Hello everyone, On Saturday, the 8th of October, many members of our club went and competed in the long-awaited 2022 Kendo States competition! Unfortunately, due to COVID implications and restrictions, the Kendo States competitions had been put on hold for almost 2 years! With that in mind, it was great to be back at this […]
Hello everyone, Over the weekend, from Friday, the 23rd of September, till Sunday, the 25th of September, representatives from our club was away on their trip to Kendo Unigames 2022! This year, our squad travelled to Perth, where it was held over the course of the weekend, with Individual matches on Saturday, and the Team […]
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 Saturday, the 13th of August, we were finally able to have our much awaited: USYD KENDO SOCIAL EVENT 2022 AT THE PYRMONT BRIDGE HOTEL! Wow, what an amazing event it was, filled with fun, drinks and good food! The last time we were able to hold an event like this was […]
Hello everyone, On Sunday, the 7th of August, our club had went to Kohya, for some good Japanese BBQ after training! Everyone got to enjoy some delicious barbecued dishes, alongside some nice, cool drinks – a great way to top off the weekend! These opportunities to come together outside of training are a great way […]
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, On the 31st of July, our senior cohort , both Kyu (Men and Women) and Dan (Men and Women) had an internal shiai, organised by Takayama-sensei! It has been a very long time since we were able to have one, so all of us were eager and fired up to perform to the […]
Hello everyone, On the 29th of July, 2022, we went to the Broadway Crown to celebrate our monthly Pub Night! For those who are out of the loop, us here at the USYD Kendo Club always love to go and celebrate on the last Friday of every month, to say goodbye to the old, and […]
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 […]