In March 2009, SportAccord signed an agreement with the city of Beijing, Peoples Republic of China, to organise the first SportAccord Combat Games. Scheduled from 28 August to 4 September 2010, the competition will showcase 13 Martial Arts and Combat sports, both Olympic and non-Olympic, including Kendo. The event will also include a Cultural Program that will reflect the social and cultural values of those arts and sports and the Combat Games as a whole.
Each Martial Art or Combat sport will have 80 top athletes competing in the Games. It is expected that the world best martial arts and combat sports athletes will qualify for the Combat Games. Both male and female athletes will take part.
The Australian Kendo Renmei has commenced a process to select two kendo players (one male and one female) to participate. The announcement of player selection will be made on March 10.
The Games are supported by the International Kendo Federation and the AKR.
More information at the FIK Games website and Combat Games website.