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Delegation Abroad
Delegation to FIK Asian Zone Referee Seminar FY2007
FIK America zone Kendo Referee Seminar was held on March 29 and 30, 2008
at Esporte Clubu Banespa in Sao Paulo Brazil.
The instructors from FIK Japan are follows.
Mr. Masami Matsunaga, Hanshi 8 Dan
Mr. Masaaki Arimitsu, Hanshi 8 Dan
Mr. Tadahiro Ajiro, Hanshi 8 Dan
The trainees (Brazil=77, U.S.A.=17, Canada=4, Argentina=5, Ecuador=1,
Chile=1, Guatemala) participated the seminar.
On Mar. 29 (Sat.), following to the opening speech by Mr. Matsunaga, head
of instructor and Mr.Kojima , President of CBK and Mr. Tamaki, president
of SAK, Mr. Matsunaga stated about the significance of this seminar, object
of judgment, duty and rules of refereeing.
For 6 Dan and the above, we trained trainees, taking the World Kendo Championships
in consideration, for improving capability and nature for exact judgment.
For 5 Dan and the below, we trained mainly basic points like management
of shiai, judgment of yuko-datotsu, prohibited acts & hansoku and senkoku
& use of Shinpan-ki.
Behaviors for acting, senkoku and use of shinpan-ki have been improved
but it was observed that there are unclear judgments for yuko-datotsu and
hansoku due to lack of experience for actual referee for shiai.
Among the trainees of 7 Dan and the above, there are some who have experience
of referee for World Kendo Championships and they show good posture and
behavior but still hope them to make more efforts to improve judgment of
yuko-datotsu backed up by Concept of Kendo.
Delegation to FIK/EKF European Zone Referee Seminar FY2007
FIK European-zone Kendo Referee Seminar was held on February 9 and 10,
2008 in Brussels, Kingdom of Belgium, as in the past years. Before the
formal seminar, Ji-Geiko for 90 minutes was carried out in the evening
of February 8 joining 105 participants.
The visited FIK instructors of this year were as follows.
Mr. Hitoshi Murakami, Hanshi 8 Dan
Mr. Kiyoharu Kai, Hanshi 8 Dan
Mr. Osamu Asano, Hanshi 8 Dan
Number of formal trainee is 82 from 14 countries but including local players
for referee training, the number of participant is over 120. Following
to the opening message by Mr. Alain Ducarme, President of European Kendo
Federation and Mr.Hitoshi Murakami, This year instructor of International
Kendo Federation,
Mr. Kai spoke to the participants about the aim of this seminar, i.e. making
sincere efforts in improving the referring skills to judge Yuko-Datotsu
correctly and to deal swiftly and properly with prohibition items and positioning
among the referees.
In the morning of second day, the seminar continued mainly reviewing last
day's study and in the after noon the grading examination was held with
the applicants of 96. The results were as shown in the following figures
of success/number of applicants. Shodan 4/4, 2Dan 1/1, 3Dan 3/5, 4Dan 2/15,
5Dan 0/10, 6Dan 7/49 and 7Dan 0/12, Average passage was 17.7%.
As general observation, almost all of the applicants presented an obedient
KENDO and posture, attitude and Datotsu were well appreciated.
We could have wished to do more challenging practice and expect further
devotion.
Delegation to FIK Asian Zone Referee Seminar in Hong Kong FY2007
FIK Asia-zone Kendo Referee Seminar was held on January 27 and 28, 2008
at Stanley Sports Centre in Hong Kong.
In this time, the following Japanese delegation was visited to the Seminar
including 3 FIK instructors (Hanshi).
Mr. Hitoshi Murakami, Hanshi 8 Dan
Mr. Yuji Nakata, Hanshi 8 Dan
Mr. Takao Fujiwara, Hanshi 8 Dan
Mr. Hiroshi Motoyashiki, Kyoshi 8 Dan
Mr. Tatsuaki Kosaka, Kyoshi 8 Dan
Mr. Toru Kamei, Kyoshi 8 Dan
Mr. Arinobu Kurose, Kyoshi 7 Dan
Mr. Junichi Kato, Renshi 7 Dan
Number of trainee was 53 from 6 countries and total attendee was more than
80 including the exhibition match players and local Kendo staffs.
Following to the opening message by Mr. Po Kit Wong, President of Hong
Kong Kendo Association, Mr. Murakami FIK instructor, made a speech representing
instructors. The main point of this seminar was to clarify and ascertain
Yukodatotsu and detail of refereeing.
