FIK European-zone Kendo Referee Seminar was held on 2th and 3th February 2013 in Brussels, Belgium.

The FIK instructors of this year were as follows.

Mr. Kunio HAYASHI, Kendo Hanshi 8 Dan
Mr. Shigenori MIZUTA, Kendo Kyoshi 8 Dan
Mr. Isao OKIDO Kendo Kyoshi 8 Dan

The seminar was started from 2th Feb. there are formal trainees of 73 from all over the Europe, and some local players for referee training, total participants were more than 100.

After the opening message by Mr. Alain Ducarme President of European Kendo Federation Vice President of International Kendo Federation, HAYASHI sensei explained the propose of this seminar and important points.
After that, trainees were separated to 2 groups ( 2 court), MIZUTA sensei was assigned court No, 1 as the instructor, and OKIDO sensei was assigned court No 2.
The refereeing Jitsugi seminar was started immediately.
In the morning of second day, the seminar continued mainly reviewing last day’s study.
After 2 days seminar, judging skill of has been improved and confirmed.