First Training for 2023: Thursday 12 January

Time to dust off the summer holiday cobwebs.  First training for the year is Thursday 12 January: 7.45pm - 9.15pm 

Last Rembuden Kendo Training for 2022

The last training for 2022 will be Tuesday 20 December.  The first training for 2023 will be Thursday 12 January 2023.

03 December 2022 Club Grading

A small grading was held on 03 December 2022.  Congratulations to all who were successful.  Zac Chai, Chiaki Lin, Harald Lin all passed and gained the rank of shodan (1st dan).  Andre Karlovsky gained the rank of 5th kyu.

19 November 2022: Kata Training Session

22nd Rembuden Kendo Taikai (8th & 9th October 2022)

Over the weekend clubs from the North Island (North Shore, Auckland, Rembuden, Yoshinkan), South Island (Marukenshikai, Canterbury, Otago) and Kyorin University (Japan) competed at the 22nd Rembuden Kendo Taikai. This tournament was run consecutively on an annual basis from 2000 - 2020.  It was disrupted in 2021 due to Covid. However this weekend we were back to business as usual.  Rembuden once again did very well across all divisions.  The club results were as follows:

• JUNIOR OPEN:1st Harald Lin (RKC), 2nd Jack Lee (RKC)
• WOMENS OPEN:2nd Lauren Bennett (RKC)
• MENS KYU OPEN:1st Zhen Hong Chai (RKC), = 3rd Chiaki Lin (RKC) 
• MENS JUNIOR DAN OPEN:1st Max Lee (RKC), Zhen Hong Chai (RKC)
• WOMENS DAN OPEN: = 3rd Kumi Black (RKC)
• MENS SENIOR DAN OPEN:2nd Max Lee (RKC), = 3rd Masaki Nakazono (RKC)
• VETERANS: 2nd Masaki Nakazono (RKC), =3rd Haruko Tsuzuki (RKC)
• TEAM OPEN: 2nd Rembuden A (Zhen Hong Chai, Max Lee, Rob Challies)
• FIGHTING SPIRIT: Max Lee