Congratulations Again to Everyone who represented Australia at the World Kendo Championships earlier this month!
For those who missed the event, from 4th – 7th July, 15 (7 men and 8 ladies) of Australia’s best competed on the world stage. As a club we are immensely proud that we were able to send 5 members to represent Australia this tournament! Scroll down to see some awesome photos at WKC!
Australian Men’s Team
– Kelvin Tran
– Alan Kishikawa
Australian Women’s Team
– Samantha Zhong
– Iris Somera
– Kelly Kishikawa
This year Australia managed to impress the world an achieved amazing result in both the Individuals and Teams!
Results
Individual
Kelly Kishikawa – Top 8 Women’s Individuals
Alan Kishikawa – Top 8 Men’s Individuals
Kentarou Nibu-Jones – Top 16 Men’s Individuals
Team
Women’s Team – Equal 3rd Place
Men’s Team – Top 8
Fighting Spirit Awards:
Kelly Kishikawa
Alan Kishikawa
Kentarou Nibu-Jones
Yoonsu Kim
Congratulations again to everyone who participated and good luck to those in the next WKC!
Photo Credit @kendoaustralia and Kendo Photography
Congrats to the Aussie team! We’re all proud of your achievements!
Aussie Men’s Team! Top 16 in the World!
Aussie Womens Team! Top 3 In the world!
All the NSW representatives!
Can’t forget the Victoria Representatives!
Awards
Kelly Achieved Top 8 And Fighting Spirit Award!!!
Alan Followed in the tradition and also achieved Top 8 And Fighting Spirit Award!!!
Kentarou also achieved a fighting spirit (his match against the Japanese player was super good!)
Aussie Women retain their 3rd place title in the world!
Some Super Action Clips!!!!
