Kendo & Iaido Dojo in Brussels
On Saturday, May 13, we celebrated the 80th anniversary of Fredy Thonon 
Of course before the very nice lunch, we practised iaido for two hours in Butokukan Herstal.
Happy birthday Fredy 
The organisation for the surprise party was fantastic! Thank you Renée and everyone! What a wonderful party with friendly atmosphere!
Guy Loncelle announced that there will be an annual iaido seminar from now on, with the name of “Fredy Thonon Iaido Seminar” 
Last May 6th, our “junior” Butokukan team participated in the Kojika cup 2023 in Ghent.
The team had an explosive day with a lot of beautiful actions, fun and successes:
🌸Adrianna gold medal 🥇 technical category 14-18
🌸Yahya silver medal 🥈 technical category 14-18
🌸Ilyas bronze medal 🥉 technical category 5-9
🌸Ibrahim fighting Spirit 🏅 technical category 10-13
🌸 Ali and 🌸 Fabio were burning 🔥 🔥 🔥 in their shiais 💪💪💪
Butokukan team in Paris Open kendo tournament this past weekend. Great experience, and something to think about for the next shiais 
Last Friday was Emilio sensei’s birthday And what would he do? Practise of course 
In the end of the training he did a iaido demonstration and a lot of MEN attacks with almost everyone who was present 
Thanks everyone for joining this special training near and far 
And all the best for Emilio sensei 
We started with a monthly kendo yudansha training last night. Here are some photos of the action.
Next time, next month
Last training of 2022: kihon
keiko kyu exams
2023… all is ahead – let’s practise more and enjoy the precious moments
Butokukan wishes you Merry Christmas & Happy New Year 🥳
The last day of the Winter Seminar passed very quickly with trainings in the morning and then the kendo dan examinations.
It was great to have Hirakawa Sensei back in Brussels and to practise with him. Arigato gozaimasu Sensei!
Manuel passed 2nd dan kendo today.
Congratulations to Manuel and all others who passed their grades
What a great iaido weekend 🤩 We celebrated the 10th Iaido Koryu seminar with over 40 participants from Belgium, France, Spain, Italy, Lithuania and Israel.
The 7th dan teachers, Emilio Gomez, Leo Amoroso and Antonio Gutierrez, were leading the seminar. Each teacher taught one part of the seminar bringing their own experience and knowledge to the participants.
Several people from Butokukan took part in the seminar. Surely a great experience again.
Thank you for joining this edition of the Koryu seminar 😊
The Belgian Kyu Championships took place yesterday. Butokukan won medals and also got two new Shodans. The event was a great experience for everyone: competitors, referees and kakari-in’s.
3rd place Team Shiai
Fighting Spirit Team Shiai: Pranas
2nd place Technique competition (adult): Pavel
3rd place Technique competition (juniors): Ibrahim
Shodan: Nicolas & Pranas
Congrats to everyone