European Kendo Federation
The European Kendō Federation (EKF, English European Kendo Federation ) is the umbrella organization for the Japanese Budō disciplines Kendō , Iaidō and Jōdō in Europe .
It has around forty member states, including non-European countries. Since 1974 the EKF has organized the Kendo European Championship every year in which no Kendo World Championship is held (every three years) . In 2008 the 22nd European Championship was held in Helsinki , 2010 the 23rd European Championship in Debrecen and in 2011 the 24th European Championship in Gdynia . For 2013, the German Kendobund was awarded the contract for the organization in Berlin .
In addition, the EKF organizes graduation exams and courses. President is the Belgian Alain Ducarme . The EKF is a member of the International Kendo Federation .
Members
Andorra Austria Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany United Kingdom Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Jordan Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Montenegro Mozambique Norway Poland Portugal North Macedonia Romania Russia Serbia Slovakia South Africa Spain Sweden Switzerland Netherlands Turkey
