After a 5 year hiatus, the European Koryū-bujutsu Convention is gearing up for a great come-back.

The 8th EKC will beheld in Amsterdam on April 12th and 13th, 2025

The lecture will be “Unravelling the Cords” by Alex Allera:

Unravelling the Cords is the first complete annotated translation of the original text of the Taisha-ryū Kaichū (タイ捨流解紐), as well as a document penned by Taisha-ryū’s founder – Marume Kurando (1540–1629) – containing an original text by Kamiizumi Nobutsuna (ca. 1508–1577) – the renowned founder of the Shinkage-ryū school and Kurando’s own swordsmanship master.

Many Koryū-bujutsu representatives have already expressed their participation and we are preparing for a great weekend of Classical Japanese Martial Arts.

The aim of the European Koryū-bujutsu Convention is twofold:

• to encourage the academic study of koryū bujutsu and the exchange of ideas among practitioners of kobujutsu ryūha in Europe.
• to offer the interested public a serious and accessible platform to learn more about authorized kobujutsu and get in touch with the respective study groups in Europe.

There have been six European Koryū-bujutsu Convention in the past:
2012: The very first EKC by the founder of the event: Joris van Nispen of Shofukan Rotterdam. Lecture was held by Mr. Hunter B. Armstrong
2014: The second EKC by Joris van Nispen of Shofukan Rotterdam. Lecture was held by Mr. Serge Mol
2015: The largest koryu embu in Europe was held at the EKC by new director of EKC: Arjan F. Tervoort of Kochokai Budokan. Lecture was held by Mr. Willem de Lange
2016: The first EKC outside The Netherlands hosted by Claudio Regoli.
2017: Addition of a inter-ryuha embu-discussion at EKC hosted by Jürgen Seebeck.
2018: EKC focused inwardly to it’s participants with even more exchange of ideas, Hosted by EKC director: Arjan F. Tervoort
2019: EKC collaboration with Kōryūkai in Palazzo Rizzini, Hosted by Kōryūkai director: Lorenzo Quaresmini on September 7th and 8th.