ENF General Assembly 7 th November Brussels 2015

Agenda 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Statutes approval General secretary/presentation/ election 2015 budget review and 2016 budget Temporary member situation / election to member Technical director report INF meeting topic review / AJNF suggestion 2016 European Championship 2014 - 2015 event review 2016 calendar ENF members situation Questions and answers

Statutes approval p p p Statutes have been written and worked by the board and with all the members a few years ago. The final version has never been signed and approved, it has been sent to you so that, if you all agree, we can work with it as a solid base. At the last ENF General Assembly, Germany pointed out that this matters. Let’s analyse these statutes sign them and used in order to use them officially. If any addition or change to these statutes have to be made in the future please submit it by email to the General secretary who will submit the request to the General assembly for a vote.

General secretary/presentation/ election p p p The General Secretary has resigned shortly after the last European Championship in 2014 All the Federation officials should have received a request for candidates to be sent back before the 15 th of October 2015 Only one have been sent: Mr Olivier Dupré from France On the occasion of the General Assembly in November 2015, I have the honor to submit my candidacy for the post of general secretary of the ENF. I practice naginata for 4 years what may seem few. But during that time I founded two clubs with a rich communication (350 followers on Facebook, 300 visits per month on the website, an article by month on local newspapers & on the radio ). I also participated and help in the creation of a club in West of France (opening September 2016) and another in Normandy (September 2017). I take care of the organization and training aimed at the discovery and promotion of naginata. • January 2, 2015: in Normandy with the presence of seven martial arts federations • March 15, 2015: Near Paris with the presence of high ranking of aikido and Takeda Ryu teacher • In July 2015 the shares were carried in holiday camps in the region to discover the practice The next scheduled events: • November 2015: demonstration in EURO JUDO tournament • December 2015: Internship of discovery and exchange with the Norman kendokas • June 2016: stage discovery and sharing in the est of France. I hope to bring my help through my skills: I created a communications company & marketing. Improving communication channels seems to me an important point for this role. Still on the same subject, my job as a journalist at the service of a daily sports should enable the Federation to improve its communication with the media (press release, presss file). I hope this will convince you of good merits of my candidacy. Olivier DUPRE

2014 - 2015 budget review and 2016 budget p Treasurer will explain situation

Provisional member situation /election to member Portugal-APNAGI p p p One Dojo KCB Eduardo Brito Responsible – 5 regular students Traveling to INF and ENF seminars In 2016 expect 3 local seminars. Help of ENF will be more than welcome for development

Provisional member situation /election to member Israel - ISRNF p p Temporary members since 2014 ENF GA in Stevenage Gür Nedzvesky Responsible - became Shodan in INF seminar in 2014 4 active groups and 23 students Event in 2015 -> 3 days seminar and engi competition (reconducted in 2016)

Technical director report Summary - Steps already made - ENC debriefing - Exam regulations and procedure for agreement - General improvements needed

Technical director report Steps already made - Emphasis on gaining experience and improving quality of shinpan - Seminars with a clear purpose and great sensei - Transparency - Creating a higher value to ENF Dan exams - Creating clear regulations and procedures for examinations and the ENC

Technical director report ENC Debriefing - Countries to respond: Portugal, Germany, The Netherlands, Belgium - What went well: - We did well on time - - More fights person, meaning more experience gained The location was well chosen (hotel, venue, facilities) Where can we improve on: - Over 90 unique points of improvementioned (ask the TD for a complete list) - Clarity on what is needed for a smooth running ENC. (etiquette, volunteers, briefings) - More involvement from non-hosting members, we have to work together. - No discussions during briefings, just stick to the plan. (opportunity to comment was given before)

Technical director report Exam regulations and procedure for agreement - Exam regulations (By-laws) - Procedure for agreement 2015

Technical director report General improvements needed - Communication and distribution of information - Interaction and involvement - Awareness of procedures

INF meeting topic review / AJNF suggestion p 2015 Budget Next INF terms p - Mrs K Schmucker (Pan America) Mr D D’hose (Europe) Mr Robinson (Oceania) Mrs T. Sensui and M. Sensui (Asia) p Next WNC 2016 New Zealand August 2017 Germany 2018 Britain? USA? Not sure yet 2019 Germany WNC p p p Finland / Ukraine in INF -> should come present themselves AJNF suggest they will send abroad up to 3 sensei free of charge ( ENF suggest we regroup requests for our members) INF homepage will be reviewed

