January 29th saw our club’s first pub night of the year! Our monthly meet ups are a super way to socialise and enjoy a nice dinner with the people that we otherwise fight and beat up every training.
Interviewing our latest cohort!
We’re kicking off 2016 with an article highlighting what our newest members think of the club, the training, and our people. But! We’re not doing our usual Q&A – I’m adding personality-revealing questions as uni students are likely to be facing once we graduate! Hi guys thanks for being part of the interview! We need fresh opinions to […]
End of year dinner event
Thank you to all of those people who attended our end of year dinner to celebrate our successful 2015! For those who stayed in Sydney for the holiday we organised a dinner at Kura Kura restaurant on the 30th of December. Look forward to being with you for 2016 everybody!
Dec Pub night – see you next year!
We do things the old-fashioned way…no messaging apps, no group chats, no forums, just face to face talking. Thanks to those who dropped by to our final pub night for 2015! As usual happy times at the Off-Broadway Hotel. Training together, eating together, drinking together, complaining/embracing about life together, this is the secret to getting […]
Farewell Takeuchi Yoshito ~
A small man who left a big mark in our club… We were very sad to see one of our greatest members of our club have to leave us on the 8th of December. For those who did not have the chance to meet him, Takeuchi Yoshito joined our club in early 2015. He came […]
State championships – ending the year with a bang…
Four golds to finish the year! The 5th and 6th and December saw the Founder’s Cup & State Championships of 2015. Traditionally the Founders (Team event) and State Championships (individual event) are held separately but in 2015, for the first time, they were combined to make a weekend of the largest scale Kendo competition in […]
End of exams celebration pub night!
Kendo club walks into a bar… End of the year means exams, and post-exams celebrations! Our annual pub night was held last Friday night! Thanks to the senior members who joined in to celebrate our students end-of-exams! For those who have not yet finished best of luck and join us next month for our […]
2015 Annual General Meeting
The end of another year… and welcoming a new one! The University of Sydney Kendo Club’s Annual General Meeting was held on the 25th of October. To ensure a continued success in running this club it is necessary to gather formally and reflect on our previous 12 months. We thank all club members for attending our […]
USYD Kendo – Club Seminar
On the 15th of August 2015 our club held our first Kendo Seminar for our members. A great thank you to Takayama Sensei and Fujisawa Sensei for spending the entire day explaining a wide range of Kendo knowledge. From the history and origins of Kendo, yukodatotsu (effective hitting), to shinpan (judging) practice, and finally to […]
Hear from our members!
Listen to our members talk about our club! If you had not known there are a series of posts been put up regarding what some of our Kendo club members think. If you are interested in joining – this is a must read, find out what is so great about Kendo at our club! Click […]