On Saturday the 3rd of December some of us drove to Skövde to train for a full day. It was Anders Pettersson, since he also is shibu-chō for Skövde shibu has to hold gradings and teach a bit, and two additional members from the branch, Daniel Wallberg and Simon Flodin, who went to Skövde this December Saturday.
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Erik and Pelle with their medals

On Saturday November 19 there was the Swedish national taikai in Shorinji Kempo. From Karlstad we had Pelle Svensson and Eric Öhrn entering the yūdansha (black belts) category and they placed themselves in third place. Apart from Embu competition, it was also an all-day training for all who didn’t enter the competition.

Both the competition and the training was held in Lijeholmshallen in Stockholm. The competition was divided into two categories, one category of yūdansha (those who have a black belt) and one category for kyūkenshi (those who do not have a black belt). Continue reading →

On Tuesday the 8th of November we had a kyū grading where Magnus Englund graded to nikyū (2 kyū, blue belt). Magnus passed his test without any problems.

Congratulations to Magnus!

We have practice as usual during this week’s school break.

Daniel Wallberg graded to yonkyū

Today we had a kyū grading where Daniel Wallberg graded to yonkyū (4 kyū, yellow belt). Daniel did really well and passed the test without any problems.

Congratulations to Daniel!

On the 8th of October the Swedish Federation arranged, for the fifth time, a training day for everyone who has sandan (3 dan) or higher. The Federation is sponsoring all from outside Stockholm with travel cost and there is no fee to participate. From Karlstad shibu our shibu-chō, Anders Pettersson, and Mansur Mirtorabi both participated.

The format of these seminars has been to share and exchange experience, give each other tips on different exercises, etc., but above all an opportunity to practice techniques for higher levels together with others on the same level.

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During the weekend of September 23 to 25 the German Federation organised a gasshuku (training camp) in Dinkelscherben in southern Germany (near Augsburg, where a number of the German branches are located).

Aosaka-sensei, 8 dan Daihanshi and official WSKO instructor, from Paris was the main instructor for this gasshuku. From Karlstad, and as the only one from Sweden, I was attending this gasshuku. In addition to the participants from all the German branches there were participants from Italy, Switzerland, Finland and of course France, with Aosaka-sensei.

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We now have a new website. We have changed our platform and are now using WordPress. Work is under way to transfer all information from the old site to the new. It will probably take a few days until all is finished.

Another new thing is that now we will again have an English version of the site, just as we had some years ago.

Now are the summer holidays over and we kick off training for the children’s group again.
We welcome all “old” members back to training.

I add a couple of clips from YouTube for some inspiration for all our kids:

A kumi embu (paired embu) from a taikai in children in Japan.
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On the 21st of June Johan Holmstrand graded to ikkyū (1 kyū). Johan did great great his test, both technically and theoretically.

A big congratulations to Johan!