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Richard, 3rd from the left, together with the others that took their tests at the federation dan examination in October.
On Sunday the 26th of October the Swedish Federation held the autumn Dan examination. Four kenshi took their test, two for shodan (1 dan) and two for sandan (3 dan) and from Karlstad we had Richard swho took his test for sandan, that he passed without any problems. Continue reading
On Thursday the 9th of October we had a grading examination for the junior’s group. Tilda, Emil, Max & Tim graded to 8 kyū (first rank of yellow belt) and Alvin graded to 6 kyū (first rank on green belt). A big congratulations to them all! 
On the 18th and 19th of October, we will be hosting a training camp for the adults’ group – a gasshuku – in connection with our 30 year anniversary. It will be held at Herrhagsskolan in Karlstad. Those who are interested in attending are requested to contact us for more information.
On Thursday March 27th, we’ll end the adults’ practice early at 08:00 pm to hold our annual meeting. Continue reading
Kihon (basic practice)
During last weeks school break we had open the dojo for kids to try Shorinji Kempo for free. We had quite a few kids coming along and hopefully some of them got hooked and will continue to practice.
Here are a few pictures from the practice. Continue reading
During the school’s winter break (week 9) we have practice as usual, we will also offer all school kids to try for free.
The municipality of Karlstad has a winter break booklet with activities for all school children during winter break.
Here you can download the Winter Holidays booklet
Please note that it is a typo in this brochure and we have no training on Monday 24 February, it’s only practice on Tuesday and Thursday (25th & 27th of February).
Last Thursday we had a visit from TV4 Värmland (TV4 is a national channel, but also have regional news), which had picked up on the fact that Anders-sensei has been nominated for the Traditional Practitioner of the Year Award at the 2014 Swedish Martial Arts Gala. Today the clip was aired in the local news. (clip usually have a short advertisement first)
Here is a translation of what is said in the clip:
Christer, Alva & Maja after the grading
On Saturday the 8th of February we had a kyū grading. Christer and Alva tested for 2 kyū and Maja graded to 5 kyū. All passed. A big congratulations!
Karlstad Shibu congratulates Anders-sensei who has been nominated to the Swedish Martial Arts Gala (Kampsportsgalan) in the category “Traditional Practitioner of the Year”! In a comment to the regional news Värmlandsnytt he says “I’m happy. But to be perfectly honest, I would have preferred to see my friend nominated. He was paralyzed in half of his body after surgery to remove a brain tumor, and the doctors said he wouldn’t be able to practice anymore. However, he has an iron will and has made a strong comeback, including going to Japan where he successfully graded to 5th dan”. Anders-sensei also says anything that gives visibility to Shorinji Kempo in the media is positive.
The festival will be held at Berns in Stockholm on March 22nd.
Here is the home page of the gala www.kampsportsgalan.nu.
Morikawa-sensei
Today is Morikawa Zeoh sensei turning 85 years old and we want to wish him a big Happy birthday!
Morikawa-sensei is doin-chō for Rakutō dōin in Kyoto and has had a long relationship with Kenshi in Sweden. Students of Morikawa-sensei was some of the early instructors in Sweden during the 1970s and during the latter half of the ’80s and ’90s we also had students of Morikawa-sensei coming to Sweden to teach for 6 months to a year. In 1987 we had Kawahara-sensei in Sweden for about 1 year, mainly in Visby, but he also visited Karlstad. In 1989 Morikawa-sensei’s oldest son Morikawa Kazuhito sensei came to Sweden, he was mainly in Visby but spent about a month here in Karlstad. In 1995, Hiroshi Kawashima sensei came to Sweden and he stayed about six months and spent most of his time here in Karlstad. Continue reading
