On June 5th – 8th, the 2019 European Shorinji Kempo Championship and Study Session was held in Stockholm. Several of our members attended the Study Session, and our shibu-chō Anders Pettersson-sensei participated both as a judge and as a WSKO instructor.
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Video from Chorizo Kempo 2019
On Sunday June 2nd, we had our annual end-of-season barbeque at Skutberget, Karlstad. Johan guided us through playing Catch the flag and brännboll (simplified baseball), and Anders-sensei was in charge of the grill.
Emmie & Douglas graded to 7 kyū
Stefan & Hugo Graded to 5th Kyū
Sucessful try out practice
Today we had the first of two free try out practice sessions that are held during the school’s “sports” holiday. We had about 25 new kids so it was pretty much a full house. On Thursday it is possible to try again, we hope that many liked the practice and will come back, and of course continue to practice.

Perra sensei lead the kihon (basic practice) with many new kids that tried Shorinji Kempo for the first time.
It was also possible (and is possible again on Thursday) to try out for free for anyone over 13 as well, but we didn’t have the same success with the teenagers and adults. We hope for more interested on Thursday.
Inkajo to our New Black Belts
Start of the Semester
On Thursday 11th January, the spring term for the juniors’ group begins. It is the usual practice times. This is a good opportunity to come and try if you are curious about Shorinji Kempo and have not tried it before. Of course, existing members can also bring a friend or two who are curious to test Shorinji Kempo. Continue reading
New Year’s Greetings to the Branch
The branch has received some new years greeting, some with some nice cards, here are some of the ones we have received.
Happy New 2018!
Grading for some of our Juniors
On Tuesday the 19th of December we had the last training session for this year for our juniors group, there was also a grading for some of the juniors.

Arvid, Olle and Vincent after they passed their grading and received their new bukai sodesho (arm badges indicating rank).
Congratulations to Olle and Vincent that passed their grading for 5 kyū and to Arvid that graded to 7 kyū.