Seiryukai Jodo Leeuwarden

あけましておめでとう！Happy new year everybody! I hope 2026 will bring you health, happiness and a lot of keiko!!

2026 will bring some changes for Seiryukai Leeuwarden, but more to come on that in the near future!

It’s been a year since Kees Sensei departed from us. He is missed dearly but there is also a lot of gratitude for everything he has taught us!

Wil jij in het nieuwe jaar eens wat anders proberen? Of heb je altijd al een Japanse krijgskunst willen beoefenen?
Shinto Muso Ryu Jojutsu is een meer dan 400 jaar oude Japanse krijgskunst waarin de jo, een stok, centraal staat. Het is geschikt voor iedereen!

Trainingen zijn er op maandag van 20:15 tot 21:30 en vrijdag van 20:00 tot 21:30. Kom vrijblijvend een keer kijken of meedoen in de dojo aan de Emmakade. Stuur een DM of kijk op de website: www.Jodo-leeuwarden.nl

Happy new year everybody! Let’s make it a good year. Be mindfull, wise and dilligent. Look out for each other!

Some more pictures of the ‘in memoriam’ seminar in Haarlem a few weeks ago. It was a special seminar with people from all over Europe and Shikanai sensei all the way from Brazil.

This weekend we had a memorial seminar for Kees Bruggink Sensei. It was a wonderfull meeting and great Keiko led by Wil Bruggink Sensei. There were participants from all over Europe and even Brazil and Israël. Thanks to everybody who came and trained and shared their stories about Kees sensei. More pictures to come.

An In memoriam seminar coming up this october led by Kees sensei's wife and Seiryukai Gomokuroku, Wil Bruggink. A good opportunity to train in his spirit and share memories with each other and have a good time.

The guys from Munen Muso dojo Haarlem came over for keiko today. Thanks for making the trip!

Kees Sensei would have turned 68 today. He is missed dearly.

No thinking, no reflecting
Perfect emptiness:
Yet therin something moves,
Following its own course.

That is mushin or munen, emptiness. This is very important in martial arts as proficiency in martial arts is not merely a technical skill. Training the mind is equally important.

Calligraphy made by Kees Bruggink

Today we had to say goodbye to Kees Bruggink Shihan. I still can't comprehend that he is no longer with us. I will miss him very much and am thankfull for everything he has taught me through the years. He was a great budoka and a wonderfull human. We will continue his legacy and remember him through our training!