Belgian “Open” Kendo Championships

Name: Antwerp Cup 2026
Start: 2026-4-4T08-08-45-00
End: 2026-4-4T18-18-30-00
Location: Sporthal 't Venneke - Ekeren

March 28, 2011

March 27th was beside the annual Katsumata sensei’s seminar for Iaido also the moment for the Belgian “Open” Kendo Championships. Three individual categories & one team tournament were held in Forest/Vorst.

At the end of the day, we had following results in each of the categories:

Ladies:

Ans van Eupen (Kenseikan)
Arsenia Corcoba (Meibukan)
Isha Van Alsenoy (Kojika & Annick Pollet (Isshin Dotai)

Juniors:

Makoto William Grosfils (Wakakoma Kenshi Kai)
Aaron Vande Mergel (Kenseikan)
Xavier Roubedou (Kojika) & Hugo Wolsolsobe (Yu-Hi)

Men:

Yusuke Nakamura (Wakakoma Kenshi Kai)
Carrol Tange (Meibukan)
Rens van Eupen & Stef Vande Mergel (Kenseikan)

Team:

Kojika “A”
Wakakoma Kenshi Kai
Meibukan & Seishinkan “A”

Fighting Sipirt prices:

Sanne Tambeur (Seishinkan)
Théodore Jacquart (Wakakoma Kenshi Kai)
Celest Vinck (Seishinkan)
Julien Waseige (Meibukan Liège)

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Event Details

We are honoured to invite you to the 8th edition of the “Antwerp Cup” kendo competition which will be hosted by the joint Antwerp kendo clubs: Enmei Ryu & Seishinkan, on Saturday, April 4th 2026. The Antwerp Cup applies a unique formula whereby all participants continue fighting throughout the day and take turns as shinpan & kakari-in (score & time keeping). Focus is on “learning by doing” and gaining experience regarding all aspects of shiai in a friendly atmosphere.

Please note, we must limit the number of participants to 90. Be on time with your registrations. We will close the registration March 26th (Thursday) or when we reach the maximum capacity.

Schedule:

8h45 doors open / registration
9h15 shinai check
9h30 warm-up
9h45 opening address & instructions
10h00 start competition – part 1
13h00 lunch break
14h00 start competition – part 2
17h00 final rounds
17h30 end competition, results & awards
18h30 sayonara diner (on location)

Catering:
For lunch, a bento box by Nonbiri veggie is available.
Everybody is also welcome to join the sayonara diner afterwards at the same location.
This will be an artisanal hamburger with unlimited (!) french fries (food truck) and dessert. Drinks are available from the bar (at extra cost; payments on site by Payconiq or cash only !).

Registration;
Deadline for registration is Thursday, March 26th.
Please note, the number of participants is limited;
registrations are handled on a first come basis.

Costs:
> participation = 15€
> bento lunch = 11€ (option)
> sayonara diner = 30€ (option)

Official registration is only accepted after reception of the completed form & full payment (not by e-mail communication, direct message or Facebook event confirmation) !
Please note the new bank account number BIC KREDBEBBXXX Account: BE75 7460 4793 7751 for all payments.

> Official registration form: https://forms.gle/SDSKtPz7kYsQcsqWA

> Information regarding scoring & ranking: https://docs.google.com/…/1gmXkLlYIUEMN19fyhO7x…/edit…