Yaegaki-Kai

10th Anniversary Edition The 10th Edition of the ABKF Koryu Seminar was held the 26-27-28 august 2011. The seminar was organised as part of the ABKF Summer Seminar 2011 and was located in Louvain La Neuve. The 10th edition was a success thanks to our faithful Japanese sensei delegation composed of Oda K. 8th Dan […]

For those of you who are TV series addicts and more precisely fan of the ongoing “Game of throne” will be intrigued by this post title. Yes summer holiday is coming … Our last 2010-2011 season Keiko will occur this Thursday 30 June and the new season 2011-2012 will start on Tuesday 2 August 2011. […]

Brussels Yaegaki-kai Kyu grading – Date 12/06/2011. 6x Yaegaki-Kai members successfully passed their Kyu grading. Congratulation to: Isabelle – 2th Kyu Iaido Luc – 2th Kyu Iaido Christian – 2th Kyu Iaido Thuy – 2th Kyu Iaido Grégory – 2th Kyu Iaido Pierre – 4th Kyu Iaido

10th Iaido Koryu Seminar 2011. – Date 26,27,28/08/2011. The 10th Edition of the Iaido Koryu Seminar is held this year from the 26/08 until 28/08. The seminar is organised as part of the ABKF Summer Seminar 2011 and will be located in Louvain La Neuve. 4 Senseis will be present: ODA K. – 8th Dan […]

The Belgian Iaido Championship 2011 took place this Sunday 17/05/11 in Affligem with motivated competitors with very good level resulting into sometimes difficult decisions but thrilling finals from Mudan to Yondan. A grading session from ikkyu to sandan followed the finals, finishing the day with a 5th/6th/7th dan Embu and the Awards ceremony. Congratulations to […]

While intensively training, immersed in our day to day keiko slowly polishing the received teachings. It is always a good idea to dedicate some time to check your performance yourself, for example by filming and then judging your waza execution. Naturally follows the question: On what criteria should we judge a performance ?

Searching in my notes for another paper I found an old fax copy entitled “Manual for referee seminar” and dating of May, 2003. It is clearly dedicated to kendo but can be easily transposed to Iaido and Jodo. I post it here under without any text modifications, just adding 2 pictures.