{"id":7332,"date":"2026-01-30T00:46:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T13:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kendoaustralia.asn.au\/content\/?p=7332"},"modified":"2026-01-30T00:46:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T13:46:29","slug":"48th-australian-kendo-championships-2026-akc-shinpan-eoi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kendoaustralia.asn.au\/content\/?p=7332","title":{"rendered":"48th Australian Kendo Championships (2026 AKC): Shinpan EOI"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Dear AKR Members,<\/div>\n<div>\nWe\u2019re excited to share that the Australian Kendo Renmei (AKR), together with the Queensland Kendo Renmei (QKR), will be hosting the\u00a0<b>48th Australian Kendo Championships (2026 AKC)<\/b>\u00a0on the beautiful Gold Coast, QLD. The Competition Days will be held over the weekend of\u00a0<b>4\u20135 April 2026<\/b>, and we\u00a0are very much looking forward to bringing our community together again.<\/div>\n<div>\nOn behalf of the Kendo Board, I\u2019d like to warmly invite all Kendo members who hold\u00a0<b>4th Dan and above<\/b>\u00a0to join us as\u00a0<b>Shinpan<\/b>\u00a0at this year\u2019s Championships. Your knowledge, experience, and presence make a huge difference, and we would be grateful for your support in helping create a fair, enjoyable, and memorable event for competitors from all around Australia.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>If you are able to help at the 2026 AKC as a Shinpan, we kindly ask the following:<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Please be available for both Competition Days (4-5 April 2026).<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li>If you are only able to assist for part of the weekend, please let me know.\u00a0 We will do our best to accommodate your availability.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Attend the Shinpan Briefing<\/b>\u00a0on the afternoon of\u00a0<b>Friday, 3 April 2026<\/b>\u00a0(exact time to be confirmed, approximately 3\u20134 pm), as well as the morning briefings on each Competition Day.\n<ul>\n<li>There will be a Keiko session directly following the Shinpan Briefing for attendees of this briefing (Shinpan, Team Coaches and Managers).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Carry out Shinpan responsibilities in accordance<\/b>\u00a0with the 2026 AKC Competition Rules (to be published shortly), which follow AKR and FIK shiai regulations.<\/li>\n<li><b>Avoid taking on Coaching or Team Manager roles<\/b>\u00a0during the Competition, so we can maintain clear separation between Shinpan duties and State\/Territory team functions.<\/li>\n<li><b>Register as a Shinpan<\/b>\u00a0by completing the Google Form at the following link:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/dAwZRqFogJu6ss2F9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/forms.gle\/dAwZRqFogJu6ss2F9&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1769777976700000&amp;usg=AOvVaw26u_j9W1kC4tXHGTkaf5xX\">https:\/\/forms.gle\/<wbr \/>dAwZRqFogJu6ss2F9<\/a><\/li>\n<li><b>Complete the following courses on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/learning.kendoaustralia.asn.au\/login\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/learning.kendoaustralia.asn.au\/login\/index.php&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1769777976700000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2NbWQb465YxBia-3M6RKrJ\">AKR Learning Centre<\/a><\/b>\u00a0(if you haven&#8217;t already):\n<ul>\n<li>Safeguarding Children and Young People in Sport Induction (<a href=\"https:\/\/learning.kendoaustralia.asn.au\/course\/view.php?id=1478\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/learning.kendoaustralia.asn.au\/course\/view.php?id%3D1478&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1769777976700000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1F4QIW3xUVK9sq0E0vr2Xw\">https:\/\/learning.<wbr \/>kendoaustralia.asn.au\/course\/<wbr \/>view.php?id=1478<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>PBTR \u2013 Harassment and Discrimination (<a href=\"https:\/\/learning.kendoaustralia.asn.au\/course\/view.php?id=91\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/learning.kendoaustralia.asn.au\/course\/view.php?id%3D91&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1769777976700000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3W6lR34MLe8spbMSJcx2vY\">https:\/\/learning.<wbr \/>kendoaustralia.asn.au\/course\/<wbr \/>view.php?id=91<\/a>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Arrange your own travel and accommodation\u00a0<\/b>for the event.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>As a gesture of our appreciation:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><b>All Shinpan will be provided lunch<\/b>\u00a0on each Competition Day they are officiating.<\/li>\n<li><b>Shinpan without State\/Territory Team duties<\/b>\u00a0(Coach, Manager, or Competitor) will also receive a subsidy (amount to be confirmed) to help offset expenses for attending the Championships.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>If you are able to join us and accept this invitation, please complete the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/dAwZRqFogJu6ss2F9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/forms.gle\/dAwZRqFogJu6ss2F9&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1769777976700000&amp;usg=AOvVaw26u_j9W1kC4tXHGTkaf5xX\">Shinpan Registration Form<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0<b><u>28 February 2026<\/u><\/b>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Should you have any questions at all, please feel free to reach out to me &#8211; I will be very happy to help.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Thank you very much for considering this invitation.\u00a0 We sincerely hope to see you on the Gold Coast in April for the 2026 AKC!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Warm Regards,<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b><i>Jane Hung<\/i><\/b><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"gmail_signature\" dir=\"ltr\" data-smartmail=\"gmail_signature\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div><span style=\"color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia, serif;\">Deputy Chair, Australian Kendo Board<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear AKR Members, We\u2019re excited to share that the Australian Kendo Renmei (AKR), together with the Queensland Kendo Renmei (QKR), will be hosting the\u00a048th Australian Kendo Championships (2026 AKC)\u00a0on the &#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":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[28],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kendoaustralia.asn.au\/content\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7332"}],"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\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kendoaustralia.asn.au\/content\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7332"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.kendoaustralia.asn.au\/content\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7333,"href":"https:\/\/www.kendoaustralia.asn.au\/content\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7332\/revisions\/7333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kendoaustralia.asn.au\/content\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kendoaustralia.asn.au\/content\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kendoaustralia.asn.au\/content\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}