UWA Kendo Club

Kendo or "Way of The Sword" is the traditional Japanese style of fencing which originally developed as a safe form of sword training for samurai.

The concept of Kendo is to discipline the human character through the application of the principles of the Katana (sword). The purpose of practicing Kendo is:

"To mold the mind and body,
To cultivate a vigorous spirit,
And through correct and rigid training,
To strive for improvement in the art of Kendo,
To hold in esteem human courtesy and honor,
To associate with others with sincerity,
And to f

18/03/2026

Congratulations to everyone who attended the WA Kendo State Championships! Our kyu group managed to get 2nd place, so big congrats to them! 🎉🎉🎉

19/02/2026

Hi everyone! 👋 We are going to be at O-day tomorrow from 11am to 3pm! 🗣️🗣️🗣️
Please come down and say hi if you have time 🤗 We hope to see some new faces 🤩

15/09/2025

We're excited to announce that we will be performing at JSS's Matsuri! 🕺

Come watch our exciting kendo demonstration and learn more about the art of Japanese swordsmanship. ⚔️ Our performance is scheduled for 4:55 PM. We can't wait to see you there!

22/07/2025

This semester break, we were very luck to host Sida, a 5th dan from Singapore and the sole representative for Nippon Budo in Southeast Asia. We invited him over for a training session and a great chat about equipment acquisition and future plans.

Big thanks to everyone who came down for training, we really appreciate the energy and support!

21/07/2025

Thinking about trying something new? 👀
Come give Kendo a shot! Our sem 2 beginners course is open for intake today through to August 26!
No experience? Totally fine, all levels welcome! ⚔️

What you'll get:
Our course goes for the whole semester. We'll teach you the basics of kendo and after a few weeks, we'll even get you fitted with a bogu set (the armour we wear).

If you're interested, come down to the UWA gymnasium at 8pm Monday nights to sign up, or DM us if you want to know more! 🥳

06/07/2025

Hi, its been awhile 👋

Here's our semester one recap for 2025

Thank you to everyone who came and tried out our beginners course. Proud to say it was one of our most successful iterations in recent years, we've got some real talent from this batch 🤩

Also congratulations to one of our own, Gos, for placing third in the Kyu individual category for this year's WA Kendo state championship 🎉

And a big thank you to our fellow university club for hosting multiple mock shiai competitions. Our members gained some valuable experience from attending💪

We have more planned for next semester, so if you'd like to join us please don't hesitate to contact us and train with us, we're always welcoming new members.

Thank you everyone for making this a really memorable semester for our club.

20/02/2025

Hi all! UWA Kendo will be running a stall tomorrow for O-day. Come say hi, we'll be there 11am-3pm.

We're also doing a small demonstration at 1pm, where we'll be showcasing the basics of kendo.

Hope to see some fresh faces ✌️

27/01/2025

UWA Kendo is back for 2025!

We'll be returning to training on February 3rd. You can join us every Monday 8pm at the UWA gymnasium or Saturday 11am* at the UWA multipurpose hall

*Saturday times subject to change

16/12/2024

Now there's an image 📸

02/12/2024

Marvellous grading from UWA Kendo✨
Very proud of all our members that successful passed their grading yesterday:

Rio: Ungraded -> 5th Kyu
Yang-tian: Ungraded -> 5th Kyu
Bryan: 5th Kyu -> 4th Kyu
Ahmed: 2nd Kyu -> 1st Kyu