On Sunday 27th April, we treated our club members who competed in this year’s 47th Australian Kendo Championships in Canberra with a celebratory JBBQ dinner at Koh-Ya Randwick, joined by our executive team and instructing team! It was a fun (and delicious) night for our competitors to finally relax and eat away any stress they […]
47th Australian Kendo Championships 2025 Results!!!

Over the 2025 Easter weekend (April 19-20), we sent 14 members of our club to Canberra to represent Team New South Wales at the 47th annual Australian Kendo Championships (AKC)!! Dan Members Kyte Gurner Alan Kishikawa Jordan Saito-Patch Kelvin Tran Kelly Kishikawa Gratia Nguyen Iris Somera Shannon Tong Samantha Zhong Kyu Members James Hu Waeylin […]
First Pub Night of 2025!!!

On Friday 28th March, we held our first pub night event of 2025! We had a shorter training session focused on shiai practice, which was a good experience for both our Dan and Kyu players – for our 2024 Semester 1s, this was our first opportunity to gain “real” match experience! After training, beginners and […]
Jodan Seminar with Matsumoto Sensei!

On Sunday 2nd March 2025, we had the lucky opportunity to participate in an internal club seminar about jodan no kamae, run by Matsumoto Daisuke Sensei (5th Dan) from Japan! The seminar focused on jodan no kamae, covering both how to use it, and strategies to counter jodan players. After a small opening ceremony and warmup, Matsumoto Sensei commenced […]
2025 Welcome Week Recap!

Welcome Week! From Wednesday 19th to Friday 21st February 2025, several members of our club volunteered their time to help represent the USYD Kendo Club at USYD’s Welcome Fest stalls! It was a very long and busy few days, with some amazing members even coming for all three days (absolute soldiers!), but everyone worked their […]
2025 USYD Kendo AGM!

On Sunday the 2nd of February 2025, the USYD Kendo Club hosted its annual general meeting for the year of 2024. Each AGM, we take the opportunity to report on the highs and lows of the past year with our club members, review the club constitution and policies, and thank our head coach Takayama-sensei, our […]
End of Year Dinner!! 🥳🎉🎉

On Sunday 1st, Our club hosted our annual end of year party! This year we were blessed to see great results from our club members from Unigames all the way to the World Kendo Championships! Congratulation’s to all those who participated and fought their best and a big thank you to the volunteers who helped […]
End of Year East Vs West Shiai!

On Sunday the 1st, our club hosted our annual end of year East vs West Shiai! This year we saw great achievements from our club members from success at UniGames to the World Kendo Championships! We would like to congratulate all those participated and fought their best! This year, the shiai had a twist – […]
End Of Year Kid’s Shiai!

On the 30th Saturday, members from our Kids club also participated in an end of year shiai event with Kizuna Dojo! Its great to see more and more events between different clubs!
Goodwill Shiai – Dan Players!

On Sunday 10th and 24th our club hosted a small informal competition with several other clubs. Sunday the 24th saw the Dan players take the stage. Big thank you to all volunteers and Sensei who gave their time in helping this event! Big thank you to the participating clubs: DHMDK Reishinkan Seishinkan Western Sydney University […]