The relation between Nakakura sensei and the Belgian Kendo Federation (BKR) has a long history…This famous teacher was one of the members of a group of
Japanese high level Kendo teachers whom visited Europe, especially for Kendo, for the first time in September 1969.
In 1977, he came back again to attend the European Kendo Championships held in Brussels together with other famous teachers as Ishihara Tadayoshi sensei, Oka Kenjiro sensei and Matsunaga Masami sensei.
Several years later (1992), with the help of Hirakawa Nobuo sensei from Meiji University, he will join Brussels every year in December to supervise an important European Kendo and Iaido seminar and team competition called “Nakakura Cup”. This competition, since its start in 1992, continued growing year after year and became one of the leading Kendo tournaments in Europe.
Since the beginning a female individual championship was added to this team tournament with the support of Hirakawa sensei. Many other famous Japanese teachers joined the annual delegation such as Inoue sensei, Fukuda sensei, Yamazaki sensei, Oda sensei, Sueno sensei, Furuichi sensei, Itoh sensei, Ohtsubo sensei and many others.
| Tribute to Nakakura sensei |
| The personal antecedents of Kiyoshi Nakakura sensei |
| 1910-September-24 |
Born in Kagoshima Prefecture |
| 1929-March | Graduated from the Daidokan Budo School at Kagoshima City |
| 1930-May | Entranced into the Yushinnkan of Hakudo Nakayama sen |
| 1931-April | Employed for the Imperial Guards |
| 1934-September | Kendo master for Tokyo Shouka University’s Kendo Club |
| 1946-July | Assistant police inspector of the Imperial Guards |
| 1947-June | Police inspector of the Metropolitan Police Board |
| 1953-May | Technical officer of the Prefecture Police of Kagoshima |
| 1960-April | Chairman of the board of trustees for the Kagoshima Prefecture Kendo Federation Trustee for the All Japan Kendo Federation |
| 1963-April | Director for the All Japan Kendo Federation |
| 1964-April | Trustee for the All Japan Kendo Federation |
| 1966-August | Professor for the Police School for the Kanto district |
| 1968-June | Councilor for the Tokyo Kendo Federation |
| 1971-April | Kendo master for Hitotsubashi University’s Kendo Club |
| 1975-April | Kendo master for the Higashimurayama City Kendo Federation |
| 1976-July | Professor emeritus for the Police School for the Kanto district |
| 1977-June | Councilor for the All Japan Kendo Federation Kendo master for Chuô University’s Kendo Club |
| 1979-July | Director for the International Kendo Federation |
| 1980-April | Kendo master for the Defense Medical Academy’s Kendo Club |
| 1990-June | Adviser for the All Japan Kendo Federation |
| 1991-June | Adviser for the Tokyo Kendo Federation |
| 1995-April | Lecture for the Police Academy |
Achievements of Kiyoshi Nakakura sensei
| 1931-June | Championship Tournament All Metropolitan Police Board vs. All Imperial Guards | Winner |
| 1933-November | Meiji Jingû Tournament | Winner |
| 1954-May | Kyoto Tournament | Winner |
| 1954-October | All Japan Kendo Championships | 3rd place |
| 1954-November | All Japan East-West Kendo Tournament | Winner |
| 1955-December | All Japan East-West Kendo Tournament | Winner |
| 1956-April | All Japan East-West Kendo Tournament | Winner |
| 1957-April | All Japan East-West Kendo Tournament | Winner |
| 1963-March | All Japan East-West Kendo Tournament | Winner |
| 1966-July | All Japan East-West Kendo Tournament | Winner |
| 1967-September | All Japan East-West Kendo Tournament | Winner |
| 1957-October | All Kyushû Kendo Championships for Each Dan | Winner |
| 1962-October | National Athletic Meet for Kendo | Winner |
Receiving prizes
| 1954 | Prize from the chairman of the Kagoshima Prefecture Athletic Association |
| 1957 | Cultural Prize South Japan |
| 1958 | West Japan Sports Prize |
| 1959 | Prize from the head officer of the Prefecture Police of Kagoshima |
| 1962 | Prize from the Governor of Kagoshima Prefecture |
| 1963 | South Japan Sorts Prize |
| 1974 | Commendation from the Police of the Kanto district |
| 1976 | Commendation from Police |
| 1984 | Commendation from Brazil |
| 1990 | Honorary Citizen from Dallas City in U.S.A. |
| 1993 | Appreciating from the New York’s Mayor |
Kendo
Grade
| 1939 | Kendo Kyoshi |
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| 1959 | Kendo 8th dan | |
| 1962 | Kendo Hanshi | |
| 1978 | Kendo 9th dan | |
| 1978 | Iaido Hanshi | |
| 1983 | Iaido 9th dan |
