Odoguma Kyudo Melbourne

OKM Club Training Diary 23/8/2026: Today we discussed Nerai (aiming), and practised checking the aim for each other. Ensuring your Nerai is correct can help you diagnose your shooting in eliminating aim as a factor. Ie. If aim is correct and you missed the mato, it is therefore because something in your form or shooting technique is incorrect.

In the Kyudo Manual p.71, Nerai is explained as follows: "In the full draw (Kai) the arrow must be directed along a line exactly to the centre of the target. In principle, aiming (Nerai) (with both eyes open) is determined by looking to the centre of the target, over the left fist on the left side of the bow, aiming with the outer corner of the left eye and the inner corner of the right eye. (see diagram) Normally, the arrow is horizontal to the target over the shooting distance of 28 meters, but the height of the left fist differs according to whether the distance is far or near, or whether the bow is strong or weak, or whether the the arrow is light or heavy."

Congratulations to our Winter Shikireikai Winners!

Mudan-Shodan Division
1st - K
2nd - Mik
3rd - Richard B

2dan+ Division
1st - Kris
2nd - Charlene
3rd - Hannah

Thank you to Suji, Calista, and Diego for performing the Yawatashi.

A huge thanks to our Taikai Staff team for your hard work: Albert, Anya, Benji, Diana, Imogen, Jake, James, Jun, Kieran, & Octavio!

And finally, thank you to our event photography crew: Calista, Harry, V, Ian, Richard, & Rachel~

We are proud to announce that the Fourth Australian National Kyudo Seminar and Taikai has been officially certified as an anniversary event commemorating the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Basic Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation between Japan and Australia. 🇦🇺🇯🇵

Bringing together kyudo practitioners and teachers from Japan, Australia and beyond, this special event celebrates the enduring friendship between our two countries through the shared practice of kyudo.

We are honoured to be part of this significant anniversary and look forward to welcoming everyone to the event.

OKM Club Training diary 2/8/26
Today we had 40 participants attending the training session.
Many of our beginners from the June Introduction Course are starting to receive their equipment orders, and are learning how to wear Hakama and Keikogi.
We discussed ways to improve Torikake and Tenouchi ❤🏹

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A few things worth celebrating at OKM today!

We bid farewell to Tomonari and Rin today and wish them a safe flight back to Japan. Thanks for training with us - we'll miss you, and come visit again soon!

We also welcome Cheng Fan from KL Selangor Kyudo Club training with us today. We hope you had a good time and thank you for taking the time to swing by and visit us!

We had over 40 members training with us today for these special occasions 🏹 🎉

Big thank you to our members Kris, Charlene, V, Eric, and Calista for their beautiful Mochimato Sharei demonstration in kimono during Week 4 of our Introduction to Kyudo course.

It's wonderful to see everyone at training in such colourful Kimono!

Thank you to our participants from the June 2026 Introduction to Kyudo class! We hope you all enjoyed, and had a great time learning more about Kyudo ❤️

Thank you also to our wonderful Instructor Calista and assistant Suji for running the class! Your time and dedication to helping newcomers to Kyudo to learn is incredibly invaluable and much appreciated.

We are hoping to welcome more members to the club following the conclusion of this class. Our next Introduction course will run in October.

We welcomed Kaya from Kyudo Association (Singapore) to our training on 24 May 2026 before she joined a few of our members to visit the Box Hill Japan Festival. Thank you for all the snaccs and for visiting us! We hope you had a good time with us and enjoyed Melbourne while you were here 🤗

This week we started our June 2026 Introduction to Kyudo course, welcoming 20 new faces to the club! Hope you all enjoyed your first session of Kyudo training ❤️
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For anyone currently on our waitlist for the June Introduction Course - keep an eye on your emails!! We will be sending out the registration information soon.

Please note that there are a limited number of places available for the introduction course and they usually go quickly.

For anyone interested in starting Kyudo who misses out on a place, or has not already signed up for the waitlist, please check the link in our bio to sign up for the October course.

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