News

Atsushi Ikematsu, 11 December 2018

Rob Challies — Tue, 11 Dec 2018 11:00:28 +0000

Former Rembuden Kendo Club member Atsushi ikematsu returned to NZ for a short visit. Everyone is a little older, Atsushi has grown taller too.

19th Rembuden Kendo Taikai, 6&7 October 2018

Rob Challies — Sun, 07 Oct 2018 21:55:03 +0000

19th Rembuden Kendo Taikai 2018. Results were as follows:

1st Junior: Isshin Nakao (MKK)
2nd Junior: Max Lee (RKC)
=3rd Junior: Karin Nakazono (RKC), Yuki Nakazono (RKC)

1st Women Kyu: Liang Cui (RKC)
2nd Women Kyu: Karin Nakazono (RKC)

1st Women Dan: Kumi Black (RKC)
2nd Women Dan: Mel Carr (RKC)
3rd Women Dan: Hang Le (RKC)

1st Mens Kyu Atom Ashley (RKC)
2nd Mens Kyu Chris Ashley (RKC)
=3rd Mens Kyu Max Lee (RKC), Isshin Nakao (MKK)

1st Junior Dan: Yuma Tamaki (CKC)
2nd Junior Dan: Natsuki Hasegawa (RKC)
=3rd Junior Dan: Atom Ashley (RKC), Frank Schatz (YSK)

1st Senior Dan: Facundo Arregui (YSK)
2nd Senior Dan: Masaki Nakazono (RKC)
=3rd Senior Dan: Chris Cliff (RKC), Akira Nakamura (DMK)

1st Veteran: Masaki Nakazono (RKC)
2nd Veteran: Martin Lee (RKC)

1st Team Yoshinkan A: Anteni Schalken, Patrick Sharp, Facundo Arregui
2nd Team Daehan Mudo Kwan A: Isshin Nakao, Akira Nakamura
3rd Team Canterbury A: Yuma Tamaki, Blake Bennett

Haruko back from the 17th World Kendo Champs 2018

Rob Challies — Fri, 28 Sep 2018 13:25:43 +0000

Haruko with the Fighting Spirit Award she was presented with at the 17th World Kendo Champs. A great achievement - congratulations Haruko!

Haruko Tsuzuki: Fighting Spirit Award @ 17th World Kendo Champs

Rob Challies — Sat, 15 Sep 2018 11:00:48 +0000

Rembuden Kendo Club member Haruko Tsuzuki awarded with a Fighting Spirit Award at the World Kendo Championships 2018. A great effort Haruko! Only 4 New Zealanders have ever achieved this - Gerard Egerton, Sachiyo Lee, Rob Challies and now Haruko. All are Rembuden Kendo Club members. Congratulations Haruko!

NZ National Kendo Championships 11 & 12 August 2018

Rob Challies — Fri, 17 Aug 2018 23:52:53 +0000

Rembuden results at the Nationals were as follows:

Women’s Open: 2nd Kumi, 3rd Haruko

Women’s Team: 1st Rembuden (Haruko & Kumi)

Kata: 1st Rembuden (Haruko & Kumi)

Veterans: 2nd Martin

North Island Champs & Inoue Hai (2nd and 3rd June 2018)

Rob Challies — Mon, 04 Jun 2018 02:05:18 +0000

Great results over the weekend:

Haruko: 3rd place women's individual (North Island Champs)

Haruko, Kumi and Mel: fighting spirit awards (North Island Champs)

Haruko, Kumi and Mel: 3rd place teams (Inoue Hai)

Haruko and Kumi: 1st place kata (Inoue Hai)

Kumi: fighting spirit award (Inoue Hai)

Mel: shodan grading

Last Training with Kirill Konstantinov (03 May 2018)

Rob Challies — Thu, 03 May 2018 12:32:13 +0000

Kirill has been in NZ training with Rembuden Kendo Club for 4 years. Time has gone by quickly. Sad to see Kirill depart the club and NZ. But we wish him and his family the best for the future!

Last Training with Kengo Kaichi (17 April 2018)

Rob Challies — Tue, 17 Apr 2018 12:54:10 +0000

Safe travels back to Japan. We wish Kengo and his family all the best for the future.

Training with Walter 7 February 2018

Rob Challies — Wed, 07 Feb 2018 10:08:30 +0000

Squeezed in a training with Walter during his short visit to NZ. Worked up a good sweat.

Rembuden Kendo Club Training for 2018 has commenced

Rob Challies — Mon, 22 Jan 2018 10:23:32 +0000

Time to dust off your shinai and start training again. The best pathway to improvement in Kendo is one that features regular training - so see you all soon. If you are new to Kendo, and want to find out more - email us at rembudenkendo@gmail.com