With a great pleasure, we would like to inform you that in the period from 14 - 18 May, 2009, Macedonian Kendo - Iaido Federation (MKIF) organized First Open Kendo and Iaido Seminar lead by Takakazu Ishii Sensei from Ibaraki-Ken, Toride-si. Macedonian Kendo – Iaido Federation was honored by Takakaziu Ishii Sensei by his acceptance of our invitation to lead the First Open Kendo and Iaido Seminar in Macedonia, regarding his devotion, strong bushido spirit, big knowledge and experience in Kendo and Iaido martial arts. The Seminar was held in Skopje, capital of Macedonia. There were 47 participantsfor Kendo and 25 Participants for Iaido on the 4 days Seminar. On the Opening ceremony of the Seminar speech was made by Dr. Vasil Tupurkovski, President of Macedonian Olympic Committee, Takakazu Ishii Sensei and Mr. Zlatko Keskovski, President of MKIF.
Official translator of the Seminar was Mrs. Tomoko Sagawa. At the Seminar, donation that MKIF received from All Japan Kendo Federation, was officially transferred to Kendo Clubs, members of Macedonian Kendo – Iaido Federation for development of Kendo in regions within the country. At the end of seminar examination for kyu for Kendo and Iaido were organized by Macedonian Kendo and Iaido Federation. Takakazu Ishii Sensei was observer of the examination. The event was fully presented on several national TV stations, Takakazu Ishii Sensei and Mr. Keskovski Zlatko made several interviews on national TV stations and newspapers, so the seminar was also successful in promoting Kendo and Iaido in Republic of Macedonia. Our next event is organization of 3rd Balkan Championship which will be held in city of Ohrid, Macedonia , last weekend of September or the fist weekend of October, where 7 countries from Balkan Region will participate at the Championship.
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