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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Ever since I was a young girl I have been fascinated by Japanese culture. If I believed in reincarnation, which I don´t, I might have …
In Finland, we have been lucky: unlike many other countries, we have not had complete lockdowns even during the hardest times of the pandemic. But …
by Rachel HM from Great Britain My heart is warm when I reflect on how the ENF has continued to grow since Great Britain joined, …
by Francis Arnold from Great Britain I remember, not long after I started Naginata many years ago, having conversations with Japanese people about how I …
A Canadian reflects on a year-long naginata experience in Great Britain by Milton Chow It has been a whole year that I’ve spent in Great …
It was always my dream to have a dojo in my home. I kept telling my wife: “When I’ll build a house, I want to …
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 …
In January 2020 we begun preparing to the European Naginata Championship that was supposed to happen in Sweden. As there was a plan to have …
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 …