The UTS Kendo Club recently held their 3-day kendo seminar with two special guest Hanshi 8th-dan teachers – Tohru Kamei-sensei and Kazuo Furukawa-sensei, followed by their annual UTS Shield competition. A big thank you to UTS for hosting the event, and to everyone who represented USyd; special mentions to Victor Guo and Iris Somera with first […]
The 10th of October saw the 20th Dae Han Moo Do Kwan (DHMDK) tournament at the Burwood PCYC. Our USYD Kendo Club sent 25 of our members to compete for the top place. This tournament is the first formal competition experience for our 3 junior members, Fiona, Sasha and Nathan. Congratulations! All of them have demonstrated […]
On the weekend of September (26th and 27th), the USYD Kendo club sent a group of 14 competitors to the Gold Coast to participate in the 2015 Unigames competition. This annual competition is huge: Universities from all around Australia send their best uni students to fight and represent them. This year, the USYD Kendo club […]
The Hanrimwon 2015 Korean Kumdo Championship was held on Saturday 5th September 2015 at Sydney University Cumberland Campus. Congratulations on the excellent performance of all our members in the competition and on defending the champion team title! No less importantly, thank you so much to USYD Kendo members, both senior and junior, for helping the competition […]
We wish Bonnie Lai and the Australian WKC team luck at the WKC to be held in Tokyo Japan May 29-31.
Results: Under 13’s Individual 1st. Nicholas Tsai 2nd. Matthew Bunder Under 16’s Individuals 1st. Sei Woong Jin 2nd. Alice Bunder 3rd. Keita Sugimoto 3rd. Anna Naritsuka-Hayler Women’s Kyu Individual 1st. Gloria Mah (UTS) 2nd. Naomi Semmier (ANU) 3rd. Bernadette Baduria 3rd. Van Hoamg Men’s Kyu Individuals 1st. David Kim 2nd. Tony Lui (UTS) 3rd. Gilbert […]
The 19th Dae Han Moo Do Kwan Kumdo tournament was held Saturday 18th October 2014. Results: INDIVIDUALS EVENTS Under 13’s: 1st – Charles Jin (DHMDK) 2nd – Matthew Bunder WKC) Under 16’s: 1st – Alex Jin (DHMDK) 2nd – Alice Bunder (WKC) Women’s Kyu: 1st – Chihiro Ichinose (USYD) 2nd – Gloria Mah (UTS) 3rd – Ioana Levins (USYD) 3rd – Trang […]
Unigames in Sydney this year the Kendo competitions spanned over September 27th and 28th. This was the first competition for many of our bogu beginners. USYD Results Summary Womens Kyu Individuals 1st – Ioana Levins 3rd – Chihiro Ichinose Womens Dan Individuals 1st – Julie Tran 2nd – Kim Avina Men’s Dan Individual 2nd – […]
Founders Cup competition was held on August 2nd followed by state grading on the 3rd at Corrimal High School. Kyu Kata: 1st UNSW; 2nd USYD (Julie T. + Kim A.) Dan Kata: 1st place: UTS. 2nd : SKCWomen Team: 1st DHMDK; 2nd USYD Kyu Team 1st Place : DHMDK. 2nd: UTSDan Team: 1st UTS; 2nd […]
The USYD Kendo Charity Cup was held on 28 June 2014 at the University of Sydney Cumberland Campus supporting the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia. Thank you to all our volunteers ensuring the day ran smoothly and all the Sensei, seniors and various clubs for shinpaning and helping in supporting tasks. It was great seeing […]