RMIT University Kendo Club

40th Victorian Kendo Championships

Our small team managed some pretty good results:

Men's Kyu Individuals
Johnny and Adam - top 10

Men's Dan Individuals
Danny - Top 12

Kata Pairs - First place 🏆

Fighting Spirit - Johnny

We are particularly happy to have the kata trophy back. Its been gone for far too long.

Another really great event hosted be Melbourne Budokai. Thanks to all the hard working volunteers who made it all happen (particularly the ones who cleaned up all the blood).

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Back to back at the Otsuka Taikai!

For the second year in a row one of our members has been part of the winning team at the Otsuka Taikai.

Congratulations to Jin and his team for placing first as well as Johnny and his team for placing equal third.

Next year we are going for the 3 peat!

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2024 Kangeiko done and dusted. If only it was colder 😆

2024 寒稽古！！！

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This past weekend a few of us participated in the first Big Chill Kendo Festival in Hobart, Tasmania.

Two full days of kangeiko was a great experience for our young members and a reminder to our senior members to focus on basic skills.

The event ended with the Southern Showdown Taikai.

Jin Feng was awarded the fighting spirit Golden Rosella for his efforts during the taikai.

Our small team was also awarded the Perky Penguin award for our kangeiko spirit.

Thanks to the Hobart Kendo Club for organising this outstanding event. Looking forward to attending it again next year with a bigger team.

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Another successful taikai weekend.

2024 Melbourne University Anniversary Taikai

Junior Kyu Division
Anna Quach - 1st 🥇
Adam Ismail - equal 3rd 🥉
Johnny Nguyen - equal 3rd 🥉

Junior Dan Division
Victor Yap - equal 3rd 🥉

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Another weekend, another grading.

Our club's founding members Alex and Danny have passed their third dan grading. We are all so proud of you and your achievement 🥲

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Congrats to our members who passed their gradings today. Your hard work has clearly paid off.

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2024 suburi done its finally time to get back to kendo!

This year we really need to improve our photo taking skills 😳

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The always amazing Anna strikes again!

This time with a 2nd place finish in the Nikolaus teams tournament in Hamburg.

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The last tournament for the year was the Ballarat Goldfields Taikai.

Alex placed second in the dan division! A great way to finish the year

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HUGE Congratulations to our club member Anna who entered the Dragon Cup in Poland!!!

She achieved some amazing results including:
3rd - Individuals 16+ up to shodan🥉
3rd - Mixed Teams up to shodan🥉
Fighting Spirit - Individuals 18-23 🎉

Doing us proud internationally!

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We got a new 初段!

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Our club is 8 years old!!!

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2023 Victorian State Championships

Men's Kyu Individuals
Victor - Top 8

Women's Kyu Individuals
Tian - 2nd Place

Women's Dan Individuals
Vivian - 2nd Place

Kata - 2nd Place

This was our club's best result at the state championships.

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2023 Otsuka Taikai

Alex and his team placed first.

This is Alex's second time winning the Otsuka taikai. The last win was is 2019.

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Back in May we participated in the annual Melbourne University Taikai.

We came away with some pretty encouraging results.

Low Kyu Division - Johnny 3rd and Fighting Spirit
High Kyu Division - Victor 3rd and Fighting Spirit
Low Dan Division - Alex 3rd and Fighting Spirit
High Dan Division - Vivian Fighting Spirit

Fighting Spirit clean sweep!

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The most important day in our club's history.

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This weekend saw two of our members compete in the 45th Australian Kendo Championships.

Vivian was selected for the Women's Dan team and Victor for the Men's Kyu team. Both worked extremely hard and played well over the weekend.

Vivian as part of the Women's Dan team placed second and Victor as part of the Men's Kyu team placed second as well.

Thanks to all the people who volunteered and helped out over the weekend.

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Throwback to January and our first training of the year. 2023 suburi was a great way to start the year and get everyone moving again.

Alex decided to push himself that little bit more and did the entire session with 2 shinais 🤯

2023素振り！！！

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Last taikai for 2022!

We attended the 2022 Mumeshi 3's taikai.

Vivian won the fighting spirit award for her efforts in the the women's individuals event.

Our team also won the fighting spirit award for the teams event.

A special congratulations to Tian who scored her first point and medal in a taikai.

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VERY late post.

Last month the club celebrated its 7th birthday!!!

It's been a challenging year rebuilding and getting back in shape after all the lockdowns but we are back in action and better than ever.

Thanks to for the cake! It was amazing as always!!!

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Victorian Kendo Championships 2022 Results:

Kata - 2nd (Vivian and Keegan) 🥈

Fighting Spirit - Vivian🏅

Men's Dan Team - Best 8 (Alex, Danny and Keegan)🎉

Men's Dan Individuals - Best 8 (Keegan)🎉

One of our best ever results!

Also, thanks to Chet for volunteering over the weekend. Tournaments would not be possible without the hard working volunteers.

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Alex and his team placed second today at the Otsuka taikai!!!

For the past few years we have been supporting and raising awareness about mental health by getting our members to participate in the Push Up Challenge! This year Vivian created something to help raise funds for the cause.

For every $5 donated (link down below), you will receive 1 entry into the raffle for a sakura tsuba made in the challenge colour theme. If the winner does not do kendo, then they receive an omamori keychain in the same colours ✨ Postage will be covered by the club 🙌

A preview of the omamori will be released at a later time 😊

Push for Better!

https://www.thepushupchallenge.com.au/fundraisers/rmituniversitykendoclub/the-push-up-challenge
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For the past few years my kendo club has been supporting and raising awareness about mental health by getting our members to participate in the Push Up Challenge! This year I decided to create something to help raise funds for the cause. For every $5 donated (link down below), you will receive 1 entry into the raffle for a sakura tsuba made in the challenge colour theme. If the winner does not do kendo, then they receive an omamori keychain in the same colours ✨ Postage will be covered by the club 🙌 A preview of the omamori will be released at a later time 😊 Push for Better! https://www.thepushupchallenge.com.au/fundraisers/rmituniversitykendoclub/the-push-up-challenge . . . . . . . . . . . #pushforbetter #pushupchallenge #kendofit #kendo #tsuba #剣道 #剣道部 #竹刀 #竹刀鍔 #melbourne #australia #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealth #mentalhealthmatters #fundraising

This past weekend some of our members participated in the Melbourne University Kendo Club's anniversary taikai.

Alex placed third in the junior dan category and Victor was awarded the fighting spirit award.

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