{"id":2190,"date":"2013-04-25T12:00:49","date_gmt":"2013-04-25T01:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kendoaustralia.asn.au\/content\/?p=2190"},"modified":"2013-05-15T18:13:11","modified_gmt":"2013-05-15T07:13:11","slug":"australian-kendo-competitors-announced-for-the-2013-sportaccord-combat-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kendoaustralia.asn.au\/content\/?p=2190","title":{"rendered":"Australian Kendo Competitors announced for the 2013 SportAccord Combat Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are happy to announce the selection of the\u00a0Australian Kendo Renmei\u00a0competitors for the\u00a0Second\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sportaccord.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\">SportAccord<\/a>\u00a0Combat Games. to be held 18-26 October\u00a02013 in\u00a0St. Petersburg, Russia.<\/p>\n<p>This event is one of very few opportunities for Australian kendo players to test their skills against the worlds best kendoka in a very challenging and competitive situation.<\/p>\n<p>AKR was invited to submit one player each for three of the competition categories.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Men&#8217;s Youth Individual, age 18-25.<\/li>\n<li>Men&#8217;s Individual, age 26-55 and 5, 6 or 7 Dan.<\/li>\n<li>Women&#8217;s Individual, age 21-40 and 3, 4 or 5 Dan.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Following observation at the recent 38th Australian Kendo Championships and further consideration, the AKR Kendo Board and others, have selected the following players to form the Australian Squad for the Second SportAccord Combat Games.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Kelvin Tran from NSW &#8211; Men&#8217;s Youth Individual competition.<\/li>\n<li>Kirby Smith, from NSW,\u00a0multiple Australian Open Kendo Champion and Australian Kendo Team member for World Kendo Championships\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Men&#8217;s Individual\u00a0competition.<\/li>\n<li>Vivian Yung\u00a0from NSW, a former Australian Womens Kendo Champion and Australian Kendo Team member for World Kendo Championships\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Women&#8217;s Individual\u00a0competition.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Congratulations to Kirby, Vivian and Kelvin. \u00a0Best wishes for your preparation!<\/p>\n<p>The Kendo competition is scheduled for 21+22 October 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldcombatgames.com\/en\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\">here for more Combat Games information<\/a> is at and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kendoaustralia.asn.au\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/4-SA-WCG_2013_KENDO-Sports_Program.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">here for a PDF of the Kendo Event schedule<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em id=\"__mceDel\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldcombatgames.com\/en\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.worldcombatgames.com\/images\/logo-wcg2013-en.png\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/em>All expenses, including travel and accomodation for the Australian Squad, will be covered by the event organisers.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are happy to announce the selection of the\u00a0Australian Kendo Renmei\u00a0competitors for the\u00a0Second\u00a0SportAccord\u00a0Combat Games. to be held 18-26 October\u00a02013 in\u00a0St. Petersburg, Russia. 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