French team for the WKC

[Nico]

HEllo everybody,
here is the composition of the french team for the WKC :

SELECTION FRANCAISE / French selection

MASCULINS /MALE
Equipe / Team
BLACHON François (29 ans) 5ème dan
DE BRUNEL DE BONNEVILLE Thibault (27 ans) 5ème dan
HEURTEVIN J-Nicolas (25 ans) 4ème dan
SICART Guillaume (22 ans) 4ème dan
SOULAS Allan (26 ans) 5ème dan
Remplaçants
SALSON Fabien (29 ans) 5ème dan
LABRU J-Pierre (36 ans) 6ème dan

Individuels /Individual
HEURTEVIN J-Nicolas
LABRU J-Pierre
SALSON Fabien
SICART Guillaume
SOULAS Allan

FEMININES / FEMALE
Equipe /Team
CAPRIOGLIO Lisa (21 ans) 3ème dan
DESTOBBELEER Aurélia (23 ans) 4ème dan
GARCIA Clémence (22 ans) 3ème dan
LOUSTALE Sabine (28 ans) 4ème dan
SOULAS Nadia (24 ans) 4ème dan
Remplaçante
BEAUVERGER Nolwenn (28 ans) 4ème dan

Individuelles / Induvidual
CAPRIOGLIO Lisa
DESTOBBELEER Aurélia
GARCIA Clémence
LOUSTALE Sabine
SOULAS Nadia

(âge atteint au 1er juillet 2003) / (age in july 2003)


I ve got the chance to be an helper during the WKC, lucky me !

Cheers

NICO

www.edinburghkendo.co.uk

[Luis Trabuco]

My dear friend,

Two new gentlemen and a new lady on your team, comparing to the last championship in USA! So, what about the Delegation's leader, manager and coach?
French team is strong and has good kendo!

Gambatte kudasai!

[Nico]

HAMOT Eric - Manager des équipes de France

KENICHI Yoshimura - Conseiller Technique National

MONTIGNY J-Paul - Médecin des équipes de France

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MM. C. PRUVOST et J.P. RAICK : referee

Nico

www.edinburghkendo.co.uk

[slidercrank]

Hmmm.... just curious. At what age do these French national players start kendo? Most of them are below the age of 30 and a lot of them have yondans or godans. Given the French names, I assume they are not the kids of Japanese senseis, so they are not likely brought to the dojo at a young age by their parents.

Is kendo that popular in France that many French kids start kendo before age 10 and stick with it?

[Danny Boy]

I ve got the chance to be an helper during the WKC, lucky me !


Have a practise with us (Glasgow Kendo Club) before the WKC.

[mingshi]

!!! Oh !!!

They still have practice pre-WKC?
Please give in more details, as I would be there too.

[Danny Boy]

Sure do,


Go to the Glasgow Kendo Club Website, check practise times/place and come along, no worries.


Tuesdays 8:00pm to 9:30pm
Thursdays 7:30pm to 9:00pm both at the Kelvin Hall Sports Centre

Sundays at 11:00am to 13:00 at
Bellahouston Sports Centre.


I know for a fact that a few good folk will be joinining us for a bash before the actual WKC week.


P.S.

Make sure you;re insured.

[Tato]

Hi Slidercrank, yes France has a really strong kendo federation, whit something between 3000 and 6000 members. They win almost all the European championsips since ever, just leaving the 2nd and 3rd positions to the weaker countries (like Spain, UK, Italy, RFA, etc). The only other country in Europe that cames close to them is Hungary, they did great at the last Europeans.

And they've a lot of influence on the rest of the European federations. As an exemple we have a French sensei in our club, and some of the seminars held across Spain are given by french people.

Mr Labru and Mr Raick are well known and higly respect here.

Rei

[AlexM]

Should also mention that the French Kendo Federation is tied to the national judo federation (i.e. Olympic sport with funding $$$), so they actually have a budget.

Does anyone know the name of the guy (on the French team obviously) who beat S.Asaoka (Team Canada, made the ¼ finals) in teams at the last worlds? I'd really like to see his kendo.

