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Charlotte Vandersleyen Sensei is from Brussels, Belgium, and is now living in London, UK, and has been training for over 24 years, during which time she\\u2019s achieved:
\\nShe holds the rank of naginata godan, kendo sandan and teaches at Aspire Naginata Club in London
\\nIn this wide-ranging conversation, we go from Vandersleyen Sensei\\u2019s early days getting into Naginata to a wide range of initiatives and organizations she has helped found and lead for the art in Europe and more recently across the globe.
\\nNaginata @ Home can be found on Youtube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRHpBTyJEKMKDpi9V7eti-A
\\nWe also talk briefly about the complex nature of human interactions within the budo world -- usually overly simplified as \\u201cpolitics\\u201d, and the challenges & blessings of being \\u201csensei-free\\u201d.
\\nVandersleyen has shown courage and resilience in her Naginata career these past couple of decades, and has mostly succeeded in not getting sucked into politics, and practicing purely for your pleasure of the art.
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