AUSTRALIAN KENDO RENMEI

“Every Contribution Matters.” Thank you to all our volunteers. Together you have made it a fantastic year! (video link)

Congratulations to David Kolb (QLD) for achieving Iaido 7 Dan on 30 November 2025 in Edogawa, Japan.

Congratulations to the following AKR members for being awarded Shogo titles in AJKF’s 2025 autumn round. Kendo Renshi ・Junji Sakamoto (VIC) ・Stuart Burke (NSW) Kendo Kyoshi ・Ken Okamoto (QLD) Iaido …

Congratulations to: Noriko Matsumoto (VKR) and Ryuta Hikima (VKR) for achieving Kendo 7 Dan on 14 November, and Takahiro Tsukadaira (QLD) for achieving Kendo 6 Dan on 15 November 2025 …

Congratulations to Ayaka Watanabe, Dwight Park, David Binder and Shoko Binder (NSW) for achieving Kendo 6 Dan on 9 November 2025 in Nagoya, Japan.

In the last two weeks 6 of our members, Mio Tardy (2D), Jack Dye (4D), Alex Paukovits (4D), Anna Opertowski-Marshall (4D), Kaori Langley (4D) , Tomoe Kawami (5D) met in …

Congratulations to Terri Gallear (WA) for achieving Jodo 6 Dan on 15 August 2025 in Chiba, Japan.

EXAM NEWS FROM JAPAN Congratulations to Yoonsu Kim (NSWKA) for achieving Kendo 7 Dan on 2 August 2025, and Toshio Nishimoto (QLD) for achieving Kendo 6 Dan on 3 August …

The revision of the FIK Handbook for Kendo Shiai and Shinpan Management was approved by the BODM on 7 July 2025. This revision incorporates the contents of the Provisional Shiai …