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Yushinkan is a dojo in Utrecht, the heart of The Netherlands, where you can practise iaido. Yushinkan's members are affiliated with the Dutch Kendo Federation (N.K.R.), which in turn is a member of the Federatie Oosterse Gevechtskunsten (F.O.G.), which comes under the NOC*NSF. Members of our dojo practise iaido. The iaido training consists of a combination of Z.N.K.R. iaido, Nippon Kendo Kata and Shinkage ryu iaido (koryu). Dojo leader is Erwin Stolwijk. To propagate the practice of Shinkage ryu iaido in the widest sense, the Dutch Shinkage ryu Foundation was founded in 2004.
For information you can send an e-mail to info@yushinkan.com or call
+31 (0)6 54 93 27 71
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Orientation course
Interested in iaido? Yushinkan plans to start a new orientation course iaido on September 1st, 2009.
for more information send an email to info@yushinkan.com or telephone +31 (0)6 54 93 27 71.
Dutch Championships jodo and iaido 2009
On April 19th 2009, the Dutch Kendo Renmei, together with Yushinkan, will organise the Dutch Championships jodo and iaido.
For more information please click here.
Shinkage-ryu Taikai
On Sunday 29th of March the European Shinkage-ryu Taikai was held in Orly, France. The competition was split in two divisions: one up to nidan (2-dan) and one for sandan (3-dan) and higher.
The first prize for the second group is a short training-trip to Japan to practice under our Japanese sensei.
Special prizes in the first division were won by Jacky Visser (Yushinkan) and Rianne de Rijke (Shofukan).
In the highest division Piotr Kukla and David Smits (both Yushinkan) won special prizes.
The overall winner was Elaine van Ommen Kloeke (Yushinkan), she won the Taikai after a very exciting final, congratulations!
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