Sensei André Raboen is the founder and president of Nami-Kai. Mr. Raboen is also president of the Nederlandse Naginata Renmei, the official federation for Naginata activities in the Netherlands.

Perry Hagen is the secretary of Nami-Kai. He mainly focuses on communicating with 3d parties.

Marc Leenheer is Nami-Kai's treasurer.

The literary meaning of the word Nami is "wave"
The fluid, cyclic, continuous movements that waves make, with maintainance of energy is comparable with the harmony in movement that we try to achieve in martial arts.

But there is more. In our school the word Nami also stands for transparency and homogeneity.
Water, or a group of people are only transparent if all elements are equal and in balance. Nami-Kai tries to be a stimulating environment where everybody helps each other.

The logo of Nami-Kai is a redesign of a traditional Japanese familycrest (ka-mon). The symbol represents three waves.

The word "kai" has more than one meaning.
It means "place to practice", like a school, but it also means "sea" and in our case a homogeneous group.