After 2 days seminar, judging skill of Yukodatotsu has been greatly improved
and confirmed that some trainees are capable for the World Kendo Championship
referee.
Delegation to Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia and Poland
Kendo Instructions & Demonstration in Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia and
Poland ? Sponsored by Japan Foundation. Nov. 6 ? Nov. 19, 2007
AJKF instructors:
Yutaka FURUTA (Kendo Hanshi 8 Dan)
Masaaki ENDO (Kendo Kyoshi 8 Dan)
Shoji MIYAHARA (Kendo Kyoshi 8 Dan)
Tetsuo YOSHIMURA (Kendo Kyoshi 8 Dan)
Serbia: 50 Kenshi joined the seminar and mainly had Basic Technique lessons.
Dan grading has been done and 3 /3 of Shodan, 6/6 of 2 Dan and 4/5 of 3
Dan have been granted. 300 spectators enjoyed the seminar.
Croatia: 87 Kenshi including 1 from Italy joined the seminar
and had lessons for Nihon Kendo Kata Tachi 7 Hon,
Reihou, Basic Technique, Uchikomi and Jigeiko.
Furuta sensei appeared on the local broadcasting
station and had good immediate response from the
listners.
Slovenia: 27 Kenshi including 5 women joined the seminar and
had lessons for Nihon Kendo Kata (mainly Kodachi)
and Jigeiko.
Poland: Furuta sensei made a speech for 36 Japanese students and their parents
at the Warszawa Japanese School.
After the speech many children excited to try striking Men and Dou. 20
Kenshi joined the seminar and 8/8 granted Shodan.
All Poland Kendo Championship was held participating 16 kenshi. 200 spectators
enjoyed the good fights.
T.V. and newspapers reported the activities of the mission and instructors
felt sincere attitude of learning Japanese culture
as well.
**This delegation was financially supported by The Japan Foundation.
Delegation to ASEAN Kendo Tournament in Thailand 2007.
8th ASANA Kendo Tournament was held in Bangkok Thailand on 13th and 14th
Oct. 2007.
The following 6 countries was participated to the tournament.
Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, Brunei
Japanese Delegation, Mr. K. Hayasi, S.Kokubo and Y. Baba ( all 8dan ) were
participated as leading Instructors.
( This delegation was financial supported by Japan Foundation. )
Team Match results are as follows.
Men's Team Match
1st place Thailand
2nd place Indonesia
Ladies Team Match
1st place Thailand
2nd place Singapore
**This delegation was financially supported by The Japan Foundation.
Delegation to FIK Asian Zone Referee Seminar FY2006
FIK Asia-zone Kendo Referee Seminar was held on March 17 and 18, 2007 at
University of Sydney Sports & Aquatic Centre in Sydney Australia. The
visited instructors and trainees from Japan were as follows.
Mr. Eiji Taguchi, Hanshi 8 Dan
Mr. Hitoshi Murakami, Hanshi 8 Dan
Mr. Yuji Nakata, Hanshi 8 Dan
Mr. Mitsuru Hamasaki, Kyoshi 8 Dan
Mr. Noriyasu Makise, Kyoshi 8 Dan
Mr. Nobuhide Sato, Kyoshi 8 Dan
Mr. Arinobu Kurose, Kyoshi 7 Dan
Mr. Junichi Kato, Renshi 7 Dan
Number of trainee was 44 from 7 countries but total attendee was
more than 70 including the exhibition match players and local Kendo fun.
Following to the opening message by Mr. Richard Ward, President of Australian
Kendo Renmei Incorporated, Mr. Taguchi, Managing Director of All Japan
Kendo Federation, made
a speech representing instructors. The main point of this seminar was to
clarify and ascertain Yukodatotsu.
The grading examination was held with the applicants of 7 for the grade
of 5Dan and 6Dan. The results were as shown in the following figures of
success/number of applicants. 5Dan 2/2 and 6Dan 4/7, average passage was
57%.
Worthy of special mention is that through 2 days seminar, judging skill
has been greatly improved and confirmed that some trainees are capable
for the World Kendo Championship referee.
Delegation to FIK American Zone Referee Seminar FY2006
FIK America zone Kendo Referee Seminar was held on March 17 and 18, 2007
at Cabrillo High School in Long Beach California.
The visited instructors from Japan were as follows.
Mr. Shuji Fukumoto, Hanshi 8 Dan
Mr. Minoru Fujii, Hanshi 8 Dan
Mr. Kunio Hayashi, Hanshi 8 Dan
86 trainees (U.S.A.=77, Canada=6, Argentina=2 and Hawaii=1) participated
the seminar. On Mar. 17 (Sat.), following to the opening speech by Mr.
