British Shintaido

Here is a list of British Shintaido events. A select list of other major European and worldwide events appears below.

2008

• BS Daienshu, (open to all) 23rd to 25th May 2008, Douai Abbey
  The theme will based around tenshingoso applications fro tsuki attack, contact Peter Furtado for more information
  (Registration now closed)
  
• BSC meeting, Sunday 8th June 2008, Bristol
  Open to all AI's who are current BS members.
• The Gower Event, Sat 6th & Sun 7th September, at a campsite on The Gower peninsula
  The annual camping gassuku organised by the Nailsworth Group, this beautiful area is steeped in Shintaido history! Experience it for yourself.
  Organised by Jo & Paul Hofman
  
  
• BSC meeting, Sunday 14th September 2008, location to be announced
  Open to all AI's who are current BS members.
• Farnham local exam session, Wednesday 22nd October 2008, Farnham Maltings
  Contact Charles Burns
  
  
• BS Autumn exam event (open to all), 25th & 26th October 2008, Bath
  There will be an advanced bojutsu workshop on the Saturday (open to all), followed by combined BS & Bath Bo Club exams on Sunday.
• BSC meeting, Sunday 9th November 2008, location to be announced.

[Past events]

Major European Events

• French Kangeiko 2008, Thurs 31st January & Fri 1st February 2008, Fort Mahon Plage
  For further information contact Pascale Vizioz
• French Daienshu 2008, Fri 17th & Sat 18th May 2008, Chatenay-Malabry
  For further information contact Dominique Martin
• The Shintaido International 2008, 2nd to 7th July 2008, Lago Magiore, Italy
  [ Visit the event website ] | [ Download detailed information ] | [ Download UK registration form ]
  A unique opportunity to attend an event with Hiroyuki Aoki (founder of Shintaido) present. The event will be broken into 3 parts (with some overlap), which you can attend depending on your current level:
  1. International Instructor's Conference, 2nd to 4th July 2008, open to instructors (ni-dan) and above.
     There will be keiko with Aoki sensei present, and the opportunity to take exams for senior instructor (san-dan) level and above.
  2. ESC Forum 2008, 3rd to 6th July 2008, open to assistant (2 kyu) and above.
     The opportunity to watch the ISF exams, as well as the usual ESC collegial pratice in which any participant is able to propose or request a keiko. There will also be an ESC exam session for graduate (shodan) level and above.
  3. Tenshin Meditation Seminar 6th to 7th July 2008, open to all.
     Meditation practices and a lecture with Aoki sensei, as well as the opportunity to observe the ISF & ESC exam sessions.
  Charles Burns & Katrina Horne are coordinating the UK registration service for this event
  
  

If you know of other Shintaido gasshukus in Europe not featured here do please let me know as we would like to keep this list as complete as possible.

Abbreviations

1. BS = British Shintaido
2. ESC = European Shintaido College
3. BSC = British Shintaido College
4. ETC = European Technical Committee
5. BTC = British Technical Committee
6. ITC = International Technical Committee
7. AI = Assistant & Instructors only (or 2 kyu & above for bojutsu & karate ka)

Photo from the archives of a group kumite Aoki 90

British Shintaido aims to organise a varied selection of events each year, from fairly modest & affordable local events to the more expensive residential events which enable us to go deeper into our practice. The schedule is apt to change sometimes at short notice so it's worth revisiting this page to check for updates. Or you can contact us and ask to be put on the e-mail list.

Group photo at the ens of a BS event on the Gower Peninsula, Wales


The path down to the beach from the campsite at The Gower

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This page was first published September 2005 & last updated January 2008