2016 European Naginata Championship p p The next European Championship will take place in Brussels We would like to make it a big event: the 25 th ENF anniversary and invite people who have contribute to the ENF development: Mr Kondo, Mr Hannoset, Sensei Hamot, Sensei Deschamp, Japanese senseis (the list needs to be completed) 1 day championship, 1 day friendship and 2 days seminar with grading INF have been informed and said they will contribute to organize this event Schedule : Sat 29/10 – Sun 30/10 – Mon 31/10 – Tue 01/11 Friday arrival, ENF GA, Welcome party Saturday ENC, Sunday start late Friendship Monday seminar + Sayonara party, Tuesday seminar + grading (to 4 Dan)

2014 - 2015 event review ENF - European Championship and seminar – 2014 – Stevenage INF - World Championship and seminar ––June 2015 - Montreal NNR – Seminar – April 2015 –Ebisawa sensei NNR- Seminar - National training GORENKAI – 2 National Seminar – Winter and Spring BNA- Seminar- Sumi sensei – September 2015 CNK- Seminar – Sumi sensei – June Sept (Bordeaux and Paris) CNK – Tokunaga cup CNK – National Seminar – At least 20 accessible CNK –Local Seminar open to others – BNF- National seminar events SBK- Sweden Championship- May 2015 FKA- ? CIK- Local event to promote naginata DNag. B- Benkei cup DNag. B- German Championship DNag. B- 2 seminars

2014 - 2015 event review p Good point: - Most countries organize open events and internal events The ENF Championship was a success ENF senseis could travel inside ENF to help members p Bad points: - - p p There was a lack of communication ENF Website wasn’t used as it could be ENF rules aren’t followed (General Secretary couldn’t follow) Please send your Seminar and tournament organisation to the ENF General Secretary The Website will be changed in the coming weeks to help the members to be aware of the news One of the main role of ENF is to help members to share so whenever you organize something please share ENF Technical committee is here to help, but also to submit rules that has to be followed.

2016 calendar 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 BNF BNA ENC Mini seminar Seminar Winter Seminar ? Spring seminar? Gorenkai FKA CNK DNag. B Sumi Torino CIK NNR UKF SBA 11 Seminar Isshujiai 12

ENF members situation 1 Dan 2 Dan 3 Dan 2 BNA 2 3 3 1 1 FKA 1 1 CNK ? ? DNag. B 4 3 CIK 2 3 3 1 1 1/S 2 NNR Renshi 1 Gorenkai 5 Dan 6/S BNF 4 Dan UKF 1/S ? ? 1/S 2/S 1/S 1/S 2/S 1 SBA 4 ISRNF 1 1 APNagi We have about 60 active Dan grade in ENF

ENF members situation Country Federation Website European Naginata Federation ENF europeannaginatafederation. eu Belgium BNF www. nagibel. be Britain BNA www. naginata. org. uk Czech Republic Gorenkai naginata. euweb. cz Finland FKA www. kendoliitto. net France CNK naginata. cnkendo-dr. com Germany Dnag. B www. dnagb. de Italy CIK www. kendo-cik. it Netherlands NNR www. naginata. nl Ukraine UKF ukf. org. ua Sweden SBK www. budokampsport. se Israel ISRNF Social network Portugal APNagi Social network

ENF members situation Country Club Active members Belgium 1 20 to 30 Britain 3 15 to 25 Czech Republic 1 5 to 20 Finland 1 5 to 10 France 17 50 to 100 Germany 3 40 to 60 Italy 2 5 to 40 Netherlands 2 10 to 20 Ukraine 1 ? Sweden 2 20 to 40 Israel ISRNF 2 to 20 Portugal 1 2 to 5

ENF members situation p p The list of Dan grade and certified Shinpan will be on the website Please send an update of the members of your Federation who have succeeded in dan and/or shinpan examination to the ENF General Secretary Please send a yearly update of your clubs situation to the ENF General Secretary When you organize a seminar open to everybody please inform the ENF General Secretary and send an update with the people who participate. Especially if there is someone from a country who’s not yet part of ENF. The objective here is to develop contact and help this country.

ENF members situation Federation President Secretary Treasurer Technical Director David D'hose BNF François DERMINE Laurence DUMONCEAU Tyl DERMINE BNA Paul GRAY Claire LEFTWICHWINCHESTER Michal STYBOR Jan HRBAC FKA Mika Kankainen CNK Jean-Pierre SOULAS Sébastien VRINAT Dnag. B Andreas NICOL Michael GRUNOW CIK Enrico PELIZZA NNR Paul VAN SPRUNDEL SBK Kirsi HOGLUND UKF Kostyantyn Dmitro STRYZHYCHEN Antoshechkin KO Natalia Goliyad ENF David D'HOSE Tyl DERMINE ISRNF Gür Nedzvesky APNag Eduardo Brito Vice President Rachel HM Gorenkai Vice President Mark BERGHAAN Pieter Gerritsen Kevin OTTEN all in the board Mark BERGHAAN Jan HRBAC Kirsi HOGLUND

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