Fukumoto, Vice President of FIK and Mr. Hori, President of AUSKF, Mr. Fukmoto
stated about the significance of this seminar, object of judgment, duty
and rules of referee and ascertaining of Yukodatotsu and Hansoku. Then
Mr. Hayashi instructed referee's behavior, showing of Shinpan-ki and way
of Senkoku. Through demonstration by 13th WKC referee, united view for
Yukodatotsu and Hansoku has been confirmed.
In the afternoon, trainees were divided into two and Mr. Fujii was in charge
of 8 Dan to 6 Dan and Mr. Hayashi was in charge of 5 Dan and 4 Dan. They
instructed referee's positioning, smooth replacement and overlooking of
Yukodatotsu (Men or Kaeshi-Do, Men just after Kaeshi-Kote and unexpected
Waza, etc.). On Mar. 18 (Sun.), mainly reviewing of last day's training
has been done for two groups (43 trainees of 8 Dan to 6 Dan and 43 trainees
of 5 Dan and 4 Dan). It has been emphasized by all instructors that unless
appropriateness and fairness, there is not a qualification as a referee.
Delegation to FIK/EKF European Zone Referee Seminar FY2006
FIK European-zone Kendo Referee Seminar was held on February 10 and 11,
2007 in Brussels, Kingdom of Belgium, as in the past years. Before the
formal seminar, Ji-Geiko for 90 minutes was carried out in the evening
of February 9 joining 120 participants.
The visiting instructors of this year were as follows.
Mr. Shuji Fukumoto, Hanshi 8 Dan
Mr. Eiji Taguchi, Hanshi 8 Dan
Mr. Hitoshi Murakami, Hanshi 8 Dan
Number of formal trainee is 81 from 14 countries but including local players
for referee training, the number of participant is over 120. Following
to the opening message by Mr. Alain Ducarme, President of European Kendo
Federation and Mr. Shuji Fukumoto, Vice president on International Kendo
Federation,
Mr. Taguchi spoke to the participants about the aim of this seminar, i.e.
making sincere efforts in improving the referring skills to judge Yuko-Datotsu
correctly and to deal swiftly and properly with prohibition items and positioning
among the referees.
In the morning of second day, the seminar continued mainly reviewing last
day's study and in the after noon the grading examination was held with
the applicants of 95. The results were as shown in the following figures
of success/number of applicants. Shodan 6/8, 2Dan 7/9, 3Dan 5/9, 4Dan 3/12,
5Dan 1/6, 6Dan 7/40 and 7Dan 3/11, Average passage was 33.7%.
As general observation, almost all of the applicants presented an obedient
KENDO and posture, attitude and Datotsu were well appreciated.
We could have wished to do more challenging practice and expect further
devotion.
AJKF delegation visit to China and Mongolia
Delegation to Beijing
With financial support by the Japan Foundation, AJKF dispatched a delegation
consisting of the following Kendo experts to China and Mongolia on June
16 through June 26, 2006. They visited Beijing, Ulaanbaatar, and Shanghai
for conducting both seminar and grading examination.
Mr. Kiyomitsu Goto, Hanshi 8 Dan
Mr. Osamu Asano, Hanshi 8 Dan
Mr. Michio Wakimoto, Kyoshi 8 Dan
Mr. Arinobu Kurose, Kyoshi 7 Dan (FIK/AJKF office manager)
Beijing
In the opening ceremony of the Kendo seminar of more than 100 participants
on June 17, Mr. Goto, the chief instructor, stressed that Kendo practitioners
pursue authentic Kendo with the concept of Kendo, and they were happy to
help the Chinese people develop such a Kendo which is growing vigorously.
Kendo started in China some 10 years ago by Japanese people stationing
there. Now some 800 people in Beijing enjoy practice it in some 10 Kendo
clubs. Mr. Fujita, Beijing Branch Manager of the Japan Foundation joined
the opening ceremony. How to improve their skills was instructed on the
morning session, and Kendo-kata on the afternoon. On the following morning,
grading examinations of 1st Kyu to 3 Dan were conducted as that authorized
by FIK. The result was shown as follows,
No.
of applicants No. of success
1st Kyu 2 2
1st Dan 62 38
2nd Dan 14 11
3rd Dan 7 6
Total 85 57
Mr. Takeyasu, president of AJKF and concurrently president of FIK came
over from Tokyo and joined the closing ceremony on June 18, and then paid
a courtesy call on Mr. Miyamoto, Japanese Ambassador to China with the
delegation.
