Our newest sandan Christine Alveblad is home! We marked the occasion with a special yawatashi. And then, of course, cake.
Congratulations to our instructor Kari Jansson, who turned 70 today!
At the same time, we held our AGM. The new board is as follows:
Johan Andersson, chairman
Agnes Sjöblom, member
Fredrik Karlström, member
Christine Alveblad, deputy
Congratulations to Lovisa Hansson, Salinee Banna, Olle Alvin, and Lars Arvidsson, who all passed the examination for 3 kyu on Saturday 30 March!
Congratulations to Knut Högvall and Christine Alveblad, who won the gold and silver medals, respectively, at the first installment of the Swedish Cup 2024!
Aleksei Popov from Seikyukai finished in third place.
Practice on Good Friday 29 March at 4.30pm-7.30pm.
Sweden performed well at the World Championships in Nagoya. The team (consisting of Knut Högvall and Christine Alveblad from Issha, plus Per Ybo from Hokushinkan) was in shared fifth place after the qualification rounds (out of 36 teams) -- the best result ever at the World Championships. But in the final rounds, the team had bad luck and lost against Switzerland.
However, all team members were proud over the achievements. Next try in four years!
Out of eight Swedes taking shinsa in Nagoya, there was only one who passed, and that was our own instructor Christine Alveblad, who passed her examination for 3 dan. Well done! Congratulations!
Happy new year!
We start off the new year on Wednesday 3 January by going through the dojo equipment and fixing what needs to be fixed, and then regular practice begins again on Friday 5 January.