMEZ (7th dan Kendo) from Butokukan dojo in Brussels passed successfully this test last November.
Results for the ‘Renshi’ exams Kendo/Jodo in Japan organized by the same Federation, our friends Carroll Tange (7th danKendo) and Naoko Hamada (6th dan Kendo) from Meibukan dojo in Jette and Albert Van den Broeck from Taikikai dojo in Sint Pieters Woluwe passed also their test successfully last November .
Congratulations to all three members of our Federation!
This year, we had the BKKC held in Grugge on Saturday 26th of November. The local dojo Isshin Dotai was celebrating its 20th anniversary and invited all Belgian beginner kenshi to join them for a long but wonderful journey!
About 120 participants, 20 referees, 10 motodachi and many audience did their best.
Results in all categories are following:
Category A (Technic 5 to 9):
1st Gallant – Kojika, 2nd Haeke – Kojika, 3rd De Blonde & Decottignies – Butokukan
Category B (Technic 10 to 13):
1st Blansaer – Kojika, 2nd De Blander – Kenseikan, 3rd Carlier & Van Hoorbeke- Kojika
Category C (Technic 14 to 17):
1st De Byser – Kojika, 2nd Vanden Dunghen – Butokukan, 3rd De Wilde – Kojika & Dens – Kendo Club Charleroi
Category D (Technic 18 up):
1st Nunn – Isshin Dotai, 2nd Lossieaux – Yu-Hi, 3rd Gallant – Kendo Iaido Gent & Hadermann – Seishinkan
Category E (Shiai junior up to 13):
1st Van Laecken, 2nd Roubedou – Kojika, 3rd De Tavernier – Kojika & Takagi – Wakakoma Kenshi Kai
Category F (Shiai junior 14 to 17) :
1st D’Hont – Kojika, 2nd Cox – Seishinkan, 3rd De Neef – Kenseikan & Leeuws – Kenhachi
Category G (Shiai – Men 18+):
1st Soberon – Kojika, 2nd de Gresem – Isshin Dotai, 3rd Ben Mokkadem – Butokukan & Delaplace – Kendo Club Charleroi
Category W (Shiai – Ladies 18+):
1st Scheers – Meibukan, 2nd De Leenheer – Nobara, 3rd Van Steenberghe – Kenseikan & Moyson – Seishinkan
Team tournament (Shiai):
1st Kenseikan, 2nd Kojika, 3rd Butokukan & Seishinkan
Fighting Spirit prices (All categories):
Bierkens – Meishinkan, Boving – Meibukan, Himbrechts – Kendo Iaido Gent, Cox – Seishinkan, Windels – Kojika, Duriau – Meibukan Liège, Vandegaer – Kendo CLub Charleroi, Saelens – Kenseikan & Dobbelaere – Kenseikan
From December 2011, our National Kendo Team has the opportunity to be sponsored by Electro Direct bvba for at least three years. Welcome !
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