INTERNATIONAL BOBATH INSTRUCTORS TRAINING ASSOCIATION
An international association for adult neurological rehabilitation
July Newsletter
Executive Committee
Congress and AGM 2025 in Tokyo, Japan
IBITA Congress Venue: KFC Hall and Rooms inside of Daiichi Hotel Rygoku, Tokyo, Japan (the main place for the meeting will be held at the 3rd floor of this building).
- The 41st IBITA AGM will be held on Friday 29thAugust 2025.
- The Congress will open on Wednesday evening 27thAugust with a Welcome party.
- This will be followed by educational days on 28thand 30th
- Registration is open:LINK
- For Programme details and Accommodation please open the LINK
Dear member,
I hope this message finds you well.
It’s July, and there are less than two months until IBITA AGM TOKYO.
Thanks to our members, we expect the number of participants to exceed 100. We, the Japanese members who have been preparing for the event, are also getting motivated.
The rainy season is over in Japan, and summer is in full swing. In Tokyo, the heat exceeds 30 degrees every day, so not a day goes by without sweating. I hope you will have a lively discussion during the day and enjoy a cold beer or wine in the evening.
We look forward to your safe arrival and reunion in Japan.
We have also prepared a WhatsApp for this AGM. If you are interested, please join below.
https://chat.whatsapp.com/G7noRowUyg8CijDdnAv5R1
Thank you.
The Japanese Group
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Course Exemptions
Please submit all course exemption requests to the IBITA Chairperson Marc Michielsen – [email protected]
Publishing Courses
Please do not forget to publish the basic and advanced courses you are teaching in 2025/2026. Please publish all the co-instructors or/and instructor candidates who are actively involved in teaching. We have a lot of requests from all over the world and if we don’t know where courses are running, we cannot help with further information! If you need help, please contact the IBITA Secretary Victor Urquizo – [email protected]
URGENT: Future AGMs
We are searching for countries which are willing to organise the AGM of 2027, 2028, 2029, etc. Eventual candidates should send their candidacy to the EC.
SIS Survey
Procedural Manual, 2.4 Statements of Instructor Status and Instructor Candidate Status (SIS)
- All members are required to complete the SIS.
- The SIS survey must be submitted after 1 May and before 1 July(Byelaws Art. VI – Members’ rights and duties – Section II Duties of members – Clause 3).
- Exemptions must be applied for before July 1st, the SIS submission deadline.
There are still 34 members who did not complete their SIS. Please remember that you will have NO voting rights for the elections if you don’t do it until August the 9th.
Subscriptions
If you have not yet paid your subscription for the period 2025/2026, please do it before August the 9th. Otherwise, you will have NO voting rights.
Instructor Training Committee
The ITC is preparing the 2 Modules to be taught in Tokyo, ACIC and BCIC Upper limb. Pre module work has been sent to all participants. If there are any questions regarding this pre module work, please contact
ACIC: Cath Eustace @[email protected]
BCIC: Miguel Benito @[email protected]
2026 Germany
- Pre Congress Advanced Training Module from 22nd to 25th August 2026 (4 days) – Note: New name to reflect that this module is open for full members. An ACIC continues to be obligated to follow this module before qualifying.
- Post Congress BCIC Locomotion from 30th August 30 to 2nd September 2026 (4 days)
2027 Location ??
- BCIC Upper Limb
2028 Location ??
- BCIC Locomotion and Advanced (?)
Research Committee
The ResCom is inviting you all to send scientific posters for presentation in the upcoming AGM in Japan. This is an URGENT call so that we can review your posters beforehand. Looking forward to it.
Please note that Francesco Inversini (Italy), who is currently studying in the Master of Science program in Rehabilitative Sciences at the University of Verona, may contact some of you by email in the next few weeks, inviting you to participate in a forum session during the AGM in Tokyo. Should you be approached, your engagement would be greatly appreciated.
Other News
If you have any info for the August newsletter, please send it to Victor Urquizo at [email protected] by 15th August.