đ„ Hear from our 2024 Semester 2s… Vincent! đ„ As we inch closer to opening this year’s Semester 2 intake of kendo beginners, let’s meet some of last year’s Semester 2 cohort! A super keen high schooler who has proven his mettle through consistent training, Vincent is sure to make you crack a smile! Our […]
đ„ Hear from our 2024 Semester 2s… Keren! đ„ As we inch closer to opening this year’s Semester 2 intake of kendo beginners, let’s meet some of last year’s Semester 2 cohort! Often seen as a duo with her fellow New Zealand bestie Sylvia, Keren is one of our passionate 2024 beginners who has improved […]
On Sunday 8th June, we held a small progress test for our 2025 Semester 1 beginners cohort! This test was to check how our new beginners have been settling in, and how much they’ve learned over the past 3 months! Although it was a stressful time being their first formal test, everyone put forward a […]
On Saturday 3rd May 2025, several members of our club attended the NSW State Grading in North Ryde! Well done and good work to all members for putting forward a great attempt! Shout out to our new shĆdans Felix, Jeff, Anne, and Zoe, and to three of our newer members – Sylvia and Keren jumping […]
On Sunday 27th April, we treated our club members who competed in this year’s 47th Australian Kendo Championships in Canberra with a celebratory JBBQ dinner at Koh-Ya Randwick, joined by our executive team and instructing team! It was a fun (and delicious) night for our competitors to finally relax and eat away any stress they […]
Over the 2025 Easter weekend (April 19-20), we sent 14 members of our club to Canberra to represent Team New South Wales at the 47th annual Australian Kendo Championships (AKC)!! Dan Members Kyte Gurner Alan Kishikawa Jordan Saito-Patch Kelvin Tran Kelly Kishikawa Gratia Nguyen Iris Somera Shannon Tong Samantha Zhong Kyu Members James Hu Waeylin […]
On Friday 28th March, we held our first pub night event of 2025! We had a shorter training session focused on shiai practice, which was a good experience for both our Dan and Kyu players – for our 2024 Semester 1s, this was our first opportunity to gain “real” match experience! After training, beginners and […]
On Sunday 2nd March 2025, we had the lucky opportunity to participate in an internal club seminar about jodan no kamae, run by Matsumoto Daisuke Sensei (5th Dan) from Japan! The seminar focused on jodan no kamae, covering both how to use it, and strategies to counter jodan players. After a small opening ceremony and warmup, Matsumoto Sensei commenced […]
Welcome Week! From Wednesday 19th to Friday 21st February 2025, several members of our club volunteered their time to help represent the USYD Kendo Club at USYD’s Welcome Fest stalls! It was a very long and busy few days, with some amazing members even coming for all three days (absolute soldiers!), but everyone worked their […]
On Sunday the 2nd of February 2025, the USYD Kendo Club hosted its annual general meeting for the year of 2024. Each AGM, we take the opportunity to report on the highs and lows of the past year with our club members, review the club constitution and policies, and thank our head coach Takayama-sensei, our […]