The Sydney University Kendo Club has had its current logo design for over a decade and many things have changed throughout the club’s history. To reflect these changes, the executives of 2019 have decided to replace our current logo as it didn’t have much meaning behind the design and it looked pretty outdated! The executives […]
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! […]
The Semester 1’s long and hard training for half a year has finally paid off – their Kendo bogu has finally arrived from Japan on the 1st of September! Everyone looked as if they were receiving some early Christmas presents from the way they hurriedly opened through the packages wrapping it! After getting some house […]
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!
It has been a month since our club’s last internal shiai but we came back for Round 2 on the 4th of August! Although the competitors were mostly the same, the past month was dedicated to learning from everyone’s previous shiai experiences thus, the quality of the shiai improved even further! Since everyone knows each […]
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!
As the ‘shiai season’ draws closer, our club prepared for it by holding our first internal shiai of the year on Sunday 7th of July! The internal shiai was held for two separate divisions: the female and male Kyus. The competitors that had participated ranged from the usual seasoned fighters to some first timers! […]
Semester 1 is finally over! I hope all the students are enjoying their start to the mid year break. As per usual, we had our monthly pub night on the 28th of June. The place was a bit packed than usual but all that means is everyone gets to group up even more! It was […]
On Saturday, 22nd of June, 20+ members from our club went to Lidcombe for their NSWKA Kendo Grading. We are proud to say that everyone has passed with flying colours! Ranging from first time graders to 2nd Dan grading, it’s great to see that everyone has achieved what they were working towards. Some members have […]
Now that the new Semester 1 beginners of 2019 have probably settled into our club, I (Takumi) have kindly asked two individual to share their opinions through an interview – Deva and Andrew! To start things off, briefly introduce yourselves. D: My name is Deva Nie. I am from China and this is my first […]