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30Β° COUPE DES ALPES – CHAMBΓ‰RY / FRANCE

From 5th to 7th of April, the Butokukan team went to Chambery France to participate in the 30th seminar and the friendly Coupe des Alpes organized by our friends from ChambΓ©ry Nihonto Dojo, thank you for your organizing for a such successful annual events πŸ‘. We wish you more success in this event series for many more years πŸ₯°πŸ‘πŸ’ͺ.

For the taikai, our butokukan team teamed up with 2 young and talent kendokas from Geneve. The team passed the pool and our fighters had impressive fights with other kendokas coming from many countries. The fighting spirit was really high πŸ”₯

To add a final touch to the success of the seminar, we happily announce that our friend Thomas Cylny passed his Go-dan exam at the end of the event 🀩πŸ₯³πŸ‘. We wish him all the best on the path of pursuing his kendo.

Many thanks to the organizers again, and see you again soon.

#coupedesalpes

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Winter Seminar 2023

It’s a good moment to remember the Winter Seminar 2023 edition πŸ˜ŠπŸ™

Besides all the trainings (including Ito sensei in Butokukan) and kendo competition, we had great success in both kendo and iaido examinations:

4th dan kendo: Mateusz

3rd dan kendo: Anissa, Tuan

2nd dan kendo: Pranas, Mathieu

1st dan kendo: Rebecca

2nd dan iaido: Saskia

1st dan iaido: Claude

Congrats to all πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ˜ƒπŸ€© ..another πŸ‘£ on the way!

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Belgian Kendo team championship

In the Belgian team championship, our Butokukan team members had great fights where we showed our best kendo with full spirit and friendship πŸ™πŸ”₯πŸ₯°.

At the end of the day, we congratulated the success of our members for their exams πŸ₯³ so let’s welcome our new:

– AgnΔ— Ε½agrakalytΔ— shodan.

– Ali TAIEBI nidan.

– Khang NGUYEN sandan.

We wish them all the best and that they will continue steady on their kendo path.

Butokukan team
Members who succeeded their exams
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BKR Kendo Championships 2023

BKR Kendo Championships and examinations took place today in ULB. We had one participant in the ladies’ category and four in the men’s category, two referees and one kakari-in. Great spirit of everyone today 😊

We are very happy to announce that there are four new kendo Ikkyu in Butokukan.

Congrats Rebecca, Agne, Davide and Maximilien πŸ‘πŸ₯³πŸ€©

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Belgian Iaido Championship 2023

Belgian Iaido Championship 2023 on May 21st ended with a lot of energy and success for the whole team Butokukan πŸ₯³πŸ₯³πŸ₯³

Everyone participated with all the fighting spirit and showed their best in all the categories πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯. At the end of the championship, many lessons learned and to be brought into our next practices βš”οΈβš”οΈβš”οΈ.

In addition to that, we also celebrate some achievements of the day:

πŸ₯‡Gold medal sandan: Maya Boujraf

πŸ₯‡Gold medal nidan: Khang Nguyen

Finally, Claude Pigel completed the day with her success in the Ikkyu exam.

Congratulations to them and all of our participants for a wonderful day ❀️❀️❀️

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Kojika cup 2023

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 πŸ₯‡ technical category 14-18
🌸Yahya silver medal πŸ₯ˆ technical category 14-18
🌸Ilyas bronze medal πŸ₯‰ technical category 5-9
🌸Ibrahim fighting Spirit πŸ… technical category 10-13
🌸 Ali and 🌸 Fabio were burning πŸ”₯ πŸ”₯ πŸ”₯ in their shiais πŸ’ͺπŸ’ͺπŸ’ͺ

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Belgian Kyu Championships 2022

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.

πŸ₯‰ 3rd place Team Shiai

πŸ…Fighting Spirit Team Shiai: Pranas

πŸ₯ˆ2nd place Technique competition (adult): Pavel

πŸ₯‰3rd place Technique competition (juniors): Ibrahim

Shodan: Nicolas & Pranas

Congrats to everyone 🀩