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Murdoch University Kendo Club

Locality: Murdoch, Western Australia

Address: Murdoch University, 90 South Street, 6150 Murdoch, WA, Australia

Website: https://murdochkendo.com

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25.01.2022 Farewell Connor Dale Clarke until we see you soon again! I know its not easy to come out on a Friday night when the weather is cold and its been a tough week. I got the real sense of Kendo love. Thanks everyone!

23.01.2022 Competitors marching out earlier today at the Opening Ceremony of the XVII Australian Masters Games Kendo Competition.

22.01.2022 West Australian Kendo Renmei - a SAD day! Today, is the last Kendo training to be held at the Budokan Academy due to the sale of the property.... Budokan Academy was the founding dojo for the West Australian Kendo Renmei (WAKR) in 1985. The WAKR became an incorporated association in September 1986. It was the first incorporated Kendo Renmei in Australia, even prior to the AKR becoming an incorporated body. Members of the BA Kendo club will be absorbed into other Kendo clubs within WA. Our Iaido and Jodo clubs (also the founding clubs in WA) will take up residence, as of the 6th July, in a new dojo at the Southern River College gymnasium. Monday nights: 1830- 2000 will be Jodo followed by Iaido from 2000 till 2130. Wednesday night: 1830- 2000 will be Iaido followed by Jodo from 2000 till 2130. The last official Jodo and Iaido events at the old dojo will be on the 4th July (Jodo) and 5th July (Iaido). Iaido will finish off with a Yondan Shinsa (3 students) which will be the first ever Iaido Yondan Shinsa to be held in Australia without and input from Japanese sensei. At some point, I will update our website: www.budokan.com.au

22.01.2022 Coming up tommorow is kata! Dont forget your bokken and brush up on the choreography! State training this week will be at UWA on friday the 6th of september from 7.30 until 10pm!

22.01.2022 We would like to express our thanks to Director Lim from Cheonahn City Kendo Team and Wonkyun Yoo from Cheonahn City Kendo Team for spending their valuable time... to come to teach us this week. We have a great learning opportunity. We are extremely grateful for having a chance to learn with them. We would like to acknowledge West Australian Kendo Renmei for organising these seminar events. Without their support, we wouldn't be able to have this wonderful opportunity. Furthermore, we would like to express our sincere thanks to William Sabumnim and Park Sabumnim for helping us translating. Without them, we won't be able to get the most of out the seminar! Last but not least, thank you Eric Kong for the photo! Hope everyone will have a great weekend!

22.01.2022 Hello all! We hope everyone is doing well and keeping busying through the isolation period. We are following the WA state department updates in regard to phasing back into normality and will let you know as soon as we hear that it is safe to go back to training! In that regard, we hope everyone is staying active, and encourage mitori geiko (learn by watching) or trying to memorize some of the kendo lexicon ... If anyone from Murdoch Kendo Club isn't in the group chat let us know!

21.01.2022 Last wednesday we hosted the state team dan selections, amazing job by everyone! Fighting WA Amazing photos by the UWA Kendo Club

21.01.2022 Just a reminder!

21.01.2022 REMINDER!! that tomorrow at 7.30 there will be a special seminar at the UWA Kendo Club by Lim Gun Bae, Kahmdohk/Kantouku of the Cheonahn City Kendo Team. We encourage everyone to attend if you're free on a Friday night! They may be a dinner afterwards aswell

20.01.2022 ***FLASHBACK FRIDAY*** Believe it or not the Australian Kendo Championships were held in the Willoughby dojo for a few years. This banner shows 1979.

19.01.2022 Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the upcoming 45th Australian Kendo Championships, Seminar and grading has been cancelled. Australian Kendo Renmei's primary consid...erations are the health, safety and well-being of our members. 100% of the individual registration fees for 45th Australian Kendo Championships will be refunded. The refund will be processed within 2 weeks by the VKR. We apologise for any inconveniences that this decision has caused you however we have obligation to our members and broader society to make every attempt to contain the spread of the infection. The next Australian Kendo Championships - the 45th Australian Kendo Championships in 2021, will be in Melbourne hosted by the VKR.

19.01.2022 Last night state training geiko with Ogawa Sensei and his students. We are extremely grateful for this rare learning and training opportunity. We got to experie...nce different drills and and try out new things. It was truly an eye opening experience! Just a reminder that the next training session at UWA is this sunday, from 9am. This session will be a mock shinsa, leads by Ogawa sensei. We recommend anyone who would like to challenge shinsa in the near future to attend, as Ogawa sensei will give an individual feedback. Otherwise, everyone is welcome!

