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 650 licensed trainees (January 2005).
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. Vienne (Autria)
- 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 9th International Jôdô Jamboree in Brazil)
- 2007. Kacov (Czech Republic)
- 2008. Guadarrama (Spain)
- 2009. Würzburg (Germany) (shorter camp because of the 10th International Jôdô Jamboree in Japan)
- 2010. ? (Hungary)
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 Dolomites Seminar in Italy, etc ). (see the calendar)
Comitee
The EJF is composed of two bodies (the below committee was (re)elected at the General Assembly 2009):
Président
- Barbara Meroni (Switzerland)
- Chemin de Chien-Boeuf 1, CH-1304 Cossonay
- Mobile +41 79 445 66 58
Vice-President
- Helga Wurth (Austria)
- Hießgasse 4/12, A-1030 Wien
- Tel. +43 1 90 49 768
Secretary
- Félix Gartmann (Switzerland)
- chemin des Verjus 20, CH-1212 Grand-Lancy
- Tél. +41 22 320 33 44
Tresurer
- Yves Galley (Switzerland)
- rue de la léchère 73, 1630 Bulle
- Tel. 079 489 46 35
Technical commission
President
- Pascal Krieger, Suisse (Kuden IJF, Menkyo Kaiden SMR)
Members
- Michel Colliard, Suisse (Chuden IJF, Gomokuroku SMR)
- Michel Ducret, Suisse (Chuden IJF, Gomokuroku SMR)
- Laurent Subilia, Suisse (Chuden IJF, Gomokuroku SMR)
- Alain Robert, France (Chuden IJF, Gomokuroku SMR)
- Fred Quant, Pays-Bas (Chuden IJF, Gomokuroku SMR)
- Sergio Dieci, Suisse (Chuden IJF, Gomokuroku SMR)
- Kees Bruggink, Pays-Bas (Chuden IJF, Shomokuroku SMR)
- Gilles Tache, France (Shoden IJF, Shomokuroku SMR)
Fédération Européenne de Jodo / European Jodo Federation