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Small samurai will become great

Posted onFebruary 1, 2023February 1, 2023
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Seminar in Israel 2023

Posted onDecember 30, 2022December 30, 2022
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Hot hearts in the Winter City

Posted onDecember 30, 2022December 30, 2022
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A Canadian practicer visiting France

Posted onDecember 2, 2022December 2, 2022
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NNR National practice

Posted onDecember 2, 2022December 2, 2022
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Seminar in Canada

Posted onOctober 30, 2022October 30, 2022
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12 th European Championships in Brussels

Posted onOctober 30, 2022October 30, 2022
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German Championship 2022

Posted onAugust 28, 2022September 3, 2022
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Italy is Present

Posted onAugust 28, 2022August 28, 2022
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Belgian Championship

Posted onJuly 31, 2022July 31, 2022
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Trip to Portugal

Posted onJuly 31, 2022July 31, 2022
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Naginata summer camp in Switzerland

Posted onJuly 31, 2022July 31, 2022
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Seminar with Takami Matsumoto Tanner sensei in Tallinn. Naginata connects the continents.

Posted onJuly 31, 2022July 31, 2022
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A little seminar in Obernai

Posted onJune 26, 2022June 26, 2022
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“You should bring engi into your shiai and shiai into your engi” Takami Tanner sensei

Posted onJune 26, 2022June 26, 2022
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a Nidan, as hot as a French fry stand

Posted onJune 26, 2022June 26, 2022
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A souvenir comes back to me

Posted onJune 2, 2022June 2, 2022
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Un Marseillais au Canada

Posted onMay 30, 2022May 30, 2022
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2022 Nichibukan Naginata Seminar & Yamauchi Tournament

Posted onApril 30, 2022April 30, 2022
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When naginata helps a good cause

Posted onApril 30, 2022April 30, 2022
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Inspiration by an Italian practicer

Posted onMarch 30, 2022April 7, 2022
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Coupe Tokunaga 2022 – Naginata between the Rhine and the Seine

Posted onFebruary 28, 2022February 28, 2022
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How are things in Estonia

Posted onFebruary 27, 2022February 27, 2022
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First Time At Tokunaga cup

Posted onFebruary 27, 2022February 27, 2022
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Tips for practicing alone

Posted onFebruary 27, 2022February 27, 2022
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ENF seminar in Brussels 2021

Posted onNovember 30, 2021November 30, 2021
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The evolution of martial arts schools in Japan

Posted onJuly 31, 2021July 31, 2021
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WHY NAGINATA….

Posted onJune 30, 2021June 30, 2021
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My everywhere dojo

Posted onJune 30, 2021June 30, 2021
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Little bag made yourself

Posted onMay 31, 2021May 23, 2021
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First step in Naginata

Posted onMarch 31, 2021March 31, 2021
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Beyond swinging the stick – an invitation for a deep dive into the cultural and historical facettes of Naginata

Posted onMarch 31, 2021April 29, 2021
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We keep on practicing, no matter if that’s in online training sessions or in Naginata-theory lessons

Posted onMarch 31, 2021March 31, 2021
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A Canadian practicer visiting France

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 …

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Posted onDecember 2, 2022December 2, 2022
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NNR National practice

Posted onDecember 2, 2022December 2, 2022

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 …

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Seminar in Canada

Posted onOctober 30, 2022October 30, 2022

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 …

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12 th European Championships in Brussels

Posted onOctober 30, 2022October 30, 2022

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 …

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German Championship 2022

Posted onAugust 28, 2022September 3, 2022

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 …

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Italy is Present

Posted onAugust 28, 2022August 28, 2022

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 …

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Belgian Championship

Posted onJuly 31, 2022July 31, 2022

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. …

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Trip to Portugal

Posted onJuly 31, 2022July 31, 2022

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 …

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Naginata summer camp in Switzerland

Posted onJuly 31, 2022July 31, 2022

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 …

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

Posted onJuly 31, 2022July 31, 2022

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 …

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A little seminar in Obernai

Posted onJune 26, 2022June 26, 2022

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, …

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

Posted onJune 26, 2022June 26, 2022

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 …

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a Nidan, as hot as a French fry stand

Posted onJune 26, 2022June 26, 2022

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 …

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A souvenir comes back to me

Posted onJune 2, 2022June 2, 2022

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 …

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Un Marseillais au Canada

Posted onMay 30, 2022May 30, 2022

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 …

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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 …

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When naginata helps a good cause

Posted onApril 30, 2022April 30, 2022

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 …

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Inspiration by an Italian practicer

Posted onMarch 30, 2022April 7, 2022

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 …

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Coupe Tokunaga 2022 – Naginata between the Rhine and the Seine

Posted onFebruary 28, 2022February 28, 2022

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 …

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How are things in Estonia

Posted onFebruary 27, 2022February 27, 2022

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. …

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First Time At Tokunaga cup

Posted onFebruary 27, 2022February 27, 2022

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. …

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Tips for practicing alone

Posted onFebruary 27, 2022February 27, 2022

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 …

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ENF seminar in Brussels 2021

Posted onNovember 30, 2021November 30, 2021

Text: Marie-Luise Göbel The first and long-awaited ENF seminar since the beginning of the Covid 19 pandemic was connected to great expectations. There were seven …

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The evolution of martial arts schools in Japan

Posted onJuly 31, 2021July 31, 2021

While today we find it easy to divide the Japanese martial arts to “koryu” (pre- 1868 meiji restoration martial art schools) and “gendai budo” (martial …

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WHY NAGINATA….

Posted onJune 30, 2021June 30, 2021

by Denis Fumagalli pictures from Tyl Dermine Hi everyone! I was asked if I could make a little article about how I came to practice …

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My everywhere dojo

Posted onJune 30, 2021June 30, 2021

by Emmanuel Dayre, picture selected by David D’hose from INF 1995 program When the air we were used to Got so deadly tough and rough …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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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