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 […]
Hello Everyone! The 14th – 16th February saw the club come out again for Sydney University’s Welcome week! Thank you again to those who graciously volunteered their time in helping out with the stall. The club seriously couldn’t have done it without you! […]
Hello everyone, On Sunday, the 28th of January, 2024, our club held our 2024 USYD Kendo AGM. At the AGM, it provides our club members with an opportunity to review the club constitution, provides an opportunity for our club to thank our head coach Takayama-sensei, our instructing team, and our execs for their efforts for […]
Hello everyone! On Friday, the 12th of January, 2024, we were able to be host to Thibault Constantino, Kendo 3rd Dan from Lyon, France! This was an exciting opportunity for us to practice with and connect with an amazing Kendoka from overseas! We hope that they enjoyed training, and that we were able to be […]
Hello everyone, On Friday, the 15th of December, our club had our last official training of 2023! For those who are out of the loop, on our last training day, our club likes to do a fun training menu called the Kirikaeshi party! It’s a tough, but exciting training menu where we engage in continuous […]
Hello everybody, On Sunday, the November 12th, and Sunday, the 3rd of December, our club was lucky enough to receive a seminar from head-coach, Takayama-sensei, and from Tran-sensei and Kitamura-sensei! The seminars were an amazing experience to learn the theoretical aspects of Kendo, going just beyond physical training, as well as an opportunity to learn […]