{"id":614,"date":"2026-09-16T04:09:56","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T04:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.naginata.ca\/?p=614"},"modified":"2026-09-16T04:12:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T04:12:34","slug":"kaori-senseis-renshi-exam-and-training-in-japan-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.naginata.ca\/fr\/2026\/09\/16\/kaori-senseis-renshi-exam-and-training-in-japan-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaori-sensei’s Renshi Exam and Training in Japan (2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"

This spring, Kaori Kubo<\/strong>, along with Mary Phan<\/strong> and Marija Landekic<\/strong> travelled to Japan to train in Okayama and Himeji. Congratulations to Kaori-sensei for taking the Renshi exam<\/strong> and on achieving the title of Renshi! Here are some highlights from the trip:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Okayama gasshuku on May 3rd. High school and adult players from 6 prefectures took part in an 8-hour practice, with around 80 participants that day. Photo credit: @mimasaka.naginata<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Himeji Prefectural Budokan practice on May 8th. My high school teacher runs the dojo there. The Renshi exam was held in the budokan this year. Photo credit: @himeji_naginata<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Our visit to Musashi Shrine in Mimasaka city, just a 30-minute drive from my home, if anyone is interested in visiting one day!<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe had 30 Renshi candidates this year, and we took the exam by age. 9 of us had successful results.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This spring, Kaori Kubo, along with Mary Phan and Marija Landekic travelled to Japan to train in Okayama and Himeji. Congratulations to Kaori-sensei for taking the Renshi exam and on achieving the title of Renshi! Here are some highlights from the trip: \u201cWe had 30 Renshi candidates this year, and we took the exam by age. 9 of us had successful results.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":544,"url":"https:\/\/www.naginata.ca\/fr\/2024\/05\/15\/toronto-naginata-tournament-2024\/","url_meta":{"origin":614,"position":0},"title":"Toronto Naginata Tournament (2024)","author":"Julia Luo","date":"mai 15, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"The 2024 Toronto Naginata Tournament was held on May 11-12th 2024 at Loretto College School, Toronto Canada. 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