Ulaanbaatar
After visiting Mr. Ichihashi, Japanese Ambassador to Mongolia on the morning
of June 21, the delegation had the first day Kendo seminar on the afternoon.
Some forty people joined the whole seminar session consisting of skills
improvement and Kendo-kata, but they have difficulties in obtaining Kendo
equipment and attire, appropriate Japanese Kendo instructors stationing
in Mongolia, and so forth. But, it looks strong point for the police in
Mongolia to support Kendo practice. Grading examinations were conducted
as well.
No.
of applicants No. of success
1st Dan 23 17
2nd Dan 7
5
3rd Dan 1 1
Total 31 23
Shanghai
On June 24, Saturday and 25, Sunday, the seminar was held with participation
of 120 practitioners from nine clubs, some of whom joined from Hangzhon,
Suzhon, Chongqing, etc. Dan grading was examined for some 100 applicants.
No.
of applicants No. of success
1st Kyu 9 9
1st Dan 79 75
2nd Dan 9 6
3rd Dan 4 3
Total 101 93
**This delegation was financially supported by The Japan Foundation.
Seminar at Shanghai
Delegation to FIK American-Zone Kendo Referee Seminar FY2005
FIK Kendo Referee Seminar in the American Zone was held on March 25 and
26, 2006 in Toronto, Canada. The visiting instructors were
Mr. Eiji Taguchi, Hanshi 8 Dan,
Mr. Kunio Hayashi, Hanshi 8 Dan,
Mr. Katsuo Endo, Hanshi 8 Dan.
From Aruba, Hawaii, the US, and Canada, 78 referee trainees assembled in
Japanese Canadian Cultural Center They consisted of 3 Eighth Dan, 22 Seventh
Dan, 16 Sixth Dan, 18 Fifth Dan, and 19 Fourth Dan.
After lectures on the objectives and duties of referees, summary of Shiai
and Shimpan regulations, positioning, manners, displays, etc. on the morning
session of the first day, the attendees were divided into three groups
by Dan in the practice session of the afternoon.
On the second day, the session was focused on reviewing 13 WKC referee
candidates, by having 7 trios of 8 Dan and 7 Dan holders referee mock matches
by 6 Dan holders with observation of all the rest.
In his concluding remarks, Mr.Taguchi said that the refereeing is nearly
perfect, but displaying of the judgment is rather slow, and some Yuko-datotsu
are overlooked. He stressed the importance of reviewing factors and elements
of Yuko-datotsu, and showed his hope that authentic Kendo in the region
is built up by good referees.
Delegation to FIK/EKF Kendo & Referee Seminar FY2005
FIK European-zone Kendo Referee Seminar was held on February 11 and 12, 2006 in Brussels,
Kingdom of Belgium, as in the former years. Before the formal seminar, Ji-Geiko for two hours was carried out on the
previous two evenings. The visiting instructors of this year were as follows.
Mr. Shuji Fukumoto, Hanshi 8 Dan,
Mr. Tomoyasu Ota, Hanshi 8 Dan,
Mr. Kazuo Negishi, Hanshi 8 Dan.
At first, Chief Instructor, Fukumoto Hanshi spoke to the 70 participants
that this seminar aimed at nurturing referees who can judge such international
matches as World Kendo Championships or European Kendo Championships. You
are required to make sincere efforts in improving your refereeing skills
to judge Yuko-Datotsu correctly and to deal swiftly and properly with prohibition
items. As model refereeing, three 7 Dan holders were selected to execute refereeing
three matches, and the attendees were divided into two groups, international
level referees A and national match referees B. The A group of 42 trainees
was taken care of by Mr. Ota, and the group B of 28 by Mr. Negishi.
The A group trainees experienced in the past this kind of referee seminars
and the majority proved to be qualified for international matches. Their
challenges are to judge correctly not only chances but also spirits, attitude,
and Hasuji of match players, and to make practices to keep appropriate
cooperation and positioning among the referees.
On the afternoon of the second day, Sunday, February 12, the grading examination
was held with the applicants of 30. The results were rather severe as shown
in the following figure of success/ figure of applicants. Shodan 9/13,
2 Dan 9/11, 3 Dan 2/6, 4 Dan 2/6, 5 Dan 3/13, 6 Dan 4/36, 7 Dan 1/11.
The unsuccessful applicants showed superb posture and attitude, but needed
to improve finding more chances to strike and also smooth strikes with
Ki-Ken-Tai Itchi. There seemed many failed with just one step away.
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