Level 1 coaching course – Birmingham
The BKA is pleased to announce a Level 1 coaching course. This course will be Iai/Jo Tutor led but is […]
The BKA is pleased to announce a Level 1 coaching course. This course will be Iai/Jo Tutor led but is […]
Dear Members, On the 9th of June this year there is a First Aid Course open to all. This will […]
Please find attached the draft minutes of the 2017 NC AGM. NC AGM 2017 Draft Minutes (PDF)
Dear all BKA Members, Please find below the draft minutes from the NC meeting on the 23rd of September 2017, […]
It is with great sadness that we have lost Linda Tattoli to a long battle against cancer. Always smiling, always […]
The following items were found in the main Education Village hall after the Iaido and Jodo gradings. If anybody has […]
Please find attached below an announcement from the BKA Anti-doping Officer regarding accidental morphine ingestion related to poppy seeds found […]
For attention of all Iaido practitioners attending the Northern Seminar: As in previous years there are two venues where Iaido […]
Our dear fierce friend Trevor Chapman has passed away. His caustic wit and laser like search for honest and deep kendo were unique. His relentless determination to progress along “The right path” could perhaps be rivalled but not surpassed. He had the heart to thank even those who had dismissed his own efforts causing them by his grace to reconsider their actions (If they could see the irony)?
These words from Robert Burns I think goes some way to summing up Trevor’s admirable qualities:
An honest man here lies at rest,
The friend of man, the friend of truth,
The friend of age, and guide of youth:
Few hearts like his, with virtue warm’d,
Few heads with knowledge so inform’d;
If there’s another world, he lives in bliss;
If there is none, he made the best of this.
GaryO
It is with great sadness we report the passing of Jean Pierre Raick, EKF Technical Director and Kendo & Iaido […]