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The Australian Kendo Renmei Inc., (AKR) is the internationally recognised, governing body for Kendo, Iaido and Jodo in Australia.

The Australian Sports Commission recognises the Australian Kendo Renmei as the National Sporting Organisation to develop kendo, iaido and jodo in Australia.

The Australian Kendo Renmei (Inc.) and our affiliated member dojos, clubs and associations are also affiliated with the International Kendo Federation (FIK). The FIK is the world-wide federation of national Kendo, Iaido and Jodo organisations. The FIK is affiliated with SportAccord (formerly GAISF) a signatory to the World Anti-Doping Agency drugs in sport policy and is recognised as the international governing federation for Kendo, Iaido and Jodo.

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Latest News

The 17th World Kendo Championship action starts tomorrow (Friday 14 September) !

September 13th, 2018

The 17th World Kendo Championships matches are scheduled to be streamed live from https://www.youtube.com/user/spotv.

The match webcast schedules, draws and other details are on the Team Support page here.

The Team management will be posting updates on facebook, twitter or instagram and check the Team web page here too!

Follow the Australian Kendo Team at the 17th WKC

September 6th, 2018

Dear AKR members and supporters,

Thank you so much for your generous support of the national team. We have done our best to prepare for the upcoming World Kendo Championships in Korea, September 14-16. Now it is time for us to show our supporters what we have prepared for the past three years!

To keep you closer to our journey at the WKC, we will have two social media platforms to update our journey and links to live-stream the competition.

Please follow our pages below:

Facebook: Support the Australian Kendo Team https://www.facebook.com/akrteam/
Instagram: Australian Kendo https://www.instagram.com/australian_kendo/
Competition live-stream: TBC
17th WKC official website: http://17wkc.kr/

We will start posting the Australian Kendo Team’s journey from this Saturday 8th September until the end of WKC. Stay tuned to stay connected with the team! We need your support!

Kindest regards,

Yaya Bonggotgetsakul
Assistant Manager
Australian Kendo Team

Admin PS: The Team information page is here.

17 WKC Australian Team Brochure

August 23rd, 2018

Download 17 WKC Australian Team Brochure – High Resolution / Low Resolution.

The Australian Kendo Team has put together a WKC brochure to showcase the history of Australian involvement in the World Kendo Championships from the 1st WKC in 1970 to now. This brochure also introduces the coaches, managers and members of the current Australian Kendo Team who will be travelling to Korea to compete at the 17th World Kendo Championships on 14-16 September 2018.

The brochure for the 17th World Kendo Championships was temporarily taken down for the AKR National Council to deliberate on the content of the brochure. Since then, the AKR National Council have a majority agreement (by the casting of votes) that the content is appropriate. I thank the Council for its time and timely response to this question.

On behalf of the AKR, I would like to apologise for any confusion, inconvenience and/or stress that the posting, taking down and reposting of the brochure may have caused.

Stylianos (Stilts) Polichroniadis

President

Keep in touch with Team News here.

17 WKC Competition Draws and Pools announced.

July 19th, 2018

Continue reading 17 WKC Competition Draws and Pools announced.

AKR Kendo Board for 2018-2021

May 4th, 2018

Dear Delegates and members,

An election was held for the position of Kendo Board Chair on April 29, 2018, according to the rules in the Australian Kendo Renmei Manual of Documents, Section One (1.2.4).

Continue reading AKR Kendo Board for 2018-2021