REPORT

Edo Cup and Odinot Cup have been held in the Netherlands on 22nd of April, 2018.

Results

Jeugd onder 14
1 – Bo-D Coffa (Mokuseikan)
2 – Anne van der Gulik (Mokuseikan)
3 – Ryan Ruiter (Mokuseikan)
3 – Evi van der Gulik (Mokuseikan)
FS -Hedwig Oranje (FuMetsu)

Jeugd onder 18
1 – Tristan van Leuven (Mokuseikan)
2 – Jerry Zandstra (Suirankan)
3 – Kiran van Helfteren (Mokuseikan)
3 – Dagmar Oranje (FuMetsu)

Edo Cup
1 – FuNedSu
– Dai Linh Nguyen
– Joeri van der Burgh
– Mariëlla van der Schans
2 – Schaal van Rick-ter
– Winsten Dollee
– Rick Nieuwenhuijzen
– Fleur Smout
3 – Train to Incheon
– Olga Morozova
– Pakwan Ratchatasavee
– Jouke van der Woude
3 – Hold my Sake
– Pricilla Cailleau
– Pieter Riesenkamp
– Fabian Teekens
FS – Pieter Riesenkamp

Odinot Cup
1 – Koos van Hattum (FuMetsu)
2 – Willem Riesenkamp (Shinbukan)
3 – Gerard Barbier (FuMetsu)
3 – Dragan Simic (FuMetsu)
FS – Joke de Jong (Suirankan)

24 en 25 February the 29th edition of the Iijima Cup took place in Sporthallen Zuid Amsterdam, with again a record in contestants; 231 from 24 different countries.
Saturday 24 February were the individual tournaments and Sunday the 25th was the team tournament.
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Netherlands National Championship (Individual) has been held in 19th November at Amersfoort. It is one of the biggest competitions in the Netherlands. Many players joined from all over the Netherlands.

In the morning, tournaments for under the age of 14 and 18 were held. In the afternoon, individual for ladies and men&ladies mixed tournaments were held.

There are about 30 dojos in the Netherlands which is as large as Kyushu. The history of Kendo in the Netherlands is as long as 50 years. Mr. Takahiro Nabeyama, the professor of Tsukuba University gives seminar every August after teaching Mr. Kokichi Edo (former professor of Kanazawa University) and Mr. Akira Iijima.

In the section under the age of 14 and 18, despite having an international exchange tournament at Düsseldorf in Germany on Saturday, many children in “Mokuseikan-dojo” participated in and got many prizes .
In the adult section, the players in “Fumetsu-Dojo”, one of the largest dojos in the Netherland, got many prizes.

*Photo : KENDO FAM (Procuced by Alexander, photogorapher in Ukraine)
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