20/05/2026
Dear all,
You are warmly invited to celebrate the 60th anniversary of London’s Nenriki Dojo with a series of presentations, demonstrations and an Ono Ha Itto Ryu workshop.
Date - Saturday 13th June 2026
Venue - Ark Globe Academy, Harper Road, SE1 6AG
Schedule -
12pm - 2:25pm
Presentation: Nenriki History Since 1966
Ono Ha Itto Ryu Demonstration
Lecture: Japanese Swordsmanship & Western Fencing
2:45pm - 6pm
Introduction to Ono Ha Itto Ryu and its application in shinai kendo
Note - If you are attending the workshop session and are a kendo practitioner, please feel free to bring shinai and bogu. Ono Ha bokken and onigote (reinforced gloves) will be provided to use on the day.
For more info and to register, please visit
https://tinyurl.com/nenriki60june13
We look forward to seeing you there!
21/10/2025
Many thanks again to everyone who attended this year's Lidstone Kyūsha Taikai!
Many thanks also to our photographer Frank Sparrow (https://www.instagram.com/strawdog____/) whose photos you can peruse below and in the following google drive folder: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1l4UrQWI1APL1RvTU8150Hrgei9_Syx4S?usp=drive_link Feel free to tag yourself or others if you spot them.
Hope to see you again next year, which happily coincides with Nenriki Dojo's 60th anniversary!
20/10/2023
To all those who joined us last week on October 14 at this year's Lidstone Memorial Kyusha Taikai, Nenriki Kendo Club extend our heartfelt thanks. To all competitors who had fought with vigour and volunteer shinpans, senpais and senseis whose help and support we could not do without, the success of the taikai will not be possible if it were not for you. We are delighted to have many representatives from various clubs including Tora, ShinSei, Army, KCL, UCL, Taiseidokai, Doshinkenyukai, Kagami Shin, Shozankan, Mumeishi, Durham, Reading, Essex, York, Kyoshin, Strathclyde University as well as our very own at Nenriki. Congratulations to all the winners and we look forward to having you again in 2024!
Winners:
First Place - A. Habel (Reading University) 41
Second Place - K. Moyo (Reading University) 42
Third Place - C. Yu (Tora) 19 , A. Lowes (Strathclyde University) 9
Fighting Spirit Award - A. Lowes (Strathclyde University) 9
Timekeeper's Award (The Angel Prize) - L. Zhou (UCL) 15
Gibson Prize - A. Gadaix (Nenriki) 10
All photos courtesy of the brilliant Ana Saveleva. [email protected] from Tora. Many thanks! Feel free to tag yourselves but do credit Ana if you were to share on social media.
05/02/2022
Hello All!
Club armour for new beginners’ week course starting Saturday 12th Feb for 8 weeks at the historic home of Nenriki, Ark Globe Academy.
A few places left - contact [email protected] ASAP if interested
13/03/2020
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, we have made the decision to suspend practice until further notice.
For more information on COVID-19, kindly reference the NHS website, https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
We look forward to resuming practice soon. Till then.
- Nenriki Kendo Club.
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05/03/2020
ANNOUNCEMENT: We will be closed on Friday, the 6th of March, due to the venue being otherwise engaged.
Practice will resume next Tuesday.
