All dojo’s have received the following information:

The Belgian Kendo Championships are confirmed and subscriptions are now open! They will be held in Seneffe Sunday the 14th of April 2024.

Please fill in the form (1 per dojo!) to register your members for the championships.

Subscription deadline: 31/03/2024
Subscription link: https://form.jotform.com/ABKF/abkf-bkc-registration

Examination subscription link: https://forms.gle/sTvsj1LHhh154FD19 

All participants have to be regular registered members of BKR or VKIJF and follow the official ABKF and EKF rules.

As last year, there will be no team competition on this day (it will be held at a later date).

We will also have examinations from 1st kyu up until 5th dan after the championships.

Congratulations to Wesley Haeke for his achievement in kendo ! We are proud to announce that Wesley Haeke passed 7th Dan during the kendo referee seminar gradings, held on February 4th in Brussels.

Belgium, Brussels Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th of February 2024

It is with sadness that we inform you that Otsubo sensei Kyoshi 7th dan Kendo passed away.

He had been helping during the winter seminar in Belgium for more than 20 years. We thanks him for his involvement in the Kendo development in Belgium.

All our condolences to his family, students and friends, may he rest in peace!

Please remember him at your next keiko

Dear Kendoka,

Date and information for the BKC 2024 are online: https://www.abkfevents.be/belgium-kendo-dan-championships/

Date: 14 April 2024

UPDATE!!! NEW LOCATION due to unforeseen technical issues !!!!
New location: Maison Provinciale des Sports, Rue de Saint-Antoine, 7021 Mons

Lock the date 😉

Dear Iaidoka,

Date and information for the BIC 2024 are online: https://www.abkfevents.be/seminars-events/bic/

Date: 19 May 2024

Location: Centre Sportif Blocry
Place des Sports 1
1348 Ottignies Louvain-la-Neuve

For Referee registration, participation at the 24 April Referee Seminar in Ternat is required.

Lock the dates 😉

Dear Iaidoka,

Dates for the Iaido Summer seminar 2024 has been confirmed: 23-24-25 August 2024

Location: Centre Sportif Blocry Place des Sports 1, 1348 Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

Already Lock the dates. More information coming soon 😉

More info: https://www.abkfevents.be/abkf-iaido-summer-seminar-2024/

ABKF Winter Seminar 2023 Leaflet with Word of the ABKF President Serge Hendrickx and all useful information. You can also download it here: https://www.abkfevents.be/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/LeafletWinterSeminar122023.pdf

During the EIC in Munich everybody in Individuals passed the pools to go in the knockout phase.

In the NIDAN category Efi Bakoura made it until the semi final and got a Bronze medal.

In the SANDAN category Pramit Basu made it also to the semi final, and also won a Bronze medal and Maya Boujraf got the fighting spirit award.

In the GODAN category  Jonathan Vandenbussche made it to the semi finals and Nicolas Pauwelyn made it until the final. So Bronze medal for Jonathan, and Silver medal for Nicolas.

On the second day the team championships occurred. Our Belgian team came out of the pools as second. Pool was with Switzerland and Poland. They went until the quarter finals, but we lost from Spain by only one flag. Then Spain won against Greece in the semi finals, and lost in the finals from Italy.

To finish not less than 8 candidates were presenting their grades and they all passed with 2 new 6th dan in Belgium: Nicolas Pauwelyn & Jonathan Vandenbussche

Congratulations to all
See you all next year in Sweden

Dear practitioners,

Registration for the Winter Seminar is CLOSED.

https://www.abkfevents.be/seminar/winter2023/