Swedish National Team Kendo

An intense and productive final training camp before the European Kendo Championships, now less than two weeks away! 🔥🔥
This weekend marked the last step in our preparation for Montenegro. It has been great to see the team's growth in skill, determination, and teamwork throughout the year, and we are excited for the challenge ahead.
A special thank you to our guests who helped raise the quality of our training, and to everyone who has supported Team Sweden along the way.
Next stop: Montenegro 🇲🇪🇸🇪

A great weekend at the Swedish Kendo Championships in Luleå! While representing their respective clubs, the members of the national team squad delivered strong performances and brought home medals across all categories 🇸🇪

Team
🥇 Kibo Dojo 1 (Styrbjörn, Göran, Max, Gunnar, William, Benedikt)
🥈 Kibo Dojo 3 (Marlon)
🥉 FSKA (Robert, Sigge, Kalle, Felix, Edvin)
🥉 Bushido Luleå (Brayden)

Women
🥇 Ellen
🥈 Josefin
🥉 F***y

Men
🥇 Styrbjörn
🥈 Robert
🥉 Göran & Benedikt
🔥 Fighting spirit: Gunnar

Juniors
🥇 Kalle
🥈 Felix
🥉 Marlon

A big thank you to Bushido Luleå for organizing a great event, and to everyone who supported the national team kiosk throughout the competition!

The Swedish men’s kendo national team competed with seven members at this year’s ZüriCup in Zürich 🇸🇪
We fought many exciting matches against strong international competitors and will take this valuable experience into our preparation for EKC 2026 in Montenegro.
A big thank you to the organizers for a great competition!

Heja Sverige! 🇸🇪

We are proud of our junior team for their performance at the Sakura Cup in Budapest! Their hard work and dedication paid off with a bronze medal in the team competition 🥉
Kalle was awarded the Fighting Spirit Award in the individual 15–17 category, and special congratulations to future prospect Sten for winning bronze in the individual 13–14 category 🥉
Keep up the great work!

This weekend we held a national team training camp in Stockholm, with technical practice, shiai, and team-building sessions on the schedule 🇸🇪
It’s great to see the squad growing and improving with every camp. Let’s keep the momentum going! 💪
A big thank you to all participants for the hard work and commitment — and a special thanks to the guests who joined the open jigeiko session!

🇸🇪 Rösta på Markus Arfert!
Sveriges regerande europamästare i kendo, Markus Arfert, är nominerad till tre kategorier på årets Kampsportgala:
- Årets genombrott
- Årets champ
- Årets traditionella tävlande

Hans EM-guld var Sveriges första på 32 år – en historisk prestation för svensk kendo.
👉 Gå in och rösta på Markus! Du kan rösta hur många gånger du vill.
⏰ Imorgon (9 mars) är sista dagen att rösta, så passa på och hjälp oss stötta svensk kendo!
https://kampsportsgalan.budokampsport.se/

Träna med landslaget den 8 mars i Stockholm! 🔥
Vi bjuder in till öppen jigeiko med coacherna Ryo Arai, F***y Lindström och Robert Lingvide på plats. Varmt välkommen!

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Öppen jigeiko med landslaget Öppen jigeiko i samband med landslagets träningsläger Kendolandslaget samlas den 7–8 mars i Stockholm för ett träningsläger inför EM 2026 i juni. Lägret leds av coacherna Ryo Arai, F***y Lindström och Robert Lingvide och är en viktig del av förberedelserna inför mästerskapet. Öppen j...

The Swedish men’s team took part in last weekend’s National Kendo Team Gathering in Budapest 🇸🇪
Competing in 11 team matches, we delivered strong performances and finished with a positive record of 7 wins, 3 losses, and 1 draw. This includes one tight loss against a team from the International Budo University in Japan.
The weekend also gave us valuable insight into what we need to focus on in the coming months as we prepare for EKC 2026 in Montenegro.
Let’s get to work! 🔥

Last weekend our junior squad members Sigge, Marlon, Felix, and Kalle showed good performances and team spirit at the Junior Kendo Shiai Weekend in Dunakeszi, Hungary 🔥
Under supervision of junior team coach Robert Lingvide they gathered valuable experiences and return home as a stronger team.
Good work everyone! 🇸🇪

Last weekend, our national team squad completed their athletic performance tests 🏋‍♂️
These tests were developed by Svenska Budo & Kampsportsförbundet and help our members track their progress using measurable fitness metrics. Based on the results, we can identify which areas each athlete should focus on in their training.
Special thanks to Styrbjörn and Markus for supervising the tests.
Great work everyone — let’s keep improving! 💪