18.01.2022 EXCITING NEWS! In the following week's Director, Mr Gunbae Lim of Cheonahn City Kendo Team and Mr Wonkyun Yoo of Cheonan City Kendo team will be visiting Perth practice! These are world-class Kendo professionals and we are extremely lucky to have them visit, we strongly encourage all members who have completed the beginners class to attend the upcoming training sessions! x The UWA Kendo Club will be hosting and we hope to see you all on the following dates at the mai...n Gym bay: - Wednesday 4 December 2019 at UWA from 7.30pm until 9.30pm - Friday 6 December 2019 at UWA from 7.30pm until 9.30pm - Saturday 7 December 2019 at UWA from 10am to 12pm

18.01.2022 Hi All, Due to clashes with state training, there will be no training at Murdoch University the following dates: Wednesday 12 February 2020... Wednesday 19 February 2020 Instead, we invite those wishing to train to join state training at the UWA Gym at 7:30pm - 9:30pm on the above dates. SPECIAL NOTICE! These sessions will be conducted by Ogawa Sensei who is visiting from Japan. This is an exceptional privilege and we encourage everyone able to attend and get there early. Monday training will be on as usual WA Fighting!

17.01.2022 Grading coming up! We would like to see everyone able to grade to attend if possible! The details are:... Date: 10/11/2019 Time: 9am Registrations, 9:30am grading begins Location: Budokan Academy 459 Nicholson Rd, Canning Vale WA 6155 If attempting dan grades the questions are Shodan - answer one question only: 1. Explain tenouchi 2. What do you want to learn from training Kendo? Nidan - answer one question only: 1. Explain Oji-waza 2. Explain the importance of Kendo kata Sandan - answer one question only: 1. Explain the meaning of ki-ken-tai-no-uchi 2. Explain why it is necessary to do Kiri-kaeshi All grading forms and payment methods should be in the email sent out, however if you havent recieved one please let us know! If anyone has any questions about eligibility, payment or what to prepare for the grading itself please ask the seniors or message us on facebook :D

17.01.2022 Congratulations Brestovac Sensei!

17.01.2022 Hi All, There will be no training at Murdoch tonight. Instead everyone is invited to attend training at Budokan Academy at 7pm:... 459 Nicholson Rd, Canning Vale WA 6155 Ogawa Sensei will be there with his students; so this is a great opportunity for those who can attend. A reminder that there will be no training this Wednesday at Murdoch as well.

16.01.2022 Coming up at Murdoch University! The Murdoch Kendo club is running a beginners course from the 31st of August! If your interested send us a message or get in contact through our website! Details below! We look forward to seeing you in training!

15.01.2022 Just a reminder that we are upstairs for the next few weeks as exams are on! It's the same building just to the left and up the stairs when you come in :)

13.01.2022 With Western Australia's COVID-19 restrictions now in phase 3, gymnasiums and recreational sports are able to resume. This means that Kendo training will resume tomorrow on Monday 22nd at 7:35pm! Wednesday training will also recommence on the 24th also at 7:35pm. The alter start time is to ensure that we minimise our interactions with other sporting clubs who also share the gymnasium space. As we implement new rules to ensure our members and those training with us are practi...sing in a safe environment, there will be changes to our regular training schedule and the way we set up and maintain our equipment. Please be mindful that we will be keeping a register of all members in attendance and strongly urge any member or spectator with cold or flu like symptoms to stay at home. As we can only have 40 people within our training space, we urge any guests or members from other clubs to first contact someone from the club, to inform them you are coming. All are still very welcome! Please read your emails for the full document containing all rules and changes, and contact the club as soon as possible if you have not received a copy. Thank you, and looking forward to seeing you all very soon!

13.01.2022 COMING UP! Murdoch University will be running its semester one kendo introductory course! If you are interested in getting fit and learning Kendo, the 'way of the sword' do not hesitate to get in contact! ... Running on Monday evenings for 12 weeks for $100 the beginners course will teach you all of the basic skills of Kendo! See you there!

13.01.2022 Just a reminder! Tomorrow at 9.30am there will be a farewell keiko for the closing of the Budokan Academy kendo club. They have had a long history as part of the West Australian kendo community and it would be great if everyone would be able to join to give a spirited goodbye. ... The address is: 459 Nicholson Rd, Canning Vale WA 6155 We hope to see you all there.

12.01.2022 Just a reminder that we are back to our normal schedule. Training will start at 7:30pm tonight! See you all there!

11.01.2022 Thanks to Kyle Gillam, Erik Kong, Chris Nguyen, and our Vice Captain Yumiko Tatewaki Bunney who went to training last night at UWA. At the AKC next year its moments like these we remember. Thank you to UWA for hosting! Our next State Session is at Murdoch on 11 September 2019 at 7.30pm.

