20th European Jodo Championships

Posted On: 3 October 2022

After such a long wait the British Kendo Association was very pleased to finally have hosted the 20th European Jodo Championships, which took place on 16-18 September 2022 in Stevenage. The event was postponed from 2020 due to the Covid-19 Pandemic and was a much anticipated event by both practitioners and officials. The preparation involved a lot of work, securing the venue and dates with the support of the European Kendo Federation (EFK) and the Zen Nippon Kendo Renmei (ZNKR, aka the All Japan Kendo Federation), organising the grading (up to 7-Dan) the competition, accommodation bookings and organising lunches for attendees. For the first time the individuals also involved a 6th Dan open competition.

 

The UK Squad had a particularly successful event, securing 3 gold medals (in 6-Dan, 2-Dan and Team competitions), 1 silver medal (in 3-Dan competition), 2 bronze medals (in 6-Dan and in 1-dan competitions) and 2 fighting spirit medals (in 6-Dan and 3-Dan).

 

The BKA would like to thank the EKF, ZNKR, many volunteers who freely gave their time to help run the event, and Nine Circles for their sponsorship and generous prices for the Team winners and team players fighting spirits.

 

We were honoured for the opportunity to sponsor the European Jodo Championship this year! Congratulations to all the participants! We hope you all had a wonderful experience and enjoyed the event.

 

Ally Mihaylova – Jodo National Squad Manager

Stojanka Vidinic – BKA Jodo Bucho

Photos: Jan Pereboom

 

Full results for each category follow:

 

Mudan Individual

1st Place

Kim Martin Jos Maria Croes

Belgium

2nd Place

Alessandro Ranieri Theunissen

Italy

3rd Place

Cecilia Lindström

Finland

Emilio Trigueros Paez

Spain

Fighting Spirit

Gianmarria Pedrini

Italy

Katarzyna Kubiak

Poland

Edina Mustafa

Germany

Shodan Individual

1st Place

Emil Sågfors

Finland

2nd Place

Dorota Olender

Poland

3rd Place

Alexander Ward

United Kingdom

Sam Schiettekatte

Belgium

Fighting Spirit

Matteo Manfredi

Italy

Jessica Stringer Bodin

Sweden

Heidi Paimen

Finland

Nidan Individual

1st Place

William David Griffiths

United Kingdom

2nd Place

Jasper Bonne Van Der Vaart

Netherlands

3rd Place

Laurens Loozen

Sweden

Kari Häyrinen

Finland

Fighting Spirit

Fredrik Nilsson

Sweden

Els Rogier

Belgium

Juan Carlos Salazar Uria

Spain

Sandan Individual

1st Place

Erika Kulcsarova

Slovakia

2nd Place

Robert Townson

United Kingdom

3rd Place

Pramit Basu

Belgium

Luise Schmidt

Germany

Fighting Spirit

Lukasz Filip

Poland

Emanuela Dondi

Italy

Mark Snowdon

United Kingdom

Yondan Individual

1st Place

Tea Pihlaja

Finland

2nd Place

Agnieszka Krawczyk

Poland

3rd Place

Piotr Kukla

Netherlands

Ivo Simeoni

Italy

Fighting Spirit

David Siegel

Germany

Adriana Nagyova

Slovakia

Ziemowit Domanski

Poland

Godan Individual

1st Place

Lukasz Machura

Poland

2nd Place

Steven Tomas Burgman

Netherlands

3rd Place

Michal Ludwik Szczepanski

Poland

Jesper Waldestål

Sweden

Fighting Spirit

Olivier Bayart

France

Cenet Bauer

Germany

Emanuele Covino

Italy

Rokudan Individual

1st Place

Alastair James Colebourn

United Kingdom

2nd Place

Katja Fleury

Switzerland

3rd Place

Elena West

United Kingdom

Robert Völkmann

Germany

Fighting Spirit

Beat Bähler

Switzerland

Daniel Champeimont

France

Stojanka Vidinic

United Kingdom

Team

1st Place

United Kingdom

2nd Place

Germany

3rd Place

Poland

Sweden

Fighting Spirit

Ivo Simeoni

Italy

Piotr Kukla

Netherlands

Sabine Carrère

France