{"id":6634,"date":"2023-06-19T18:04:35","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T07:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kendoaustralia.asn.au\/?p=6634"},"modified":"2023-06-28T12:49:55","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T01:49:55","slug":"annoncement-of-team-members-for-the-19th-world-kendo-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kendoaustralia.asn.au\/content\/?p=6634","title":{"rendered":"Announcement of Team Members for the 19th World Kendo Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In May 2022, the Australian Kendo Renmei (AKR) initiated a call for applications from interested members w to be considered for selection to the Australian Kendo Team, to compete at the19th World Kendo Championships, in Italy, July 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The 19th WKC Squad Training commenced in August 2022 and the Australian Kendo team selection event took place in Melbourne on June 10th and 11th, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Although all attending squad members demonstrated exceptional commitment, enthusiasm, and skill, only eight women and seven men were able to be selected.<\/p>\n<p>After the conclusion of the Team selection weekend event, the following members have been selected to comprise the Australian Kendo Team at the19th World Kendo Championships:<\/p>\n<p><strong>WOMEN<\/strong><br \/>\nYue Julie Feng (NSW), Captain<br \/>\nDa Seul Chun (NSW), Vice-Captain<br \/>\nYaya Jeong (VIC)<br \/>\nJulie Tran (VIC)<br \/>\nKelly Jun Kishikawa (NSW)<br \/>\nIris Somera (NSW)<br \/>\nSamantha Zhong (NSW)<br \/>\nHoey Yein Goh (VIC)<\/p>\n<p><strong>MEN<\/strong><br \/>\nTrent Reeve (VIC), Captain<br \/>\nDwight Park (NSW), Vice-Captain<br \/>\nYoonsu Kim (NSW)<br \/>\nRichard T&#8217;en (VIC)<br \/>\nKelvin Tran (NSW)<br \/>\nAlan Kishikawa (NSW)<br \/>\nKentarou Ashton Nibu-Jones (VIC)<\/p>\n<p><strong>SUPPORT<\/strong><br \/>\nAdditionally, two members have been appointed to support the 19th WKC National Team in the following roles:<\/p>\n<p>WKC Fundraising Campaign Manager: John Ou<br \/>\nAustralian Team Physiotherapist: Nicole Saccardo<\/p>\n<p><strong>COACHES<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Head Coach<\/strong>: Yoichi Yano (VKR)<br \/>\n<strong>Assistant Coach<\/strong>: Daniel (Kwangyul) Jeong (VKR)<br \/>\n<strong>Assistant Coach<\/strong>: Duy Pham (NSWKA)<br \/>\n<strong>Manager<\/strong>: Kwang Ho Lee (TSR)<br \/>\n<strong>Assistant Manager<\/strong>: Yaya Jeong (VKR)<\/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>In May 2022, the Australian Kendo Renmei (AKR) initiated a call for applications from interested members w to be considered for selection to the Australian Kendo Team, to compete at &#8230;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kendoaustralia.asn.au\/content\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kendoaustralia.asn.au\/content\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kendoaustralia.asn.au\/content\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kendoaustralia.asn.au\/content\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kendoaustralia.asn.au\/content\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6634"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.kendoaustralia.asn.au\/content\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6634\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6648,"href":"https:\/\/www.kendoaustralia.asn.au\/content\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6634\/revisions\/6648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kendoaustralia.asn.au\/content\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kendoaustralia.asn.au\/content\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kendoaustralia.asn.au\/content\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}