For the past two weeks, our club hosted a Japanese exchange high school student from an exchange program, Ai-san! This was a wonderful opportunity to train with her, making it a great experience for our club members and Ai-san too! While her visit was short, we at the USYD Kendo thanked Ai-san for her visit […]
Hello everyone! On Friday, the 9th of December, our club had our last training session of 2022. The training session was filled with excitement, fun and intense training, to sweat away all our worries from this year, and to welcome in the next with a fresh mind and body. At the end of this training […]
Hello everyone, On Friday, the 2nd of December, our beginner cohort wore their full bogu set for the first time! This is an amazing next step in their Kendo journey, and allows them to experience an all new side of Kendo, broadening their Kendo capabilities! I hope that they enjoy training with their peers, and […]
Hello everyone, On Sunday, the 20th of November, our 2022 beginner cohort had their first examination with their new men! It was a great opportunity to see how far their Kendo has progressed, and to provide them with an opportunity to adapt to their new trainings, using their men! For this test, our beginners were […]
Hello everyone, For the past two weeks, our club had the privilege of hosting a Japanese exchange student, from an exchange program: Sora-san! This was a great opportunity to train with a Kendo practitioner from overseas, making it a great experience for our club members, and hopefully for Sora-san too! While his visit was short, […]
Hello everyone, On the 7th of August, our club held an Internal Grading session and a surprise Group Shiai which followed after! These events were planned by Takayama-sensei, and the instructor team, and went very smoothly, thanks to their great planning – thank you! Members of our club were able to attempt their next grade, […]
Hello everyone, Over the past few months, we had been under a very physically demanding training schedule, to build up our strength! On the 8th of July, 2022, our physical training routine had come to a close – to celebrate the end of this, Fujito-sensei had bought the entire club cans of Coke to share […]
Hello everyone, On Friday, the 10th of June, we had a bit of a change of pace, and ended up training outside on the tennis courts! While we couldn’t wear all of our bogu, or uniform, we were able to brush up on our physical training with various fun exercises and swinging sets! It was […]
Hello everyone, On Sunday, the 29th of May, 2022, our 2022 semester 1 cohort had their first beginner test! This was a great chance for them to see how well their Kendo had been progressing since the start of this year, and acted as a stepping stone towards their Kendo journey! The test involved doing […]
Hello everyone, On the 8th of May, 2022, many members of our club attended the AKR and NSWKA Kendo grading event! This event not only had members from our club participating, but Kendo practitioners from clubs all across Sydney! For those who are out of the loop, grading is an important aspect of our Kendo […]