Last Sunday we saw ~30 of our club members attend the NSWKA Grading. On top of their university exams coming up, our members and students hustled to add one more test to level up on their Kendo! Congratulations to all who passed on their grades! We hope we can take on this momentum through to […]
On Saturday 5th And Sunday 6th of October, we had the annual NSWKA States Competition! This year we sent both Kyu and Dan members to both individuals and Teams and achieved some amazing results! Congratulations again to those who participated and A big thank you to the volunteers who helped throughout the competition! Results Individuals: […]
On the 16th August, we were visited by Australian Kendo representatives who presented to the club and Takayama Sensei a gift as a token of appreciation for the support during preparations for WKC. As a club, we would like to again thank and congratulate all the Australian Representatives and volunteers for this year’s WKC! The […]
Last Sunday we held an Internal Grading for members gunning for 6th Kyu to 3rd Kyu! This time we were joined by member of Takayama Sensei’s Kids Club and also members from our Mortdale branch Dojo @kenbukankendo! All in all it was a great turnout and success, with everyone passing! Thanks again to everyone who helped […]
Congratulations Again to Everyone who represented Australia at the World Kendo Championships earlier this month! For those who missed the event, from 4th – 7th July, 15 (7 men and 8 ladies) of Australia’s best competed on the world stage. As a club we are immensely proud that we were able to send 5 members […]
Last Sunday, our club hosted a shiai practice for some of the Australian national team members in preparation for the World Kendo Championships! If you weren’t aware, our club is sending 5 members to represent Australia to this years world kendo championships: Women’s: Iris Somera Samantha Zhong Kelly Kishikawa Men’s: Kelvin Tran Alan Kishikawa The […]
On May the 4th (be with you!), NSWKA hosted the first of 2 grading events of the year for both kyu and Dan members. We saw both Kyu and Dan members attempting to take their next step on their kendo journey! Congratulations to all those who passed their exams! […]
During Easter weekend, our club sent 14 members to compete at the 46th Australian Kendo Championship (AKC) in Sydney! Dan Members Kelvin Tran Jordan Saito-Patch Alan Kishikawa Kelly Kishikawa Iris Somera Samantha Zhong Gratia Nguyen Kyu Members Kyte Gurner Andrew Yang Felix Lee Sohrab Khaleghi Rad James Hu Shannon Tong Yasaman Motazedi At AKC these […]
On April the 4th we were vistied by Sorin Sensei from Queenland who luckily joined us right before the start of our physical training! It’s always great to meet and train with people from across Australia!
On March 2nd – 3rd, our club sent 5 teams to Canberra for the 2024 ACT Open Kendo Taikai (Championship). Congratulations to all our members who attended, as they faced some fierce competition from across Australia! Our club members came back with some impressive results – 1st place in every division we competed in! Results […]