As a big thank-you to our members who put in a huge amount of effort into making our USYD Cup run smoothly, we held a pizza party on the 4th of July at Valenzano’s Bar ‘n Pizza, where everyone had a good feast on pizza. Thanks to everyone’s commitment throughout the long day the event […]
USYD Charity Cup 2014
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 […]
Ernani
How long have you been practicing Kendo and why did you begin? I have been practicing kendo in Sydney for 6 months, and i have also practiced in Brazil, for 1 year and half. I started because I was looking for a martial art which still combine the philosophy of martial art with the […]
Hanrimwon Korean Kumdo Championships
The 20th year of the Korean Kumdo Championships was held on 17th May 2014, at Sydney University Lidcombe campus. A state-wide event bringing together Kumdo and Kendo players from around NSW and ACT. USYD had a large turnout with 21 participants, plus a few beginners supporting from the sidelines. The day started with the Open […]
Pub Night Dinner
Thank you to everyone who came to our Pub night dinner, we hope you all had a great time.
Laser Tag Event
Thank you to everyone that attended our beginners laser tag event! Held at Kingpin Bowling Darling Harbour on April 26th we had 26 attendees giving everyone plenty of targets to shoot at. Pew pew! Our president Kim scored the most points in the first game under the name Zenith, the winner of game 2 was […]
Australian Kendo Championships 2014
The 39th Australian Kendo Championships was held in Perth from 18th – 23rd April 2014. Congratulations to our Vice President Julie Tran winning 2nd place in the Kyu Women’s Individuals, and taking 1st place in with the NSW kyu team, and Julie Feng and Bonnie taking 2nd place in women’s teams. Photo by Australian Kendo […]
UTS All Open Shield 2014
Held on Saturday April 12th, UTS hosted their first competition of the year. With a unique competition structure giving First and Second Divisions 3 minute matches and other divisions 5minutes. Kyu Shodan First Division – 3rd Kyu to Shodan Kyu Second division – 4th Kyu and below Nidan Division – All Nidans Sandan Division – […]
USYD Kendo Pub Dinner Night
Thank you to all who attended our Pub Night at The Royal on March 28th. We hope you all had a great time and got to better meet all our club members. I hope to see you our next social event – Laser tag at Darling Harbour.
14th Hong Kong Open Kendo Championship
The 14th Hong Kong Open Kendo Championship was held between 28th February– 2nd March at Tin Shui Wai Sports Centre, New Territories, Hong Kong. Bonnie, Nobuko and Kelvin part of a 14 person group head off to Hong Kong to represent NSW Australia. Congratulations to the Men’s 3 man team taking 1st – Kelvin Tran […]