As you all know last Saturday and Sunday the 35th Australian Kendo Championships (AKC) were held in Melbourne at MSAC. The following are the results of the events:
Day 1.
Open Individual – 1 B Smith (Vic), 2 Y Miyamoto (Vic).
Womens Open Individual – 1 K Sylvester (Vic). 2 C Kobayashi (Vic).
Mens Kyu Individual – 1 B Yehuda (WA), 2 J Tang (ACT) .
Womens Kyu Individual - 1 S Song (NSW), 2 M Fenn (WA).
Day 2.
Kyu Teams – (after a tie break playoff) 1 Victoria, 2 NSW.
Womens Teams – 1 Victoria, 2 NSW.
Veterans Individual – 1 T Nishimoto (NSW), 2 N Tamura (QLD).
Kata – 1 Victoria, 2 QLD.
Open Teams – (a very exciting final) 1 Victoria, 2 NSW.
Special Congratulations to:
Andrew Lam (Kata Pair)
David Wright (Victorian Kyu Men's Team)
Kevin Chin (Kata Pair, Victorian Open Men's Team)
Also, Congratulations to all UMKC members who competed in the AKC, you all showed your true fighting spirit.
Thank you to Yakov Sensei and Fujiwara Sensei for judging and Shinpaning. Thanks to all the seniors who volunteered to be Shinpan for the event. Also, Thanks to all the Volunteers, without your help the event would not have been successful.
9.00am Kyu Teams 10.30am Women's Teams 11.30am Veteran's Individuals 12.30pm Lunch Break 1.00pm Kata Pairs 2.30pm Open Teams 4.00pm Presentations & Closing Ceremony 4.45pm Goodwill Keiko
Mon / Tues 5th - 6th April (Kenshikan Dojo)
9.00am Begin morning session 12.15pm Lunch Break 1.15pm Start Afternoon session 4.30pm End of Seminar
Wednesday, 7th April
9.30am Grading Registration 10.30am Grading Starts 1.30pm Grading Finishes ***Note**** FOR COMPETITORS Please note that registration and shinai checks will done on the Friday (at Kenshikan 9.30am to 1pm). Please try to make it for this time rather than Saturday morning.
On Sunday 14th March 2010 marked the start of a new Annual Kendo Tournament in Victoria. Tournament contestants comprised of kendoka who have only practiced kendo up to one year.
The following are the results:
1st place - Richard T'en (UMKC) 2nd place - Nick Chan (Monash) 3rd places - Daniel Huang (UMKC), Vincent Lai (UMKC) Fighting Spirit Award - Nor Farhana Mohd Fauzy (UMKC)
Congratulations to all those who received awards!
Special Thanks to Yakov Sensei for organising and conducting this event. Also we would like to especially thank Yano Sensei for heading the judging at the tournament. Thank you Fujiwara Sensei for helping with judging.
To all the seniors who were shinpan for the tournament, thank you very much! This tournament would have not been possible without you.
Thanks to all the people who volunteered with setting up and packing up, your help is extremely valuable to everyone.
Last of all, Thanks to all the spectators who came and watched, showing your support really gives the competitors the courage and the will to fight on.
