It is in Modena that the CIK, in collaboration with the European Naginata Federation, organized the 13th European Naginata Championships this year. So, in early …
by Daria Litunenko, On the last weekend of August, a traditional naginata seminar was held in Moscow, organizedby the kendo and naginata club Kaminarikan.I think …
by Joe Hafner WEMAC Schaffhausen is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. For this occasion, the members of WEMAC Schaffhausen organized a two-day event featuring …
by David D’hose As the European Championships approached, François Dermine, our technical director, proposed a shinpan training workshop in Brussels at the beginning of July. …
by Conny Izquierdo When I saw the invitation issued by the Associação Portuguesa de Naginata (the Portuguese Naginata Federation) for a Seminar, Kyû Examinations and …
By Jeremy Chevaux From May 18 to 28, 2023, I had the chance to return to Japan for the third time in my life. This …
by Jeremy Chevaux For once, I wake up before the alarm that was supposed to wake me. It’s still early, but a long journey awaits …
By Mark Berghaan The last time I visited Japan was in 2019. That last time I had gone to join the Renshi exam that is …
I had the chance to discover another aspect of our beautiful martial art during an initiation organized in Brussels on Friday, March 23rd by MAJ …
By Jonas Stock This years German Championship was a first in a few regards: First of all it was the first time the Dojo of …
by Daniela Moroncelli From 15th to 16th of April Italy was honoured to host the Naginata seminar with Sumi Kaoru sensei in Florence. It was …
bys Sophia Judkins Stockholm hosted the Swedish naginata championship April 1st in Sundbyberg this year. The two naginata clubs, FSKA and KFUM Uppsala Naginata, were …
By Joe Hafner It’s day 14 of my travels in Japan. I left Kyushu behind the day before, taking the train from Beppu via Okayama …
by Sabrina Semião Once upon a time there was a Naginata seminar in the Netherlands… Some of you (very few to be honest) know it, …
By Loic Delalande Whispers, barely audible words, can still be heard coming from the nearby locker roomby the newcomers.In the half-light of the training room, …
by Tyl Dermine In early spring 2023 I was visiting Ellery sensei as well as teaching and refereeing at the East Coast Naginata Federation Taikai. …
By Dylan Vellut It is after a torrential rain, 4 train connections, 4h30 of travel and 2 sudokus on the back of a newspaper to …
by Ines Klose Naginataka from all dojos of the DNagB (German Naginata Federation/Organization) had been there: in mid-March, they met at a seminar in Berlin …
By Stefano Carlini Naples is a very special Italian city. Founded by the Greeks 2,500 years ago, for centuries it has been the capital of …
While we all love practicing naginata, for the vast majority of us it is a recreational sport. Most of us have a limited professional sportive …
A few days ago, I have returned from one of the most exciting trips I had in the recent years. In the 29th of January, …
It is in Nanterre that was held the weekend of January 21 and 22 the different tournaments of the Tokunaga, Jacques Mercier and Simone Charton …
The sports hall was old, placed on a hill in the middle of a small settlement. Inside, about 25 people dressed in old fashioned Aikido …
Naginata in Estonia is gaining momentum. We are very pleased and proud to announce that we are finishing this year with dignity. On December 17th …
To those who have never met me, my name is Dan Bouchard, I am a naginata player from western Canada. I took some time to …
On Sunday 27th of November the Nederlandse Naginata Renmei had a Central (National) practice hosted by Erasmus University Naginata Club.The practice started at 11:00 am and …
by David D’hose It is with great pleasure that I went to Canada this October 2022 at the invitation of the Canadian Naginata Federation. It …
by David D’hose It was a memorable moment to meet again in Brussels in September 2022 for this event nicely organized by the Belgian Federation …
By Cornelia Izquierdo Exciting fights at the 17th German Naginata Championship in Leverkusen This year’s Naginata Championship was exceptional in more than one aspect: After …
By Emanuele Giberna These pandemic years have been hard for everyone. Also the Italian Naginata, like others, has suffered. In February 2020 we had to …
By Jessica and Stefano On July 9, the Belgian championships took place. For Jessica (4th kyu) and Stefano (6 kyu), it was the first time. …
by Laurence Dumonceau Have you ever gone on holiday alone? If you have never done so, I advise you to do so: you are totally …
by Joe Hafner It’s us again – the Swiss Naginata Federation from Schaffhausen. After a great start in February 2022 at the Tokunaga Cup we …
by Aleksandra Kivisalu Two years ago, in the summer of 2020, in the midst of the worldwide depression caused by the Covid pandemic, the Estonian …
by Marie-Luise Göbel On 4th-5th of June a Naginata/Kendo seminar took place in Obernai, France under the guidance of David D’hose Renshi and Tyl Dermine, …
by Kirsi Hoglund Sweden hosted a seminar with Takami sensei, 5 dan renshi, on June 11th-12th . The focus of the seminar was supposedlybe bogu, but …
by Dylan Vellut Never would a grade change have been so significant: Shodan since 2019, it will have taken 2 years and 6 months of …
The night falls, the full moon rises on our right, huge and bright. It accompanies us along the road that brings us each one back …
by Jérémy Frandon I came to Canada to study. After graduating high school in Marseille, France, where I had lived until then, I enrolled at …
It is always a pleasure when we are called to animate a seminar and to participate in the refereeing of a tournament, especially if it …
On a beautiful Easter Sunday, the Belgian naginata team was invited to participate to a demonstration. But it was not just a simple demonstration, this …
by Stefano Carlini translation by Yolanda TO KNOW THE NAME OF THINGS AND NOT KNOW THEIR MEANING IS USELESS TO KNOW THE MEANING OF THINGS …
by Susanne Koch It’s never wrong to have a healthy exchange between different people. In conversation you get a different point of view or sometimes …
by Aleksandra Kivisalu The past few years have been eventful for us. We have registered the Estonian Naginata Federation, which now even includes two clubs. …
by Gur Nedzvetsky, A few weeks ago I had the honor of joining the Tokunaga Cup, an annual event organized by the french naginata community. …
by Ingo Põder Over the last two years most of naginata practicioners have had a periods of training alone, which has been less fun and …
Dear naginata practitioners, I’m sure you all have at least one naginata bags, an armor bag and many other things like that… But do you …
When I learnt Estonia had recently joined the Naginata congregation, I was very happy to hear about it. This immediately triggered fond memories of how …
The current pandemic has made conventional naginata practice impossible in many places over most of the last months. Even outdoor practice for groups was prohibited …
We keep on practicing, no matter if that’s in online training sessions or in Naginata-theory lessons
Unfortunately, no regular Naginata training is possible in Germany at the moment. And so we need a good head for improvisation. That’s why some naginata-ka …