11.01.2022 Coming up this evening!

10.01.2022 THIS FRIDAY! The Kyu, women's and veteran's selection for the state team will be from 7.30pm until 10pm at UWA. If you wish to be considered for the state team you must attend! Good luck!

10.01.2022 Reminder training is on tonight 7.30 Also our friends at the UWA kendo club are now on Instagram if you want to show support for Kendo in WA!

09.01.2022 Hi All, Due to a clash with state training, there will be no training at Murdoch tonight 22/01/2020. Also due to the public holiday on Monday 27/01/2020, there will be no training at Murdoch.... Training will return to normal on Wednesday 29/01/2020. See you then!

08.01.2022 UPDATE! Last weekend members from Murdoch University Kendo Club participated in the 2020 West Australia Kendo Championships! It was a great event with lots of fantastic matches! We look forward to the Kata and Comp coming up next The results were:... Danial Craddon: First Place Kyu Individuals Connor Clarke and Kyle Gillam: Equal Third Place Men's Dan Individuals Mitch Fenn: Third Place Womans Dan Individuals Mitch Fenn and Dimitrios Karikis: First Place Kata Eric Kong, Connor Clarke, Mitch Fenn, Dimitrios Karikaris and Kyle Gillam: Second Place in the Open Team Event Fighting!

08.01.2022 ***Urgent Closure*** Good evening everyone, It is with a heavy heart that I am announcing the temporary closure of Murdoch University Kendo Club. This is not a decision that we have taken lightly, but with increasing COVID-19 concerns and social isolation of members, we feel as if it is in the best interest of all our Kendoka. Under advice from the West Australian Kendo Renmei and Murdoch University, we will be suspending training immediately until mid-April. At that point in... time, we will reassess and make a decision based upon the best information at hand. To reiterate - All sessions are cancelled starting from Monday 23rd of March. New updates will be provided as they come in. We are cancelling the Introductory course and will refund payment or postpone. We will be very happy to transfer any existing balances to future Introductory courses either in Semester 2, or in Semester 1 of 2021 if need be. People who had registered to attend will be emailed soon with details. We are committed to holding the Re-Introductory course once everything settles down and we apologise for the inconvenience. We thank you for your support and hope to see you back in our Introductory classes as soon as we can. With so much information being dispersed, I understand that there will be mounting panic. Sport and exercise is still a great way for us to manage our anxiety. Remember your Kendo Breathing, sitting upright, pushing your belly out as you breath in. In through your nose for 5 counts, out through your mouth for 5 counts. I do this whenever I start to feel anxious. You can still practise at home, doing suburi or looking at your posture in the mirror. Or watching videos on Youtube. Please do practise social distancing, try to stay away from friends and family if possible. Kendo is all about bolstering mind, body and spirit - we will weather this together. We can also keep in touch with each other. If you have not already, please join our Murdoch Kendo Facebook page. We are a community beyond training, and we can support each other still. Hopefully soon this will be over and we can practice Kendo together again, and I'm really looking forward to that day. I thank you all for your patience regarding this matter! This measure was taken as a precaution and is our way to help 'flatten the curve' and ensuring everyones health and safety. Best Regards Mitch Fenn Murdoch University Kendo Club

07.01.2022 Final training before Ogawa Sensei departed for Japan. Thank you

06.01.2022 Congratulations everyone!

05.01.2022 Due to exams, training will take place in the group fitness room upstairs from 8:15pm - 9:30pm on the following dates: Monday 11/11/2019 Wednesday 13/11/2019 Monday 18/11/2019... Wednesday 20/11/2019 Monday 25/11/2019 Training will return to normal on 27/11/2019.

04.01.2022 Hi everyone, Due to the gym being closed for maintenance this Monday 16th and Wednesday 18th, we are cancelling our usual trainings. Instead, please swing by Ohnamiya Myaree at 7:30pm on Wednesday 18th for a casual end of year dinner. Hope to see you all there! ... Ohnamiya Myaree 38 Hulme Ct, Myaree WA 6154 Wednesday 18th 7:30pm.

03.01.2022 UPDATE! In light of the current coronavirus pandemic Murdoch Kendo Club will continue training as per usual. We will monitor the situation and act according to any WAKR or government recommendations in the following weeks. Stay safe everyone!

03.01.2022 A reminder that this Wednesday training on the 11th will be a WA State Training. We would like to see as many people as possible to welcome the rest of WA to our training session.

02.01.2022 XVII Australian Masters Games Kendo Competition was held in Adelaide on Saturday and Sunday, 5 6 October 2019. For full results, http://www.kendoaustralia.asn.au/content/?page_id=4763