Tag: World Kendo Championships
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‘Women’s Participation at the 19th World Kendo Championships (Part 1): The Highlights.’
By Kate Sylvester. This text is part 1 of a 2-part article that focuses on women’s participation at the 19th World Kendo Championships. Part one focuses on highlights from the women’s competition at the tournament. Part two shares women’s perspectives on the WKC and will be published later this month. After a 6-year break
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‘Rising to the Challenge: Developing Yourself Through Shiai’ with Asteria Akila (Greece).
Foreword by Kate Sylvester. With the World Kendo Championships (WKC) fast approaching, this new series of articles focuses on women’s perspectives and approaches to competitive kendo leading up to the WKC in Italy (July 4-7, 2024). The articles feature insightful and inspiring reflections from women competitors, coaches and referees. My first impression of Asteria’s
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Women and Refereeing at the WKC.
This article post discusses the exclusion of women referees at the World Kendo Championships. It also includes the article The History of Women’s Participation at the World Kendo Championships Part 2 which was first published in Fine Ladies Kendo Worldwide Magazine Vol. 02 /2021 prior to the 18th WKC that was cancelled due to the
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Women’s Official Participation at the WKC from 1970.
Team Sweden’s Solveig Malmkvist’s fighting spirt drew local media attention and cheers from the stands at the 1970 World Kendo Championships (WKC) in Japan. Malmkvist was 28-years-old and 3rd kyu when she fought alongside men against the Japanese team who were all men graded between 5th to 8th dan. Malmkvist was not the only woman
Kate Sylvester Perspectives 