Welcome to the Brussels Yaegaki-Kai
The Brussels Yaegaki Kai is an Iaido (居合道) dojo located in Brussels (Uccle) Belgium. We hope that this website will promote the development of Iaido. A Japanese martial art coming directly from the samurai-time.
The Brussels Yaegaki Kai - Iaido Club Ucclois is an affiliate of the All Belgium Kendo Federation (ABKF), which itself is part of the International Kendo Federation (IKF). Membership in the Brussels Yaegaki Kai dojo is open to anyone interested in learning Iaido and all skill levels are welcome. View our training hours page.
Kumitachi (組太刀) are paired practice (2 Man Forms). Different paired sets exists and have a high incidence of striking, grappling and disarms. Some waza use both long (ōdachi) and short (kodachi) swords.
Some waza begin with swords drawn; others begin with swords sheathed and employ nukitsuke (drawing) techniques. Typically these forms are performed using bokutō; however, it is also practiced at high level with habiki or shinken.
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Posted: January 28th, 2010 under Iaido, Kendo.
Tags: bokken, bokuto ni yoru, kendo no kata, kumitachi, tachi uchi no kurai
All the Brussels Yaegaki-Kai members wish you a Happy New Tiger Year 2010.
03/01/2010 Kangeiko (寒稽古)
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Posted: January 3rd, 2010 under Iaido.
Tags: Kangeiko
ABKF Iaido Examination 2009.
Congratulations to Yaegaki-Kai members 5/5 examination success. Congratulation to Phan 3rd dan, Eric 3rd dan, Alex 2nd dan, Patrick 2nd dan and Leopold 1st dan. Congratulation to Spiros D. from Athens Furyu dojo for his 4th dan.
Posted: December 13th, 2009 under Iaido.
Tags: Grading
The 16th European Iaido Seminar preceding the competition was lead by a Japanese sensei delegation composed of: Kishimoto sensei – 8th dan Hanshi, Yamazaki sensei – 8th dan Hanshi and Aoki sensei – 8th dan Kyoshi.
Here is a brief list of some of the seminar key points. Those are of course addition/precision to thoses already listed in the ZKR Iaido book. Those main key points come either from the demonstration (Aoki sensei) and explanation (Kishimoto sensei) given to all the participants and remarks made in the 5th dan and up group lead by Kishimoto sensei.
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Posted: November 25th, 2009 under Iaido.
Tags: Report
16th European Iaido Championship 2009.
– Date 19,20,21/11/2009.
The 16th Edition of the European Iaido Championship 2009 was held this year in Holland http://www.eic-ejc.eu/. Belgium won: 5 medals (1 Gold, 3 Bronze and 1 Fighting spirit) in individual + The Silver medal in Team. Great success and great ambiance. Yuki Bronze medal in Yondan division and Michael Fighting spirit in Godan division
View EIC 2009 Results
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Posted: November 21st, 2009 under Iaido.
Tags: EIC, Europe
Yaegaki-kai one more iaido training day
– Every Thursday 20:30 -> 22:00 are now dedicated to paired training (Kumitachi) such as kendo no kata, tachi uchi no kurai and Iaido.
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Posted: November 1st, 2009 under Iaido.
Tags: Dojo, Yaegaki-Kai
8th Iaido Koryu Seminar 2009.
– Date 28,29,30/08/2009.
The 8th Edition of the Iaido Koryu Seminar led by Oda Katsuo sensei held this year from the 28/08 until 30/08, the seminar will be organised as part of the ABKF Summer Seminar 2009 and will be located in Brussels (Louvain La Neuve), more than 5 Senseis including 3x 8th Dan., 1x 7th Dan and 1x 5th Dan and 87 Iaidoka
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Posted: August 30th, 2009 under Iaido.
Tags: Koryu seminar
