Category: Kendo Championships
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Guest Essay: “The Honour and Challenge of Refereeing at the First Asia Oceania Kendo Championships” by Noriko Matsumoto (Australia).
Foreword by Kate Sylvester The first Asia Oceania Kendo Championship (AOC) took place at the Tokyo Budokan in Japan May 30-31st 2026 and was organised by the newly formed Asia Oceania Kendo Federation and hosted by the All Japan Kendo Federation and Tokyo Metropolitan Government. It was an excellent opportunity for countries included in the…
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Women’s Perspectives on Female Kendo at the 32nd EKC.
The 32nd European Kendo Championships (EKC) was held in Beauvais, France May 19-21, 2023. It was well organised by France Kendo (CNKDR) and ran smoothly considering that Italy handed over the EKC at short notice to take on hosting the World Kendo Championships in 2024. It appears that the European kendo community is steadily returning…
Kate Sylvester Perspectives 