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Several members of our dojo took part in the EKC held this year in Serbia. Even if this time Belgium couldn’t get any gold, silver or bronze medal; our dojo mate Toshiro Panzani was awarded with a nice “fighting spirit”…

Congratulations Toshiro!

Our dojo joined as every year the Kojika Spring tournament. This year, almost 200 juniors gathered from allover Europe but also from Canada.

Dojomembers did very well! Thank you to parents, relatives and adult members for your support!

The 10th Junior Godo Keikokai was held on January 19th & 20th at the ADEPS Sport center.

About 90 persons, juniors & adults coming from The Netherlands, Germany, United Kingdom & Belgium joined their efforts for a two days training under the supervision of Kurogi sensei.

Since the event was a huge success, Wakakoma decided to organise its 11th edition in 2020! We hope to see YOU !

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Last weekend, Ghent dojo Kojika organized for the 26th time in a row their spring tournament for youngsters. This tournament fits perfectly in the goals that we put forward with our own dojo, so a large group of our members joined.

Almost 32 kids from Wakakoma joined the total number of 173 coming from 10 different countries or 26 dojo.

On the weekend of 7th & 8th of April this year, our dojo took part in two important tournaments. First one, in Luxemburg; the very first Coupe de l’Ambassadeur organized by Shobukai and the Luxemburg Kendo Federation and the next day, the annual Belgian Kendo Championships organized this year in Ixelles.

Our members did very well during these two days, several won in their category or got a medal but all of the participants could learn a lot about themselves and their actual level in kendo.

Let’s continue hard work by regular training !

A lot of friends from Great Britain, The Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and other Belgian dojo joined our group for a two day long Keikokai at the VUB. On Saturday evening, a friendly dinner was organized in ADEPS where everyone could socialize and have a meal & drinks together.

We hope that all those who joined the practice enjoyed their weekend and invite those who couldn’t join this year to next year’s event!!

For the 27th time in a row, the All Belgium Kendo Federation organized the Kendo, Iaido & Jodo Winterseminar which allows all participants to upgrade their knowledge by practicing with a large number of Japanese experts. Our dojo took of course part in this important event and joined the “Nakakura Cup” which conclude the week of intense training. The team composed of Kota, Thomas & Makoto reached the final in the team section. An excellent way to end the year, certainly for Kota who succeed for “Nidan” the day before.

Dojo will close until the early days of 2018 and we hope to see everyone in excellent health back for hard and safe practice.

Do not forget to register already for the Wakakoma Keikokai, organized on the weekend of 20 & 21 of January! Info is send to everyone by mail… Ask for a copy if you haven’t got yours!

Immediately following the Düsseldorf tournament, on Sunday in Oostakker near Ghent the annual Belgian Kendo Kyu Championships took place. Once again, our members did very well as shown in the info below. At the end of the day, two of our members presented successfully the exam for shodan (1st dan) in Kendo.

Congratulations to the medal winners and all participants (including our fantastic group of parents!)

Technic (without bogu) 5-9 years

1st : Daisuke,   3rd : Francesca, Sotaro,    Fighting spirit : Laura

Technic 10-13 years

Fighting spirit : Sohgo

Shiai -13 years

3rd : Alexandre, Takeshi,   Fighting spirit : Simon

Shiai 14-17 years

1st : Constantin,  3rd : Toshiro

Examinations

Shodan (the 1st dan). : Constantin, Toshiro

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BKKC Gent 19-11-2017 Result

This Saturday of November, 28 Wakakoma juniors have participated in The 25th Dusseldorf Cup.
We hope everybody could enjoy the tournament and here are our good results and some pictures

Technic (without Bogu)  6-11 years         3rd : Amaury

Individual 6-9 years       3rd : Akira

Individual 10-13 years   1st : Kosuke

Individual 14-18 years   3rd : Toshiro

Team 5 persons            3rd : Takeshi, Kosuke, Constantin, Kota, Toshiro