What : The ENF Championship and Seminar
All the seminars and tournaments will be held in the sport hall of the French speaking University of Brussels (ULB)
Where : ULB sport hall
Address : 87a Adolphe Buyl Avenue, 1050 Brussels
Public transport access : http://www.ulb.ac.be/campus/solbosch/docs/stib-solbosch.pdf
Tram : 7, 25 and 94
BUS : 71 and 72
Parking with car in the neighborough streets is not free, please check the panels !
So we recommend you to enter the University parking (which is free) following the instructions here under.
What: Shinpan Meeting and Manager Meeting
The shinpan meeting is a meeting held for all the shinpan involved in the tournament under the direction of the shinpan-cho. The objective is to remind the important point to focus during the different championship and which shinpan will be in charge of which part of the tournament.
The manager meeting is a meeting where a representative of all country is expected by the ENF technical manager to review the rules of the tournament and the way the championship will run.
Where: Cafeteria of the main sport hall (E1)
The cafeteria of the main hall is accessible from the main sport hall. There is an entrance on the ground level outside but the door is locked so you need to ask someone inside to open the door from inside or enter with a responsible that have the key.
When: Friday 28th of October
The Shinpan meeting will be held from 16:00 to 17:00 and the manager meeting will take place write after that at the same place from 17:00 till 18:00.
All the official Shinpan are expected at the Shinpan meeting:
Yasuko Kimura, Yasui Midori, Toyoko Narita, Cécile Hamot, Martine Deschamps, Mark Berghaan, David D’hose, Jakob Ryngen, Alain Guillaume, Kirsi Höglund, Lisa Sander, Charlotte Vandersleyen, Marc Appelmans.
One official representative per country is expected at the manager meeting.
What: The Naginata check
This is the official moment when you can do the naginata check of your naginata before the tournament. You will not be authorize to participate to the championship with a naginata that will not fit the following conditions:
- The naginata e-bu should be made of oak
- The naginata ha-bu should be made of bamboo
- The total length must be between 2,10 and 2,25 m
- The total weight cannot be under 650 gr
- The sendan-maki should 15cm with 1cm of tape at each end anchor it, this making a total length of 17 cm
- Kissaki and ishizuki must be attached to the naginata with uncolored tape
Where: The dojo
In the building of the main sport hall there is a room named the dojo, where karate and judo people train on tatami. This room will be used for the naginata check on Friday.
When: Friday the 28th of October from 15:00 to 17:00
We do realize that it won’t be easy for everybody to check their naginata at that moment so there will be a table for naginata check in the tournament hall on Saturday and Sunday before the championship.
What: The Welcome Party
To start this great event the European Naginata Federation organize a Welcome party to raise glasses in honor to the 25th anniversary of our Federation and all the peoples who have contributed to the success of it.
Where: The room E5
This event will take place in a building of the university next to the main sport hall. It will be in another sport room named E5 that you will easily find with arrows.
When: Friday the 28th of October from 18:30 to 21:00
The door will be open at 18:30 and many peoples will already be there after checking their naginata or assisting the manager or the shinpan meeting.
This welcome party will stop a little early as the 2 next day will be pretty intensive but we will have another time to celebrate at the sayonara party.
What: The 10th European Championship
Well you all came for this so no big surprise over this schedule. This is the 10th European Naginata Championship and we are really happy to receive the 12 members of ENF and two external federations to the goodwill.
Hope you will all enjoy these two days.
Where: The Main sport Hall (E1)
The main hall was the place where the last ENF seminar was held with Sunagawa sensei. There will be a dozen of helpers with orange tee shirts that you should be able to recognize easily.
This scheme gives you an idea of how the room will look like:
When: Saturday the 29th and Sunday the 30th of October
What: The Sayonara Party
After a long and amazing championship, everybody will certainly love to join a party. We have choose a nice restaurant close from the sport center. A little group will walk from the sport center to there, it’s 10 minutes away.
Where: The Tennis Club du Bois de la Cambre
Address :
Square du Vieux Tilleul
1050 Bruxelles
When: after the championship
Sunday the 30th of October from 19:00 till the end of the night we will celebrate the participant and the ENF anniversary.
What: The ENF Seminar
The championship will be followed by a two days seminar lead by Japanese senseis.
Where: The Main sport Hall (E1)
The main hall was the place where the last ENF was hold with Sunagawa sensei. The lunch time will be in the cafeteria next to it with sandwich that you have previously ordered.
When: Monday the 31st and the Tuesday the 1st of November
What: The ENF General Assembly
As every year during our ENF event we have a GA with the board and maximum 2 representatives of each country members.
Where: In the administrative building of the ULB sport
As the previous year it will be held on the meeting room of administrative building of the ULB sport
Address:
Avenue Buyl, 105
1050 Brussels
When: Monday the 31st October
This meeting will be held after the seminar at 18:00 till 21:00 pm
The participant will eat during the meeting.
What: The written exam
The people who are registered for a Dan examination will have to do a written exam.
Where: Cafeteria of the main sport hall (E1)
The cafeteria of the main hall is accessible from the main sport hall. There is an entrance on the ground level outside but the door is locked so you need to ask someone inside to open the door for from inside or enter with a responsible that have the key.
When: Monday the 31st October
Just after dinner from 13:00 to 14:00 pm
What: The grades examinations
People registered for kyu and dan examination
Where: The Main sport Hall (E1)
The main hall was the place where the last ENF seminar was held with Sunagawa sensei. The grading
When: Tuesday the 1st of November
The exams will take place after lunch from 14:00 pm to 17:00 pm