Hello Everyone, my name is Joe and I am the 2022 president of the USYD Kendo Club. I will be leading the 2022 executive team, which comprises of Tom, Kyte, Makoto, Suzie, Brinton, Abbas and Shannon. It has been a busy start to 2022 for this team, with our AGM being delayed until February and […]
Hello everyone, On Sunday, the 6th of February, we held our 2021 AGM, which unfortunately had to be pushed back into February, due to COVID19 restrictions preventing us from gathering for our AGM last year. At our club AGM’s we discuss general affairs and thank the head coaches and instructors for their guidance and running […]
Hello everyone, On the last day of our training of 2021, on Friday, the 17th of December, our 2021 Semester 1 Beginners finally received their new Men! With this, they have successfully graduated from being beginners, and have transitioned over to being a part of the senior side of our club! Congratulations, everyone – I […]
Hello everyone, On the 17th of December, 2021, we held our last pub night of the year on the last day of our training, before our club went on break! For those who don’t know, our club holds a pub night at the end of every month, to top one off with joy and to […]
Hello everyone, On the 12th of December, 2021, we had our final Internal Shiai of the year! For this Shiai, we were organised in to teams and had one last big bout to close 2021 with a bang! Our beginner cohort, at the time did not have their Men yet, but still competed against each […]
Hello, and welcome back! This is part 2 of our recap for the events which happened on Sunday, the 14th of November! If you haven’t seen the first part, I highly recommend checking that one out first! Let’s move on! Dan/Kyu Team Competition! After our senior Dan members completed their competition, it was now […]
Hello everyone, On Sunday, the 14th of November, our club held a variety of events during our training hours, and was jam-packed with non-stop action! The day consisted of our 2020 Beginner Cohort’s Kirikaeshi Party, followed by an internal Dan and Kyu team tournament, topped off with a bang; our spectacular outdoor club pot-luck BBQ! […]
Hello everyone, On Sunday, the 7th of November, our 2021 Semester 1 Beginner Cohort participated in a competition against each other, organised by the club sensei’s and seniors of the club! Our beginners were split into groups of three, where they competed in two tourney style competitions, with one team taking 1st place at the […]
Hello everyone, On Friday, October 29th, we were able to finally have our first pub night coming out of the most recent lockdown! It was so good to be back at the Broadway Crown, where we thoroughly enjoyed the food and drinks there! A sense of pre-lockdown life nostalgia washed over us, as we were […]
Hello everyone! Finally, our 2021 semester 1 beginners received their bogu (excluding the men, for now), on the 31st of October! Although the most recent lockdown put a wrench in the gears, our semester 1 beginners have trained hard since we came out of lockdown, and have now started to move towards the next step […]