Structures
Today's situation
The European Jôdô Federation gets more important every year with new regional groups joining, however it still keeps a fairly human dimension with some 1200 licensed trainees, 425 active (January 2013).
Important meetings
The General Assembly of the EJF is organized in Geneva on the second Saturday of each year at the occasion of one of the two big annual events: the Kagamibiraki. The other one is the Summer camp, lasting 6 days, held in one of the countries of the Federation in July or August.
Summer camps of the EJF since 1983:
- 1983. Brassus (Switzerland)
- 1984. Brassus
- 1985. Cancelled because of the 3rd International Jôdô Jamboree, Malaysia.
- 1986. Brassus
- 1987. Brassus
- 1988. Brassus (as the 4th International Jôdô Jamboree)
- 1989. Saignelégier (Switzerland)
- 1990. Brassus
- 1991. Brassus (short camp because of the 5th International Jôdô Jamboree, Malaysia)
- 1992. Paccots (Switzerland)
- 1993. Paccots
- 1994. Villeneuve (Switzerland)(short camp because of the 6th International Jôdô Jamboree in Hawaii, USA)
- 1995. Vesc (France) First time out of Switzerland
- 1996. Vesc
- 1997. Heidelberg (Germany) (shorter camp because of the 7th International Jôdô Jamboree in Sydney, Australia)
- 1998. Vesc
- 1999. Lillsved (Sweden)
- 2000. Camp cancelled because of a large majority of Europeans attending the 8th International Jôdô Jamboree in Colombus, Ohio, USA
- 2001. Vienna (Austria)
- 2002. Sevenum-Limburg (Netherlands)
- 2003. Vesc (France) 9th International Jôdô Jamboree organized by the EJF
- 2004. Lignano (Italy)
- 2005. Vercorin (Switzerland)
- 2006. Würzburg (Germany) (shorter camp because of the 10th International Jôdô Jamboree in Brazil)
- 2007. Kacov (Czech Republic)
- 2008. Guadarrama (Spain)
- 2009. Würzburg (Germany) (shorter camp because of the 11th International Jôdô Jamboree in Japan)
- 2010. Tata (Hungary)
- 2011. Zinnowitz/Usedom (Germany)
- 2012. Broc (Switzerland); 12th International Jôdô Jamboree organized by the EJF
- 2013. Mâcon (Bourgogne, France)
- 2014. Bosön (Sweden)
- 2015. Cancelled because of the 13th international Jamboree, Penang, Malaysia
- 2016. El Collell/Barcelona (Spain)
- 2017. Pisa (Italy)
- 2018. Cancelled because of the 14th international Jamboree, Brisbane, Australia
- 2019. Lyon (France)
2020. Chmielno (Poland)- 2021. Chmielno (Poland)
15th international Jamboree - 2022. Yverdon (Switzerland)
Apart from this important annual event, several seminars of a more regional dimension are organized (e.g. Montreux Fall seminar, Lérins Island in France, and Alpine Budo Seminar in Italy, etc ). (see the calendar)
Committee
The EJF is composed of two bodies (the below committee was (re)elected at the General Assembly 2020):
President
- Barbara Meroni (Switzerland)
Chemin de Chien-Boeuf 1, CH-1304 Cossonay
Tel: +41 79 445 66 58
Vice-President
- Nathalie Kopytko (France)
11, rue Saint-Exupéry, 69120 Vaulx-en-Velin
Tel: +33 6 82 56 30 23
Secretary
- Alexandre Sofia (Switzerland)
Postfach
6052 Hergiswil
Tel: +41 79 939 85 16
Tresurer
- Raphaël Berney (Switzerland)
Route de Fontaines 2, 1431 Novalles
Tel: +41 78 606 99 62
Technical commission
President
- Pascal Krieger, Suisse (Kuden IJF, Menkyo Kaiden SMR)
Members (by seniority order)
- Michel Colliard, Switzerland (Kuden IJF, Menkyo Kaiden SMR)
- Michel Ducret, Switzerland (Kuden IJF, Menkyo Kaiden SMR)
- Sergio Dieci, Switzerland (Kuden IJF, Menkyo Kaiden SMR)
- Gilles Tache, France (Kuden IJF, Menkyo Kaiden SMR)
- Sylvain Creuzet, France (Chuden IJF, Gomokuroku SMR)
- Yves Galley, Switzerland (Chuden IJF, Gomokuroku SMR)
- Jean-Claude Hamel, France (Kuden IJF, Menkyo Kaiden SMR)
- Michael Söderkvist, Sweden (Kuden IJF, Menkyo Kaiden SMR)
- Vicente Borondo, Spain (Kuden IJF, Menkyo Kaiden SMR)
- Jean-Pierre Pahud, Switzerland (Chuden IJF, Gomokuroku SMR)
- Lorenzo Trainelli, Italy (Kuden IJF, Menkyo Kaiden SMR)
- Patrik Orth, Czech Republic (Shoden IJF, Shomokuroku SMR)
- Maria Rosa Valluzzi, Italy (Chuden IJF, Gomokuroku SMR)
Regulations
Sei-Ryû-Kai-Europe
Introduction to the Sei-Ryû
Sei-Ryû-Kai wa founded by Nishioka Tsuneo Sensei. The two first ideograms have been taken from the
name of Shimizu Takaji Sensei. Kai means Association.
Being responsible for Shintô Musô Ryû in Europe, I have been accepted in this Ryû-Ha (Ryû-branch) when
I received my Menkyo-Kaiden from Nishioka Sensei at the end of the last century. Then, I founded
Sei-Ryû-Kai-Europe at the beginning of the 21st century.
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List of members
List of Sei-Ryû-Kai-Europe licenses
Fédération Européenne de Jodo / European Jodo Federation