This past weekend, over 50 female kendo practitioners of all levels from around Australia came together in Melbourne for the 3rd Oceania Women's Kendo Seminar and Taikai. Following the success of the event last held in Sydney, Kanzaki Satoko Sensei (7th Dan) and Abe Tokiko Sensei (7th Dan) agreed to return to conduct another seminar.
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| Shinpan training session |
A number of MUKEN ladies attended a long and grueling seminar held over two days, extensively covering topics ranging from basics to shinpan training. This culminated in a taikai held on the Sunday afternoon that saw some nice spirited kendo being demonstrated by all participants. Ultimately, it was Yuko Tanaka from ACT who won the Dan division, and Eugene Ko from NSW winning the Kyu division. Meera Chandrananth was among the three who picked up a Fighting Spirit award (again!).
This was another successful event, with everyone coming out exhausted but satisfied from learning much more. Many friends were made from different places, with the experience giving each MUKEN member determination to continue this spirit in their club training.
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| MUKEN members Meera Chandrananth and Kaman Wong |
Labels: seminar, women's training
We are pleased to welcome the visit from former members of the Nippon Sports Science University to Australia.
The delegation comprises
of:
- Professor Kunio SHIZAWA, Kyoshi 7 Dan, former Head Instructor of
Nittaidai kendo club. Will be joined by his wife.
- Professor Hiroshi OZAWA, Hanshi 8 Dan, Head Instructor of Kobukan Dojo
in Nakano, where many Australians train, author of “Kendo: The Definitive Guide”.
- Mr Morimasa OKADA, Kyoshi
7 Dan, kendo advisor to the Nittaidai mens and womens teams, both of which
placed 3rd in last year’s All Japan Student Championships.
- Ms Hiroko ITOH, Kyoshi
7 Dan, graduated from Nittaidai, also a shodo (calligraphy) sensei.
- Ms Yoshiko SAKURAI, post
graduation, worked as assistant to Shizawa-sensei for 3 years. Currently
instructs/lectures at Kanagawa University
TRAINING
The revised training
schedule (open to all kendoka) is as follows:
14 Feb 2014
(Friday) 6:30pm - 8:00pm at MBK
16 Feb 2014 (Sunday) 9:30am – 12:00pm at MBK
18 Feb 2014 (Tuesday) 6:30pm – 8:00pm at Fudoshin
Please arrive at
least 15 minutes before the start of training. The cost of training will be
$10 per person per session, payable on the day.
