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France National Championship

Posted onMay 28, 2023May 28, 2023
ENF Member in Japan NNR News Uncategorized

Report about my trip to Japan for the Renshi exam

Posted onMay 18, 2023May 18, 2023
Uncategorized

Naginata in Noh

Posted onMay 5, 2023May 5, 2023
DNAGB News Seminar Tournament

German Championship 2023

Posted onApril 30, 2023April 30, 2023
CIK News Seminar

NAGINATA SEMINAR IN FLORENCE WITH SUMI KAORU SENSEI

Posted onApril 30, 2023April 30, 2023
SKF News Tournament

Swedish Championship 2023

Posted onApril 18, 2023April 18, 2023
ENF Member in Japan SNF News

A Swiss between Kyushu and Shikoku

Posted onApril 15, 2023April 16, 2023
NNR News Seminar

Seminar with Narita sensei in Netherlands

Posted onApril 13, 2023April 16, 2023
CNK News Seminar

Naginata susurros

Posted onApril 13, 2023April 16, 2023
Seminar Tournament

ENC Taikai 2023 – NYC

Posted onApril 7, 2023April 16, 2023
DNAGB News Tournament

Benkei cup 2023

Posted onMarch 31, 2023April 16, 2023
DNAGB News Seminar

A weekend full of experience

Posted onMarch 30, 2023April 16, 2023
CIK News Seminar

Naginata Eng

Posted onMarch 25, 2023April 16, 2023
ENF Member in Japan ISRNF News

Training methodology

Posted onFebruary 25, 2023April 16, 2023
ENF Member in Japan ISRNF News

Yondan examination

Posted onFebruary 25, 2023April 16, 2023
CNK News

Small samurai will become great

Posted onFebruary 1, 2023April 16, 2023
ISRNF News Seminar Tournament

Seminar in Israel 2023

Posted onDecember 30, 2022April 16, 2023
EENF News Seminar Tournament

Hot hearts in the Winter City

Posted onDecember 30, 2022April 16, 2023
CIK News

A Canadian practicer visiting France

Posted onDecember 2, 2022April 16, 2023
NNR News

NNR National practice

Posted onDecember 2, 2022April 16, 2023
Seminar Tournament

Seminar in Canada

Posted onOctober 30, 2022April 16, 2023
Official ENF Seminar Tournament

12 th European Championships in Brussels

Posted onOctober 30, 2022April 16, 2023
DNAGB News Seminar Tournament

German Championship 2022

Posted onAugust 28, 2022April 16, 2023
CIK News Seminar

Italy is Present

Posted onAugust 28, 2022April 16, 2023
ABNF News Seminar Tournament

Belgian Championship

Posted onJuly 31, 2022April 16, 2023
APNAGI News

Trip to Portugal

Posted onJuly 31, 2022April 16, 2023
Seminar SNF News

Naginata summer camp in Switzerland

Posted onJuly 31, 2022April 16, 2023
EENF News Seminar

Seminar with Takami Matsumoto Tanner sensei in Tallinn. Naginata connects the continents.

Posted onJuly 31, 2022April 16, 2023
CNK News Seminar

A little seminar in Obernai

Posted onJune 26, 2022April 16, 2023
Seminar SKF News

“You should bring engi into your shiai and shiai into your engi” Takami Tanner sensei

Posted onJune 26, 2022April 16, 2023
CNK News Seminar

a Nidan, as hot as a French fry stand

Posted onJune 26, 2022April 16, 2023
CNK News Tournament

A souvenir comes back to me

Posted onJune 2, 2022April 16, 2023
Around the Naginata

Un Marseillais au Canada

Posted onMay 30, 2022April 16, 2023
ENF Member News News

2022 Nichibukan Naginata Seminar & Yamauchi Tournament

Posted onApril 30, 2022April 30, 2022
ABNF News

When naginata helps a good cause

Posted onApril 30, 2022April 17, 2023
CIK News

Inspiration by an Italian practicer

Posted onMarch 30, 2022April 17, 2023
CNK News SNF News Tournament

Coupe Tokunaga 2022 – Naginata between the Rhine and the Seine

Posted onFebruary 28, 2022April 17, 2023
EENF News

How are things in Estonia

Posted onFebruary 27, 2022April 17, 2023
CNK News ISRNF News Tournament

First Time At Tokunaga cup

Posted onFebruary 27, 2022April 17, 2023
EENF News

Tips for practicing alone

Posted onFebruary 27, 2022April 17, 2023
News Newsletter

Little bag made yourself

Posted onMay 31, 2021May 23, 2021
News Newsletter Official ENF

First step in Naginata

Posted onMarch 31, 2021March 31, 2021
News Newsletter

Beyond swinging the stick – an invitation for a deep dive into the cultural and historical facettes of Naginata

Posted onMarch 31, 2021April 29, 2021
ENF Member News News

We keep on practicing, no matter if that’s in online training sessions or in Naginata-theory lessons

Posted onMarch 31, 2021March 31, 2021
DNAGB News, Seminar, Tournament

German Championship 2023

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 ENF President
Posted onApril 30, 2023April 30, 2023
CIK News, Seminar