[m_french]

No m_french on the french team....must be an oversight:beard:

[don_lubo]

Nico pourquoi monsieur J.P.Labru est remplacant?

[Nico]

I didnt find the answer for how beat S.Asaoka during the last world champ...
And right in France we are very lucky to be affiliate to a federation it means money for the club, i would like to add that we can use gymnasium at the university or hall to pratice for free...We received every year an expert from ZNKR...

I don t know why JP Labru is not directly in team..! New generation ?

I enjoy to come on Glasgow last sunday morning , it was great !

Cheers

Nico

Check edinburghkendo.co.uk website for informations

Edinburgh Kendo Club has the honour of holding an offical post WKC-keiko in Edinburgh on Tuesday 8th of July. This is open to any kendoka from around the world.

[m_french]

Nico- ZKNR? that's not the Zimbabwe National Kendo Ryu is it???

I didn't know Kurukuru was promoting kendo abroad again.:beard:

[AlexM]

The guy who beat S.Asaoka was A.Soulas apparently (got this from a second hand source though).

Qu'est-ce qui empêche nos cousins Français de venir nous voir de temps en temps au Québec hein? Vous avez honte de nous où quoi? Faire une petite randonnée dans le bois ne vous intéresse pas? Le grand air ne vous inspire pas? C'est pas grave, il y a d'autres choses à faire ici. Je vous jure que Montréal n'est pas une ville d'igloos peuplée uniquement par des trappeurs (quoi qu'en disent certains imbéciles).

J'ai une proposition pour vous: Envoyez nous quelques membres de l'équipe nationale (de préférence les filles) et nous vous enverrons des boîtes de sirop d'érable et encore de nos chanteurs à la con :D .... (vous pouvez garder les chanteurs et le sirop).

[Kingu]

Garde les chanteurs mais envoie le sirop. Merci bien.

[AlexM]

Ah non! Ah non! C'est de la triche ça! C'est interdit! Vous négociez de mauvaise foi!

Vous prenez le sirop ET les chanteurs; pas de sirop sans les chanteurs!

Je sais que le marché français est saturé de chanteurs(euses) québécois(es) mais ce n'est pas une excuse ça! Qu'est-ce que vous voulez qu'on en fasse de ces chanteurs hein?

Vous nous amenez l'équipe française et on vous envoie le sirop et les chanteurs mais, on reprend Luc Plamondon (qu'est-ce qu'on va faire avec celui là?). C'est ma dernière offre.

[suzume]

When I started kendo (in france), 15 years ago there were only a very few dojos with a youth section. I can only remember St. Etienne and Kenyu (Paris). Now I suppose there are more clubs with youth sections.

Although I seem to remember the wc in 94, the team was mostly late 20 early 30 people.

Anyway, look at the japanese team they're going to face. No matter how young and graded they are it's going to be real tough for them...

[Nico]

Team competition is going to be a great moment for France with Japan and USA... i ll look for it with intension...

We are lucky in France to have a federation = money and that s why we ve got lots of young people can start Kendo... easily..

See yu !

[kendokamax]

alex ... quest ce que tu fumes , serieux?

[Hai_hai]

Pigs will fly if France wins the men's team tournament.

[suzume]

pigs will fly if anyone but the japanese win the men's tournament. or maybe you mean anything more specific ?

[Hai_hai]

Originally posted by suzume
pigs will fly if anyone but the japanese win the men's tournament. or maybe you mean anything more specific ?

So so.
If any team other than Japan wins the team or individual, pigs would fly and talk.

[Danny Boy]

What about the koreans or the brazilians ?

And im looking forward to the day that the cubans start doing kendo....

[AlexM]

Originally posted by kendokamax
alex ... quest ce que tu fumes , serieux?

Je suis allé piquer dans ton stock...

(quick translation for the Muggles, Morlocks and other assorted inferiors:
Max asked what exactely have I been smoking to come up with my previous posts. I responded by telling him that I got it from his stash)

As for France winning the WKC.... it has as much of a chance as say the US or Canada of winning the REAL World Cup (the football kind), that is to say none whatsoever.