在过去的几个月里，我社从最优秀的成员中选出几位严苛训练,以代表新南威尔士州参战于四月二十号至二十一号举办的第四十四届澳大利亚剑道锦标赛！我们很高兴地告诉大家他们表现得很好并取得了好成绩：
For the past few months, a select few of our best members trained hard to represent and compete for NSW at the 44th Australian Kendo Championships during the 20th ~ 21st of April 2019! We are happy to say that they all fought well and achieved great results:
Dan Kata Team
- 3rd place – Kelvin Tran / Nobuko Fujito
Kyu Men Individuals
- 3rd place – Paolo Usares
Kyu Women Individuals
- 3rd place – Samantha Zhong / Iris Somera
Dan Women Individuals
- 3rd place – Nobuko Fujito
Dan Men Individuals
- 2nd place – Kelvin Tran
Kyu Men Team
- 1st place – NSW Team
- From USYD: Halley Tan / Paolo Usares
Kyu Women Team
- 1st place – NSW Team
- From USYD: Samantha Zhong / Iris Somera
Dan Women Team
- 2nd place – NSW Team
- From USYD: Anna Lu / Nobuko Fujito / Ioanna Levins
Dan Men Team
- 2nd place – NSW Team
- From USYD: Tomonori Hu / Kelvin Tran
Fighting Spirit Awards
- Halley Tan
- Tomonori Hu
WHAT IS THE AUSTRALIAN KENDO CHAMPIONSHIPS?
AKC是一个由各州选择各自的代表来参加各种组别的剑道比赛。这是仅有的机会看到新州来自不同社团的成员不会互相竞争而是一起组成一支队伍。本锦标赛每年都会在不同的州举办，所以参赛者们需要乘坐飞机去遥远的地方比赛。
The AKC is a Kendo competition where each state sends representative players to fight and compete for them in various categories. It is the only time where members of other clubs in NSW don’t compete against one another but as together under one team. The competition itself is held at different states each year, thus players must travel far distances to fight.
今年第四十四届AKC在珀斯举办，且比赛被分在两天进行 （第一天是单人赛，团体赛于第二天）。这段时间萦绕着比赛的气氛是紧张且专注的，因为每个人都有各自想要达到的目标。
The 44th AKC was held at Perth this year, and the competition was split over two days (individuals on the first day, team matches on the second). The atmosphere that surrounded the competitors during this time was tense yet focused as everyone had a goal they wanted to achieve.
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- Kata Pair (Kelvin & Nobuko)
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- Kyu Men Individuals
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- Kyu Women Individuals
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- Dan Women Individuals
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- Dan Men Individuals
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- Kyu Men Teams
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- Kyu Women Teams
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- Dan Women Teams
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- Dan Men Teams
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- Fighting Spirit Awards
本次比赛结束后，这成为了他们极有价值的经验，身为习剑寻道之人，每个人的技术都有了显著提升，且新州队成员之间的友情也变得更加深厚。恭喜各位！
At the end of the event, it proved to be a valuable experience as everyone’s skill as a Kendo practitioner improved greatly and a camaraderie was developed between all the NSW members. Congratulations to everyone!
