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Seminars and events

Wendi Dragonfire regularly organizes seminars and other events where martial artists of all levels, self-defense teachers and others can deepen their knowledge and expand their repertoire.

Upcoming seminars and weekends

Unless announced otherwise, all seminars are held on Saturday afternoons (13.00-16.00) at the hall of Zwanenveld 21-42, Nijmegen. The hall is wheelchair accessible. Seminars can be given in English, or translation provided.

Inquiries and registration: Wendi Dragonfire, +31 (0)24-344 43 49, wdshuri@chello.nl.

Before every workshop there is Shuri lesson (please contact for time). It is free to all participants of the workshop. All shuri’s are welcome.

If you want to attend a workshop but don’t speak Dutch: seminars and workshops are usually taught in English and Dutch.

Weekends

Open to women. From Friday 17.00 until Sunday 12.30

  • No date has been set for another training weekend yet

Past seminars and weekends

  • Sat. 5 Jan: Defenses against threats with pistol, knife and stick
  • Sat. 15 Dec: Arnis (sticks)
  • Sat. 24 Nov: Traps, Locks and Throws
  • Sat. 27 Oct: Kata and Kata Bunkai
  • Sat. 11 April: hitting, strikes and kicks… including practice on pads, using noodles etc. open to all
  • Fri. 1 – Sun. 3 April: training weekend for brown and blackbelt women and guests
  • Sat. 14 March: harmony exercises, for example Sparring, push hands, chi sao, open to all
  • Sat. 21 Feb: street exercises and Multi man attacks, open to all
  • Sat: 24 Jan: exams for Shuri-Ryu Kyu candidates
  • Sat. 17 Jan: seminar on defenses against threats with knives and guns, open to all
  • Fri. 9 Jan – 11 Jan: Winter weekend at the Refter near Nijmegen for women of all styles and levels.
  • Sat. 13 Dec: Self-defense, open to all.
  • Sat 15 Nov: Kata en 2 person exercises, open to martial artists of all styles and levels of experience
  • Sat. 25 Oct: Arnis, open to all
  • Fri 3 – Sun 5 Oct 2014: training weekend for brown and blackbelt and invited women in De Refter
  • Sat. 20 Sept: Workshop Sparring
  • Fri 5 – Sun 7 Sept 2014: summer training weekend for women of all styles and levels in De Refter
  • Sat 21 June 2014: seminar on self-defense for women: mental, verbal and physical – open to all women
  • Training weekend for brown and blackbelt and invited women: April 4-6
  • Sat 3 May 2014: seminar on kata and applications, open to martial artists of all styles and levels of experience
  • Sat 12 April 2014: seminar on self-defense for women: mental, emotional and physical – open to all women
  • Fri 4 – Sun 6 April 2014: training weekend for brown and blackbelt and invited women in
  • Sat 8 March 2014: seminar on defenses against grabs and punches, plus street drills – open to all
  • Sat 8 Feb 2014: free sparring and street sparring seminar, open to martial artists of all styles and levels of experience.
  • Sat 11 Jan 2014: seminar on effective basic technique, including practice on pads (open to all)
  • Sat 7 Dec 2013: kata seminar, open to martial artists of all styles and levels of experience
  • Sat 2 Nov 2013: seminar on defenses against threats with knives and guns, open to all
  • Fri 4 – Sun 6 Oct 2013: training weekend in de Refter for brown and blackbelt women and invited women
  • Sat 14 Sept 2013: chi sao/pushing hands seminar, open to martial artists of all styles and levels of experience
  • Fri 30 Aug – Sun 1 Sept 2013: self-defense weekend for women
  • Sat 22 June 2013: basic self-defense for women, open to all women. Follow-up on 8 December, among other things.
  • Sat 25 May 2013: knife and gun seminar, open to all. Defenses against gun attacks (threatening) and knife attacks (threatening and active).
  • Sat 27 April 2013: kata seminar, open to all martial artists. Applications of kata techniques.
  • Fri 5 April – Sun 7 April 2013: training weekend at de Refter for brown and blackbelt women and invited women
  • Sat 16 March 2013: seminar Safety in and around the house, open to all women. Strategies and techniques for use in domestic situations.
  • Sat 9 February 2013: freesparring seminar, open to all. Sparring, going on to take-downs and joint locks and ground fighting (safely).
  • Sat 19 January 2013: streetfighting seminar, open to all. Basic street exercises and street sparring (safely).
  • Sat 8 December 2012: basic self-defense for women seminar, open to all women. Role plays, defenses against grabs, basic self-defense strikes and kicks.
  • Sat 3 November 2012: kata seminar, open to all. Your story within the kata: what it means and how you make it your own.
  • Fri 5 October – Sun 7 October 2012: training weekend at de Refter for brown and blackbelt women and invited women
  • Sat 15 September 2012: Modern Arnis seminar
  • Aug 31-Sept 2, 2012: Summer weekend at the Refter near Nijmegen for women of all styles and levels
  • May 12, 2012: Basic self-defense, open to all women
  • April 21, 2012: Defenses against threatening weapon attacks, open to all
  • March 24, 2012: Kata seminar, open to all martial artists
  • Feb. 11, 2012: Street exercises, e.g. drunken monkey, monkey line; open to all
  • Dec. 3, 2011: Kumite seminar (free and street sparring), open to all
  • Nov. 12, 2011: Kata seminar, open to all martial artists
  • Sept. 10, 2011: Psycho-physical principles with practical exercises to emphasize the principles; open to all
  • August 26-28, 2011: women’s self-defence weekend, open to women (16+) of all levels (with Yasmina Khaldi)