The 5th Night of Traditional Martial Arts, in honor of Masamichi Noro and Yoshinori Kono took place in Paris on November 26th 2011.
The Founder of Nanbudo, Yoshinao Nanbu Doshu Soke was invited to perform Nanbudo demonstration together with French Nanbudokas Serge Salvai Renshi and Julien Colazzina Sensei Kyoshi.
A big number of martial arts schools were present, and it was a great evening with high quality demonstrations in front of a large audience.

C'est a Paris que s'est déroulée La 5ème Nuit des Arts Martiaux Traditionnels, en l'honneur de Noro Masamichi et Kono Yoshinori.
Maitre Nanbu était invité pour participer à cette soirée. Il a fait une démonstration en compagnie de Serge Salvai Renshi et Julien Colazzina Sensei Kyoshi.
De nombreuses écoles d'arts martiaux étaient présentes et se fut une soirée avec des démonstration de qualités, très appréciées du public  nombreux pour cette occasion.

French Federation of Karate and Associated Disciplines (Fédération Française de Karaté et Disciplines Associées) organized a big event – ‘Japanese experts seminar’ – on September 18th and 19th 2010 in Paris.
Among many Japanese instructors from different styles, Founder of Nanbudo, Yoshinao Nanbu Doshu Soke, also presented his own way of Budo. First he did an excellent demonstration in front of 400 Karateka and after that he conducted a class where almost all of them participated, trying to make themselves familiar with basic Nanbudo techniques and concepts.