by Jonathan Gerlache In 1853, Commodore Perry’s “Black Ships” forced Japan to end its over two centuries of self-imposed isolation (sakoku). The following year, Japan …
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For this year’s article on the PSV-Mainz’s yearly beginner Seminar and Tournament – the Inazuma – two people from different Dojo share their experience. First …
by Joe Hafner A year ago, I packed my bogu and along with my other belongings and moved from a small town in Switzerland to …
by David D’hose As every year, we attended the spring training camp organized by Nederlandse Naginata Renmei . This year, it took place in Utrecht, …
by Jan Hrback From 13 to 17 August 2025, the Prague-based club Naginata Gorenkai organized the second Czech national camp in the town of Cesky …
by Hugo S. & Héloïse T. In July 2025, the annual INF seminar was held in Matsuyama, Japan. Taking advantage of this opportunity to travel …
By Heino Minnema When I started practicing traditional Japanese martial arts, I quickly ran into a problem: there weren’t many good training weapons available.Since I …
by Alexandre Cyprien-Scerri While the 8th World Naginata Championship was going on in Boulder, Colorado, a very different event was taking place in Paris : …
by Adil Tleubayev Abstract. I traveled 5200 km, 10 hours of flight, trained for 2 weeks in different dojos in Europe and still did not …
by Simon Bruins This month, I visited Taiwan for the second time. The main purpose of my trip was to visit my girlfriend’s family for …