Tuesday, January 27, 2009

NEW CALEDONIA - Shin Gu Dojo


Christophe Cottineau, a student of Tabuchi Sensei, proud member of the Goshinkan, created a first Dojo in Noumea in 2003.
Since then Sport Chanbara activity in New Caledonia has been progressing.
The number of Dojo is steadily increasing, and the Noumean's presence on an international level is becoming more and more visible.
For instance, they were remarked at the 2008 World Championship, with Adrien Alvarez winning a silver medal in Kodachi.

Adrien recently opened a new club : the Shin Gu Dojo.

Trained by Cottineau Sensei and Tabuchi Sensei, Adrien Alvaez (2 Dan) is teaching around forty students, and can be regarded as one of the rising stars in the New Caledonian Spochan scene.



Thanks to their geographic location, the Noumeans can take part in three major international events : Asia-Oceania Championship, World Championship and Goshinkan Taikai.
In 2008, they won no less than four medals.
They also organize internal tournaments, including the New Caledonia Championship.

Saturday, December 6, 2008

Sekai Taikai 2008 : Results and Pictures




The official I.S.C.A. website has just published on its English-speaking pages a very significant series of pictures of the event, as well as a translation of the results.


Click here for the pictures

Click here for the results

This is a good opportunity for chanabra.fr to take a look at the results of the guest countries :

- Russia : 6 Medals, including 1 Gold Medal
- France : 4 Medals, including 2 Gold Medals
- Italy : 4 Medals, including 1 Gold Medal
- Estonia : 2 Medals, including 1 Gold Medal
- Egypt : 2 Medals
- South Korea : 1 Gold Medal
- New Caldeonia : 1 Medal

Once again, the Russia-France-Italy triad has the best results.
Russia, in spite of its recent divisions, is still present on many podiums.
France gathered its usual collection of medals, despite a reduced team.
Italy, on top of individual results, is Team World Champion for the second year in a row.
Estonia still has an excellent level, and stays a safe bet in the Kihondousa category.
Finally, there is a lot of hope for smaller fighter communities, such as Egypt, New Caledonia or South Korea. After several years of participation, they have achieved significant results, and keep producing increasingly skilled fighters.

Congratulations to everyone!

Thursday, November 27, 2008

Sekai Taikai 2008 : Videos 2


Here is a new batch of videos from the Championship :





















Sekai Taikai 2008 : Videos


Here are all the 2008 World Championship videos we could find after a first Youtube search :

spochan2008-001

spochan2008-002


sports chanbara 2008 partA

sports chanbara 2008 partB


sports chanbara 2008 partC


Hopefully, more interesting content will appear soon.

Sekai Taikai 2008


Here are the results of this year's World Championship :



Grand Champion : MATSUMOTO (松本) Kouchi Prefecture

Kihondousa Champion : NOMURA (野村) Kouchi Prefecture

Kodachi Champion : TAMURA (田村) Kanagawa Prefecture

Morote Champion : IWATA (岩田) Aichi Prefecture

Choken Free Champion : HAYASHIDA (林田) Osaka

Nito Champion : TAKEUCHI (竹内) Hokkaido

Tate-Ko Champion : MATSUMOTO (松本) Kouchi Prefecture

Yari-Bou Champion : YAMAGUCHI (山口) Kanagawa Prefecture

Tanto Champion : HINAMI (日並) Hyougo Prefecture

Team Champion : ITALY

Kihondousa Team Champion : JAPAN


source :

http://www.internationalsportschanbara.net/jp/honbu/cgi-bin/result.cgi?date=20081123&nth=1

Saturday, November 1, 2008

EGYPT / The Goshinkan in Cairo


Grâce au soutien de la Fédération Egyptienne de Sport Chanbara, le Goshinkan Paris a organisé, du 8 au 23 Octobre,
une série d'entraînement au Caire, ouverts à tous les Egyptiens.
Ces stages comportaient des initiations aux méthodes d'entraînement propres au Goshinkan,
mais également des séances de sensibilisation à l'Auto-Arbitrage.
Cette rencontre a surtout été l'occasion de renforcer les liens déjà privilégiés entre le Goshinkan Paris et la Fédération Egyptienne puisque
leurs représentants, Ali Zeid et Olivier Casta, tous deux élèves de Tabuchi Sensei, travaillent depuis longtemps à la mise en place de projets communs.

On notera également la présence au sein de l'équipe d'Egypte, de quelques valeurs montantes,
tel que Karim Khedr, qui vient d'obtenir son 3eme Dan, et dont on entendra sûrement parler au prochain Goshinkan Taikai.

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

FRANCE / GOSHINKAN PARIS


Après la création en 2003 d'un premier Dojo francophone à Nouméa (Nouvelle Calédonie),
le Goshinkan vient d'ouvrir une nouvelle branche à Paris, sous la direction d'Olivier Casta.
Rappelons que la particularité de cet ensemble de clubs est que tous les enseignants ont été formés au Japon
par Tabuchi Sensei, 8ème dan Hanshin et fondateur du Goshinkan.
Vous y retrouverez donc des méthodes d'apprentissage spécifiquement Japonaises,
même si selon ses représentants, le Goshinkan en France souhaite avant tout proposer un enseignement "pluriel"
qui aborde et intègre le point de vue et l'état d'esprit de ces deux pays.

Les cours du Goshinkan Paris débuteront le Vendredi 19 Septembre de 20h à 22h,
au Gymnase de l'Université René Descartes, 1 rue Lacretelle,
dans le 15ème arrondissement (métro Porte de Versailles / ligne 12),
en partenariat avec la section sports-chanbara du CEPESJA.

Vous trouverez plus de renseignements sur le site Francophone officiel du Goshinkan :

www.goshinkan.fr