INTERNATIONAL KENDO & IAIDO SEMINAR ANDORRA 2012

ANDORRA LA VELLA (PRINCIPALITY OF ANDORRA)

FROM 25^th TO 30^st JULY 2011

ORGANISATION:

ANDORRA KENDO CLUB (AKEN)

WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE ANDORRAN KENDO FEDERATION (FADKEN)

THE AKEN HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE "HONORABLE COMÚ D'ANDORRA"

TECHNICAL DIRECTION:

Morimasa OKADA Sensei

7 Dan Kyoshi in Kendo

Coach of Kendo Department at "NITTAIDAI" University in Tokyo (Japan)

Director of the Shodokan Dojo in Tokyo (Japan)

Shihan of the Andorra Kendo Club (AKEN) and the Andorra Kendo Federation (FADKEN)

ASSISTED BY THE JAPANESE TEACHERS:

Kozo MURAOKA (7 Dan Kyoshi in Kendo)

Yohei OTAKA (6 Dan in Kendo)

Chikano SHINZATO (5 Dan in Kendo)

Yoshiko SAKURAI (5 Dan in Kendo)

ACCOMPANIED BY OTHER EUROPEAN HIGH RANK TEACHERS:

Jean-Jacques SAUVAGE (7 Dan Renshi in Iaido) from France, RESPONSABLE OF THE IAIDO SEMINAR

Jacques MULLER (7 Dan in Kendo) from France

OTHER TEACHERS TO DETERMINE

ACCOMPANIED BY JAPANESE STUDENTS FROM PHISYCAL EDUCATION UNIVERSITY "NITTAIDAI" OF TOKYO.

NOTE: THIS SEMINAR HAS TRANSLATORS IN MANY LANGUAJES: CATALÀ, DEUTCH, ENGLISH, ESPAÑOL, FRANÇAIS.

NOTE: FROM 27/07 TO 30/07 WE HAVE A SERVICE OF KENDO ITEMS REPARATION AND SALES, BY EMAI SHOP.

PROGRAM:

The great majority of teachers and students prefer to initiate the seminar monday morning instead of morning afternoon, for this reason we have decided to do as we had been doing before, starting the seminar on monday mornig. This year we make also optional courses of Iaido every day, by Jean-Jacques Sauvage (7 Dan Renshi in Iaido) for Iaido practitioners, or for the people that have interest to taste Iaido. The Iaido seminar is free for the people who are inscribed in the Kendo seminar.

Sunday 24/07 afternoon, ARRIVAL AT THE HOTEL.

Monday 25/07 from 10:00 to 12:30, PRESENTATION & BEGINNING OF SEMINAR IN THE SPORTS CENTRE.

Monday 25/07 at 13:30, WELCOME COCKTAIL IN THE HOTEL. From 14:00 to 15:00 LUNCH.

From Monday 25/07 to Friday 29/07 from 10:00 to 13:00 & from 17:00 to 20:00, KENDO COURSES.
From Monday 25/07 to Friday 29/07 from 15:30 to 17:00, IAIDO COURSES.

Wednesday 27/07 afternoon, IS FREE FOR RELAX, WELLNESS, SHOPPING, ETC. (EXCEPT FOR IAIDO GROUP).

Saturday 30/07 from 09:00 to 11:00, IAIDO COURSES.
Saturday 30/07 from 11:00 to 13:00, KENDO COURSES.

Saturday 30/07 at 13:00, IAIDO EXAMINATIONS UP TO 3 DAN.
Saturday 30/07 from 15:00 to 16:00, LUNCH.
Saturday 30/07 at 16:30, KENDO EXAMINATIONS UP TO 5 DAN.

Saturday 30/07 from 17:30 to 18:00, MARTIAL ARTS DEMONSTRATION.

Saturday 30/07 from 18:00 to 21:00, INTERNATIONAL OPEN KENDO COMPETITION "OKADA CUP".

Saturday 30/07 from 22:00 to 24:00, SAYONARA PARTY IN THE HOTEL SALOON.

Sunday 31/08 morning, LEAVING THE HOTEL AND BACK HOME.

TRAINING PLACE:

CENTRE ESPORTIU DELS SERRADELLS

Access to exterior and interior Olympic swimming-pool.

Cafeteria & Restaurant in the sports centre (menu 15€).

Parking for the participants in the seminar (only 15€ the entire seminar's week).

Bus service from the hotel to the sports centre every 15' (1 week card with unlimited travels only 3€)

Carretera de la Comella s/n, AD500, Andorra la Vella.

E-mail: serradells@comuandorra.ad

LODGEment & restauraTION:

The International Kendo Seminar of Andorra makes an important qualitative jump as far as the lodging; all the group of teachers and students of the course will be provided with accommodations in a 5 stars hotel, with a remarkable improvement in the comfort of the rooms (all suites), the meals and the service. Also the possibility of rooms up to 4 people is offered, participants are free to choose between the lodging regime of bed & breakfast, half pension, or complete pension. In spite of all these advantages...

¡¡¡ THE PRICES OF THE HOTEL ARE EXACTLY THE SAME THAT THE ONES OF THE LAST 3 YEARS !!!

HOTEL CROWNE PLAZA *****

5 stars hotel. Very centric, next to the Parliament and the Government of Andorra, near the commercial streets.

It is 5'from the sports centre in car and 15' by foot.

Next to the bus-stop (Línia Comunal 2 La Comella) which arrives to the sports centre (bus each 15').

