Hobart Kendo Club

It may be cold outside, but as you can see from this sneak peak, our plans for the 2026 Big Chill are heating up!

Still keen to join us for Australia's coolest kangeiko? Registrations close on the 15th July.

Sign up here: https://events.humanitix.com/big-chill-2026

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Registrations are now live for the 2026 Big Chill!

The Big Chill is Australia's southernmost winter kendo event and it will be led this year by Damian Carmody-Stephens (7th Dan kyoshi). Damian Sensei has a strong background in high performance kendo, having represented Australian and coached both the Australian and Singaporean national teams.

The weekend's schedule will include mawarigeiko on Friday night, a seminar on Saturday, and on Sunday we'll cap the weekend off with a sunrise suburi and polar plunge session on the beach, followed by the chance to win the fabled Golden Rosella at the Southern Showdown kachinuki taikai.

This event is open to anyone who is a current member of the Australian Kendo Federation (or any equivalent associations elsewhere in the world).

Up for a challenge? Register now and tell your friends (especially the cool ones).

See you when the snow falls 🔥❄️🔥

https://events.humanitix.com/big-chill-2026

Formal registration details to come, but for now we just wanted to say that the Big Chill is officially BACK.

Save the date. Save the world. Tell your friends.

See you in August!

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And that’s a wrap on the 2026 Australian Kendo Championships! A huge thank you to the Queensland Kendo Renmei for putting on such a great weekend, as well as to the shinpan, volunteers, and everyone we crossed swords with.

A few tiger triumphs for Team Tassie:

⭐️ Liam had his first ever AKCs and did a great job in the men’s kyus

🥈Stan took out silver in the men’s veterans, and Stan and Katie did likewise in the kata teams

Most importantly, we all got to experience the highs, lows, learnings, and inspiration that you can only get by putting yourself and your skills on the line through shiai. Congratulations to everyone for their achievements.

Bring on 2027! 💚

Good news team: Hobart Kendo Club's first introductory course for 2026 will start next month!

Been thinking about giving this kendo thing a try but putting it off? Now's your chance. Our introductory course will teach you the basics of kendo in a fun and friendly environment.

This course runs once a week for four weeks at our regular training time of 7.00-8.30 Thursdays. It's open to anyone aged 12+, though we do request that minors are accompanied by adults during the first session.

Register here: https://forms.gle/kt8DspUVtxKNNAUG6

Hobart Kendo Club grading results !

6 Kyu - Ji and Tinka
5 Kyu - Liam and Tovi

Nidan - Ryan and Carlos

Congratulation everyone pass their grading!!!

Hobart Kendo Club at the Victorian Kendo Championships 2025 🏆

Well done to our squad (Carlos, Ryan, Russell, Masa, Ho, Stan) who represented HKC at the Victorian Kendo Championships in Melbourne! An incredible weekend of competition, camaraderie, and lasting connections.

A big thank you to the Victorian Kendo Renmei for hosting such a well-run and welcoming event 🙏

Hi team. Our new introductory course starts this Thursday - can’t wait to see you all there!

We’ve just heard that the registration emails we sent out might have gotten lost out there in cyberspace. So, if you’ve registered but not heard back from us, message us via Facebook and we’ll send you the rego pack 🙂