NAGINATA SEMINAR IN FLORENCE WITH SUMI KAORU SENSEI

Posted onApril 30, 2023April 30, 2023

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 …

SKF News, Tournament

Swedish Championship 2023

Posted onApril 18, 2023April 18, 2023

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 …

ENF Member in Japan, SNF News

A Swiss between Kyushu and Shikoku

Posted onApril 15, 2023April 16, 2023

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 …

NNR News, Seminar

Seminar with Narita sensei in Netherlands

Posted onApril 13, 2023April 16, 2023

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, …

CNK News, Seminar

Naginata susurros

Posted onApril 13, 2023April 16, 2023

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, …

Seminar, Tournament

ENC Taikai 2023 – NYC

Posted onApril 7, 2023April 16, 2023

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. …

DNAGB News, Tournament

Benkei cup 2023

Posted onMarch 31, 2023April 16, 2023

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 …

DNAGB News, Seminar

A weekend full of experience

Posted onMarch 30, 2023April 16, 2023

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 …

CIK News, Seminar

Naginata Eng

Posted onMarch 25, 2023April 16, 2023

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 …

ENF Member in Japan, ISRNF News

Training methodology

Posted onFebruary 25, 2023April 16, 2023

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 …

ENF Member in Japan, ISRNF News

Yondan examination

Posted onFebruary 25, 2023April 16, 2023

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, …

CNK News

Small samurai will become great

Posted onFebruary 1, 2023April 16, 2023

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 …

ISRNF News, Seminar, Tournament

Seminar in Israel 2023

Posted onDecember 30, 2022April 16, 2023

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 …

EENF News, Seminar, Tournament

Hot hearts in the Winter City

Posted onDecember 30, 2022April 16, 2023

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 …

CIK News

A Canadian practicer visiting France

Posted onDecember 2, 2022April 16, 2023

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 …

NNR News

NNR National practice

Posted onDecember 2, 2022April 16, 2023

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 …

Seminar, Tournament

Seminar in Canada

Posted onOctober 30, 2022April 16, 2023

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 …

Official ENF, Seminar, Tournament

12 th European Championships in Brussels

Posted onOctober 30, 2022April 16, 2023

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 …

DNAGB News, Seminar, Tournament

German Championship 2022

Posted onAugust 28, 2022April 16, 2023

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 …

CIK News, Seminar

Italy is Present

Posted onAugust 28, 2022April 16, 2023

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 …

ABNF News, Seminar, Tournament

Belgian Championship

Posted onJuly 31, 2022April 16, 2023

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. …

APNAGI News

Trip to Portugal

Posted onJuly 31, 2022April 16, 2023

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 …

Seminar, SNF News

Naginata summer camp in Switzerland

Posted onJuly 31, 2022April 16, 2023

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 …

EENF News, Seminar

Seminar with Takami Matsumoto Tanner sensei in Tallinn. Naginata connects the continents.

Posted onJuly 31, 2022April 16, 2023

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 …

CNK News, Seminar

A little seminar in Obernai

Posted onJune 26, 2022April 16, 2023

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, …

Seminar, SKF News

“You should bring engi into your shiai and shiai into your engi” Takami Tanner sensei

Posted onJune 26, 2022April 16, 2023

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 …

CNK News, Seminar

a Nidan, as hot as a French fry stand

Posted onJune 26, 2022April 16, 2023

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 …

CNK News, Tournament

A souvenir comes back to me

Posted onJune 2, 2022April 16, 2023

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 …

Around the Naginata

Un Marseillais au Canada

Posted onMay 30, 2022April 16, 2023

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 …

ENF Member News, News

2022 Nichibukan Naginata Seminar & Yamauchi Tournament

Posted onApril 30, 2022April 30, 2022

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 …

ABNF News

When naginata helps a good cause

Posted onApril 30, 2022April 17, 2023

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 …

CIK News

Inspiration by an Italian practicer

Posted onMarch 30, 2022April 17, 2023

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 …

CNK News, SNF News, Tournament

Coupe Tokunaga 2022 – Naginata between the Rhine and the Seine

Posted onFebruary 28, 2022April 17, 2023

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 …

EENF News

How are things in Estonia

Posted onFebruary 27, 2022April 17, 2023

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. …

CNK News, ISRNF News, Tournament

First Time At Tokunaga cup

Posted onFebruary 27, 2022April 17, 2023

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. …

EENF News

Tips for practicing alone

Posted onFebruary 27, 2022April 17, 2023

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 …

News, Newsletter

Little bag made yourself

Posted onMay 31, 2021May 23, 2021

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 …

News, Newsletter, Official ENF

First step in Naginata

Posted onMarch 31, 2021March 31, 2021

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 …

News, Newsletter

Beyond swinging the stick – an invitation for a deep dive into the cultural and historical facettes of Naginata

Posted onMarch 31, 2021April 29, 2021

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 …

ENF Member News, News

We keep on practicing, no matter if that’s in online training sessions or in Naginata-theory lessons

Posted onMarch 31, 2021March 31, 2021

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 …

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