Carrer Prat de la Creu 88, AD500, Andorra La Vella                     

Localization by GPS: 42º30'19.96'' N - 1º31'11.09'' E

Website: www.plazandorra.com

HOTEL LODGING REGIME OF BED & BREAKFAST, HALF PENSION, OR COMPLETE PENSION:

PRICES FOR PERSON & DAY (ALL PRICES INCLUDE THE "ISI" TAX OF 4%)

• Complete Pension in quadruple suite: 51,48€
• Complete Pension in triple suite: 54,37€
• Complete Pension in double suite: 57,23€
• Complete Pension in single suite: 71,54€
• Half Pension in quadruple suite: 41,58€
• Half Pension in triple suite: 43,89€
• Half Pension in double suite: 46,20€
• Half Pension in single suite: 57,75€
• Bed & breakfast in quadruple suite: 34,38€
• Bed & breakfast in triple suite: 36,29€
• Bed & breakfast in double suite: 38,20€
• Bed & breakfast in single suite: 47,75€
• Children and young people up to 20 years: completely free lodgement sharing room with adults.
• Self service breakfast in the restaurant of the hotel.
• Self service lunch and dinner in the restaurant. Drinks (water and wine) included, coffee goes apart (supplement 1,20€).
• Price of supplementary meal in case of lodging regime of bed & breakfast or half pension only: 13,50€
• Parking in the hotel (price 20,50€ day). We recommend the parking in the sports center, much more economical.
• Health Centre: interior acclimatised swimming pool, jacuzzi, Turkish bath, cabins of massage, gymnasium, etc.
• Kid's Club, Baby's Club, Teens Club: rooms of games for the children, with specialized personnel that entertains and control them.
• Conferences centre, Internet corner, service of Wifree in all the hotel.
• Trays of courtesy: free self service of coffee and tea in the rooms.

NOTE: There is no course wednesday 27/07 evening, except for the Iaido group, because the staff of teachers and the organisation will have a special dinner in Caldea, therefore this day we recommend you half pension in case you do sightseeing, and you want to have lunch or dinner outside.

NOTE: Saturday 30/07 at night (22:00) the dinner of SAYONARA PARTY will be held in the Hotel Saloon (price 30€), therefore this day we recommend you half pension.

ECONoMICAL LODGEment (ASK AND RESERVE YOURSELF directLY):

You have good information about the lodgements in Andorra in this Web in many languages:

http://www.andorra.ad/

SEMINAR TARIFFS (INCLUDING COMPETITION FEE):

• ADULT (more of 20 years) group tariff (8 persons or more, special discount): 150€
• STUDENT (from 14 to 20 years) group tariff: 120€
• CHILDREN (less of 14 years) group tariff: 90€
• ADULT (more of 20 years) individual tariff: 170€
• STUDENT (from 14 to 20 years) individual tariff: 140€
• CHILDREN (less of 14 years) individual tariff: 110€
• Dojo Teachers (5 Dan or with more level): 100€
• Half Seminar (up to 3 days to choose): 100€
• Week-End Seminar (complete Friday & Saturday morning): 70€
• Iaido Seminar (only for the people who do not are inscribed in Kendo seminar): 120€
  
• KENDO EXAMINATIONS UP TO 5 DAN AND IAIDO EXAMINATION UP TO 3 DAN (with written authorization from the country federation of candidate): official tariffs EKF&FIK.

INFORMATION & REGISTRATIONS:

For the registration it is necessary an ODS or EXCEL file from the organisation. After receiving this file (with detailed explanations) you can insert all the information about the participants and return it to the organisation.

Every club who would like to have a tariff of group should have a responsible who takes charge of the following steps:

• To communicate, using the ODS or EXCEL file, the reservation of the seminar and the hotel for each member of his group, indicating arrival & departure days to the hotel, room type (quadruple, triple, double, or individual) and lodging regime (bed & breakfast, half pension, or complete pension). And giving the number of persons that can participate in the Sayonara Party, in the competition or in the examination, and also the persons that need a parking place in the sports centre.
• To obtain the money of the totality of the quotas of the seminar (without the hotel), plus the extras (Sayonara Party, parking in the sports centre) of all the members of his group.
• To pay the inscription, that is the totality of the quotas of the seminar (without the hotel), plus the extras (Sayonara Party, parking in the sports centre), of the members of his group to the following bank account:

IBAN: ES0421000639010100361469

BIC: CAIXESBB

Bank: Caixa d'Estalvis i Pensions de Barcelona "La Caixa"

Office: 0639 Plaça Dr. Letamendi, Barcelona, SPAIN

Account: 2100 0639 01 0100361469

• The limit date for the pre inscription is the 15-06-2011. After this date we don't assure you the reservation of places at seminar & hotel.
• You have to make the payment of the right of examination (and registration in case of successfull examination)  directly to the federation (FADKEN) in the indicated place before the examination.The payment of the examination can be done individually.
• Finally, you have to make the payment of all the rest (hotel): lodging and meals, plus the extras of the hotel (laundry, mini-bar, parking of the hotel, etc), in the reception of the Crowne Plaza Hotel before leaving the hotel. The payment of the hotel can be done individually, but we recommend you to do it by rooms or by groups, in order to agilitate the hotel administration.

Individuals that aren't members of any group should follow the same steps.

INDIVIDUALS & CLUB RESPONSIBLES HAVE TO MAKE ALL RESERVATIONS OF HOTEL AND SEMINAR DIRECTLY TO THE ORGANISATION, AND COMMUNICATE ALL PAYEMENTS TO THIS E-MAIL:

aken@kendo-andorra.org