{"id":7384,"date":"2026-03-18T22:40:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T11:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kendoaustralia.asn.au\/content\/?p=7384"},"modified":"2026-03-18T22:41:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T11:41:01","slug":"48th-australian-kendo-championships-competition-rules-and-draws-finalised-and-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kendoaustralia.asn.au\/content\/?p=7384","title":{"rendered":"48th Australian Kendo Championships &#8211; Competition Rules and Draws finalised and available."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NOTE:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For the full message that contains the competition draws and notable regulation changes, please check with your State &amp; Territory Coaching Teams and Execs<\/li>\n<li>The full message has also been emailed to AKR Execs, Kendo Board and AKC referees<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>&#8212;<\/div>\n<div>The Kendo Board is pleased to share that the Competition Rules and Draws for the 48th Australian Kendo Championships are now finalised and available.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The documents can be accessed at the following links:<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Competition Rules <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kendoaustralia.asn.au\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026-AKC-Competition-Rules-FINAL.pdf\">PDF<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>We ask that all competitors, Coaches, Team Managers and Shinpan review these documents carefully prior to the AKC to ensure familiarity with the competition format, rules, and scheduling; in particular the updates noted above.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Also, a reminder that all Shinpan, Coaches and Team Managers are invited to attend the Shinpan Seminar on<b> Friday, 3 April 2026, at 14:30 \u2013 16:15 <\/b>(please arrive dressed in Kendogi), as well as the goodwill keiko that will take place following the Shinpan Seminar (16:15 &#8211; 17:00).\u00a0 Please note that this godo-geiko is<b> only open to Shinpan, Coaches and Team Managers;<\/b> no competitors will be allowed to participate.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>If you identify any discrepancies or have questions regarding the draws or rules, please submit your queries to the Kendo Board via\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:kendoboard@kendoaustralia.asn.au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">kendoboard@kendoaustralia.<wbr \/>asn.au<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>If any of your competitors need to withdraw from the event, please let the Kendo Board and the Competition Manager (<a href=\"mailto:president@qkr.asn.au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">president@qkr.asn.au<\/a>) know as early as possible.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Thank you all for your continued support and cooperation.\u00a0 We look forward to an exciting and successful AKC.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Warm regards,<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"gmail_signature\" dir=\"ltr\" data-smartmail=\"gmail_signature\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia, serif;\"><b><i>Jane Hung<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia, serif;\">Deputy Chair, Kendo Board<\/span><\/div>\n<\/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>NOTE: For the full message that contains the competition draws and notable regulation changes, please check with your State &amp; Territory Coaching Teams and Execs The full message has also &#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\/7384"}],"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=7384"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.kendoaustralia.asn.au\/content\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7387,"href":"https:\/\/www.kendoaustralia.asn.au\/content\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7384\/revisions\/7387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kendoaustralia.asn.au\/content\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kendoaustralia.asn.au\/content\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kendoaustralia.asn.au\/content\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}