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The foundation Yushinkan is a dojo in Utrecht, founded in 1998 to practise iaido. Nowadays iaido, kendo and jujutsu are practised. These are all traditional Japanese martial arts. Iaido is teached by David Smits, Kendo is teached by Alexandra Grandmougin and jujutsu by Tom Pijpers. The foundation cooperates with a hugh number of foreign teachers and foundations outside of Europe and in Japan.
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 Januari 24th, 2012.
For Kendo there are several Thursdays on which people can start kendo at the Yushinkan dojo.
For more information on starting opportunities please click here or send an email to info@yushinkan.com or telephone +31 (0)6 41 36 87 94.
Ishido Cup 2012
On January 15th, the annual open championships jodo and iaido were held. This year, the Ishido Cup took place in Waalre and once again attracted many participants, among whom a number of guests from abroad.
Yushinkan was well represented in this competition and managed to win many awards. In the shodan division, Sander Filon took second place. From the nidansha group, noone was able to beat Stan Engelen, who thus ended first. The yondan division had a number of nerve wrecking matches, from which Elaine van Ommen Kloeke and David Smits were able to emerge victorious in respectively first and second place. Yushinkan congratulates its members for these achievements.
Traditionnally, the competition was followed by exams, in which Steven Noorlander, Sandra Philips and Kasimir van Rijn were all able to pass their shodan exams. Congratulations to all!
Iaido examinations
After the Nakakura-cup, a big and well known kendo, jodo and iaido seminar in Brussels, 3 of the Yushinkan iaidoka participated in the dan-examinations. Jasper and Stan passed for their nidan and Piotr passed for his Yondan. Congratulations!
Donation
Yushinkan would like to Thank the 'Goede Doelenfonds voor ING medewerkers' for her generous donation.
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