The 15th iaido championships organised this year by the BKR took place sunday 27/05/2012 in Louvain-La-Neuve (Blocry) and started at 10:30 sharp. The hall had been nicely prepared with 2 shiaijo and a warming-up area.
6 referees were appointed for each shiaijo (A & B) which made it possible to switch on a regular base. As the matches went on, soon it became as hot inside the hall, as it was outside …
The morning competition ended at 13:00 and we could restart at 14:30 with the finals and Embu taikai for 5 dan. We did not have enough 6th Dan and up referees, that is why an alternative competition had been worked out : 10 competitors (2 from each division) were invited to watch the Embu of the 8x 5th Dan and to write down 3 numbers in order of preference. This allowed us to make a final result. Starting from next year it is the plan to organise a regular 5th Dan competition as well.
After this we had some 14 examination candidates, an embu of the 6th & 7th dan and the awards ceremony.
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MUDAN 1.CROES KIM 2.VAN ISVELDT JAN 3.GELDHOF FELIX 3.COOL STEVEN FS HEUNGENS DAAN |
SHODAN 1. VIJVERMAN IVAN 2. ILBERT ARNAUD 3. DE VOGELAS DIDIER 3. IVENS DAVE FS IVENS DAVE |
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NIDAN 1. VERVACK VALENTIN 2. DE ROOVER CHRISTOF 3. BEERNAERS HANS 3. VANDERBIEST ROWAN FS ARNOU MAARTEN |
SANDAN 1. VANDENBUSSCHE JONATHAN 2. DEBLOCK MARJAN 3. DEBOOM TOM 3. LOOZEN LAURENS FS VLAD LIVIU |
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YONDAN 1. VLAMINCK JULIEN 2. SNYERS STEPHANE |
GODAN 1. SIMONINI MICHAEL 2. DEFRAEYE LUC 3. KANTO YUKI FS HEIRMAN ALBERT |
Thank you to the organisers who did so well, to the referees who did a nice job, and to all the competitors who gave their best.
P.Demuynck
