Last weekend we had the 5th Butokukan Koryu Seminar for Yudansha. Many thanks for everyone who joined us in Brussels … St Niklaas, Lille, Brest, Avignon and Marseille!
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 .
At the end of the day, we congratulated the success of our members for their exams so let’s welcome our new:
– Agnė Žagrakalytė shodan.
– Ali TAIEBI nidan.
We wish them all the best and that they will continue steady on their kendo path.
Fontenay-le-Compte seminar 2023
This week… kendo seminar in Fontenay-le-Compte This seminar is organised by Lille dojo
Hard trainings in summer heat
Belgian National Day
Last Friday 21/07, our Butokukan members had a beautiful demonstration in the context of the Belgian National Day festival organized in “Parc de Bruxelles”
This year, we had many team members including kendokas, iaidokas, from Brussels, Liege and other cities participated in the event Everyone performed their very beautiful kendo and iaido with full energy and spirit.
After the performances, we had some trial sessions for spectators, and it was a huge success We had people at all ages and genders who came and tried practicing with us. It was a really lovely moment.
Many thanks to all the participants who came to spend a great day and supported the activities
Summer practice schedule
Hello friends! From 1st July, we will change to the summer schedule. During July, there are ONLY 2 practices a week Tuesday and Friday:
- From 19:00 to 20:00 Iaido training.
- From 20:00 to 21:00 Kendo training.
We will come back to the normal training on Tuesday 1st August.
We wish everyone a beautiful summer, and keep your body and mind in zanshin!
BKR Kendo Kampioenschappen 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
Belgisch Iaido Kampioenschap 2023
Belgian Iaido Championship 2023 on May 21st ended with a lot of energy and success for the whole team Butokukan
Everyone participated with all the fighting spirit and showed their best in all the categories . At the end of the championship, many lessons learned and to be brought into our next practices .
In addition to that, we also celebrate some achievements of the day:
Gold medal sandan: Maya Boujraf
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
Freddie 80ste verjaardag
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”
Kojika cup 2023
Afgelopen 6 mei heeft ons “junior” Butokukan team deelgenomen aan de Kojika cup 2023 te Gent.
Het team beleefde een explosieve dag met veel mooie acties, gezelligheid en successen:
🌸Adrianna gouden medaille 🥇 technische categorie 14-18
🌸Yahya zilveren medaille 🥈 technische categorie 14-18
🌸Ilyas bronzen medaille 🥉 technische categorie 5-9
🌸Ibrahim fighting Spirit 🏅 technische categorie 10-13
🌸 Ali en 🌸 Fabio brandden 🔥 🔥 🔥 in hun shiais 💪💪💪