Yaegaki-Kai

“In Iaido we always win against enemies” performing a kata slowly or quickly, result is the same … We win. Of course we are alone fighting against imaginary opponents and the scenario (Riai) says we win. How could we loose ? I did not deeply thought about this but writing it down suddenly gave me [...]

This year the ABKF Winter seminar took place at the ADEPS in Auderghem between the 14th and 18th december. For some years now the Iaido teachers present in december are Kobayashi Tadao sensei – 8th dan Iaido Hanshi and Uehara Koichi – 7th dan Iaido Kyoshi. For those not familiar with Kobayashi sensei’s background, he [...]

A bōnenkai (忘年会) literally “forget the year gathering” is a Japanese drinking party that takes place at the end of the year, and is generally held among groups of friends or co-workers. This year the Yaegaki kai gathered at Japanese restaurant – Senraku – to celebrate a rich 2011 year, full of hard renshu and [...]

Great results for the Belgian Team at the 18th European Iaido Championship 2011 in Andorra !!! Two days of seminar with 22 countries represented and more than 200 participants, everybody in the Belgian team so happy to meet all European Iaido friends and receive the teaching of 3 Iaido 8th dan Hanshi sensei: Kawaguchi sensei, [...]

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