Welcome to the Brussels Yaegaki-Kai
The Brussels Yaegaki Kai is an Iaido dojo located in Brussels (Uccle) Belgium. We hope that this website will promote the development of Iaido. A not well-known 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.
Iaido Judging Guidelines for seitei iai – All Japan Kendo Federation Iai Shinsa. Those points are coming from the 2002 version of the ZNKR (All Japan Kendo Federation) Iai Booklet which is focusing on the major points to respect. Of course there are many other points to take care of. Even not speaking about deeper understanding such as ki-ken-tai ichi, jo-ha-kyu, seme/tame, tenouchi.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2010 under Iaido.
Tags: Judging, referee, Shinsa
In Budo, maybe more specifically in sword/katana related arts, there is an important term/concept which is Heijoshin. Heijoshin is a three kanji word, the first one “Hei” means calm, peaceful, steady. The second one “jo” means always, constant. The third one “Shin” means mind or hearth, the whole inner essence of the individual.
So a final interpretation could be “Keeping your state of mind all the time/in all situation”.
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Posted: February 22nd, 2010 under Iaido, Kendo.
Tags: Gi, Heijoshin, Ku, Kyo, Shikai, Waku
An informative and rich article by Lorenzo Zago (7th dan Renshi Kendo) focusing on 2 terms seme and tame. In this article Seme is defined as the state in which an unrelenting, determined position of advantage is maintained on the opponent (an other could be -> the retention of superiority in relation to an enemy) and Tame is the link between seme and the completion of the attack. Read more »
Posted: February 19th, 2010 under Iaido, Kendo.
Tags: seme, tame
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
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