VII European Naginata Championships

Ukrainian Kendo Federation participated in the VII European Naginata Championship on November 5-7, 2010.
UKF was represented by Kostyantyn Stryzhychenko (Kharkov), Sergiy Gladysh (Kiev) and Igor Tarasenko (Sevastopol).
Igor won the first place in the Individual Championship in the category “up to 2 kyu unprofessional”.
Participants certification was held  within the bounds of the championship.
There are results of certification:
Kostyantyn Stryzhychenko – 1 Dan Naginata
Sergiy Gladysh, Igor Tarasenko – 4 Kyu Naginata
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Congratulations to the winners and certified!

Ukrainian Kendo Federation membership

he European Naginata Federation (ENF) has unanimously adopted Ukrainian Kendo Federation during the General Assembly on November 4, 2010.
Today ENF includes also UK, Holland, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Czech Republic, so Ukraine becomes the 9-th member of ENF.