It is Week 3 at the University of Sydney, beginner courses have started, and new people are still being accepted! With orientation beginner’s rush over, and things settling down, we had our annual beginners’ welcome barbeque. The food was smoking. The games were intense. The drinks ice cold. Here is a collection of photos from […]
You are what you eat ~! Koh-ya!
It’s been nice to meat you all! Too bad Japanese restaurants don’t use tomato sauce…. it would have been good to ketchup with everyone. The start of the year for us is a very festive. Over the summer a lot of our members go overseas and we often get out of […]
Extra Training – Dinner at the Pub!
At the end of every last Friday training of the month, we always say …see you at the next training. And no, that’s not Sunday training, it’s the eating/drinking training right afterwards at our resident location – the Broadway Crown! This is the first pub night where we welcome our new cohort of Kendo-ka, […]
First pub night of 2020!!!
On Friday the 31st of January 2020, we here at USYD kendo club had our first monthly pub night. A proper way to start the new year, and the new decade, we enjoyed a few ice-cold beers together. Apart from being an enjoyable night to end a tough training (my gosh it was so hot […]
2019 End of year events – Balloon Keiko and Kura Kura Dinner!
As the end of 2019 approaches the USYD Kendo Club, a couple events were held to finish off the year in high spirits! On the 17th of Decemeber, our club held its official final training but with a twist – balloon keiko! Afterwards, the year was finished off with a End of Year Dinner Party […]
November Pub Night of 2019 – The end of semester 2
Near the end of November, everyone ended the final exam and most of the kendo training. We have heading to the last pubnight of this semester on 27th November! Although the next day was Kendo’s grading test, everyone still actively participated in it to enjoy. The instructor, Konishi sensei, even took the end time a […]
October Pub Night of 2019 – The onslaught of assignments
It’s nearing the end of October and that means finals are coming up soon…. and pub night as well – held on the 25th of Oct! Even though students are likely being stressed out by uni, it was still great seeing so many people still taking their time to come to training! It is advised […]
Kurakura Dinner – Welcome S2, S1 joins Bogu Training & Good luck to National members!
Many events have occured simultaneously over the past month and what’s a good way to celebrate all of them other than having a Kurakura dinner together on the 14th of September! This Kurakura dinner is dedicated to welcoming the newly joined Semester 2 and also congratulating the Semester 1s’ on receiving their new bogus! […]
August Pub Night – Just before 2019 Sem 1’s bogu arrival!
It may seem as the 30th of August would be just like any of our other pub nights…but not for the Semester 1 beginners! The upcoming Sunday after the pub night comes their long awaited bogus! As the atmosphere was in high spirits, we look forward to seeing everyone’s reactions on the Sunday!
2019 July Pub Night – Semester 2 Starting Soon!
As the holidays is nearing its end, we held our last pub night on the 26th of July at the Broadway Crown! Although many have gone off to vacations during the break, it was still nice to see so many people be present for the night!