International Naginata Federation

The 8th World Naginata Championships will be held on the 13th July 2024 in Boulder, Colorado, USA. Please see https://wnc.naginata.org for updates.

The INF Naginata Seminar 2020 was scheduled to be held in Italy this July. But it has been canceled due to the worldwide transmission of the coronavirus. In Italy, preparations have been made since last year, but it is impossible. It is regrettable that such decision must be taken. We will announce the schedule for…

ENGI Shikake-Oji A. Ajiki , M. Inoue (Japan) S. Kanaoka, C. Hayashida (Japan) C. Coppeans, B. Harrop (USA) Zen Nihon Renmei no Kata I. Itagaki, H. Kato (Japan) T. Dermine, F. Dermine (Belgium) J. Hernandez, S. Lew (USA) SHIAI Women’s Team Japan Canada Belgium Men’s Team Japan Netherlands Belgium Women’s Individual A. Ajiki (Japan) S….

The 7th World Naginata Championships are being hosted by the Deutscher Naginata Bund (German Naginata Federation) and are taking place in Weisbaden, Germany from the 4th-10th July 2019. Please go to https://wnc2019.de for information

The 2018 INF Seminar is being hosted by the Associação de Naguinata do Brasil. It is taking place from Friday 31st August to Sunday 2nd September in São Paulo, Brazil. The application deadline is Sunday 24th June 2018. Please contact your local federation for further details.

We are very happy to announce the first information regarding the World Naginata Championship 2019. Date: 4th-10th July 2019 Venue: Wiesbaden, Germany Application and registration files will be made available later this year.

The first official naginata seminar in Taiwan was held on May 28-29 in Taipei, under the guidance of senseis Kimura Yasuko and Tamaki Katsuko. Taiwan is applying this year to become a INF provisional member. 3rd Dan Julie Hsieh (Taiwan) David Figatner (Taiwan) 2nd Dan Roy Poon (Hong Kong) 1st Dan Yi Hsiu Lin(Taiwan)

Results Engi 1st Place: Ai Ajiki, Misaki Nukii (JPN) 2nd Place: Miyo Inoue, Seishi Sakaki (JPN) 3rd Place: Axel Noorman, Faye Noorman (NED) Individual Women 1st Place: Hasumi Hayashida (JPN) 2nd Place: Ai Ajiki (JPN) 3rd Place: Misaki Nukii (JPN) Individual Men 1st Place: Kosuke Tanaka (JPN) 2nd Place: Francois Dermine (BEL) 3rd Place: Hitotaka…

The seminar was held in Renton, from June 26th to 28th. About 70 participants gathered this year ; thank you for coming!! Congratulations! To all who successfully passed their Dan examination ! Sho-dan Katrina Heilman (USA) Sara Jensen (USA) Daniel Trexler (USA) Ni-dan Gabriel Djinn (USA) Melissa Rice (USA) Julie Hsieh (USA) Kaitlin Brasfield (USA)…