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38th Australian Kendo Championships
Date : Friday, 29 March - Wednesday, 3 April 2013
Venue : Brickpit Sports Stadium, Sydney, New South Wales

Photo by Chris Barbé.
Results
Championships
- Open Individuals - 3rd place: A. Tilbury (Murdoch)
- Fighting Spirit Award: M. Fenn (Murdoch)
Grading
- 4dan : J. Suzuki (Goshinkai)
- 4dan : W. Yoo (Goshinkai)
- 3dan : B. Yehuda (Murdoch)
- Shodan: E. Ng (Goshinkai)
- Shodan : N. Chow (Murdoch)
- Shodan : O. O'Brien (Murdoch)
WA State Championships
Date : Sunday, 10 March 2013, 8am - 2pm
Venue : Curtin University Stadium

Results
Kyu Individuals
- 1st place : G. McFadden (Goshinkai)
- 2nd place : O. O'Brien (Murdoch)
Women's Individuals
- 1st place : A. O'Brien (Murdoch)
- 2nd place : M. Fenn (Murdoch)
Open Individuals
- 1st place : T. Hayashi (Goshinkai)
- 2nd place : A. Tilbury (Murdoch)
Kata Pairs
- 1st place : Goshinkai (C. Babb & S. Bonar)
- 2nd place : Murdoch (A. Tilbury & B. Yehuda)
Kyu Teams
- 1st place : Goshinkai
- 2nd place : Murdoch (O. O'Brien, J. Askew, A. O'Brien, J. Zhong, N. Chow)
Open Teams
- 1st place : Goshinkai
- 2nd place : Murdoch (B. Yehuda, O. O'Brien, A. Tilbury, M. Fenn, N. O'Brien)
Congratulations to all winners, great to see all-Murdoch finalists.
Kata & Komp
Date : Sat 16 Feb, 9am - 3pm
Venue : Murdoch University

Annual Kata & Komp event with Kata Seminar, Kyu Individuals, and Dan Individuals, with the winner of each division fighting for the first place.
Results
- 1st place (1st in Dan) - B. Yehuda (Murdoch)
- 2nd place (1st in Kyu) - A. O'Brien (Murdoch)
- 3rd place (2nd in Dan) - A. Tilbury (Murdoch)
- 3rd place (2nd in Kyu) - O. O'Brien (Murdoch)
Congratulations to all winners and participants.
Murdoch University Guild Orientation Day
Date : Thursday, 14 February 2013
Venue : Murdoch University Bush Court
Thank you to all club members and friends who helped out with the stall and demonstration for O-Day.
Western Derby
Date : Sunday, 27 January 2013
Venue : Murdoch University
Team Murdoch A consisting of O. O'Brien, M. Askew, M. Fenn, N. Chow, and A. Tilbury managed to secure 1st place in the 5v5 open team competition.
Welcome to 2013
Normal weekly training commenced on 9 January and 12 January.
Wednesdays : 7:30pm - 9:30pm
Saturdays : 9:15am - 11am
2012 Balloon-Geiko

The end-of-year balloon-geiko was pretty traumatising. Find more photos and videos on the Facebook page.
2013 Events
Kyu Grading
Date : Sat 25 May, ~2:30pm
Venue : Sakura Kendo Club, City Beach
Kendo grading up to 1kyu.
Beginners' Course
Date : Mid-August
Venue : Murdoch University Sports Centre
Second semester's beginners' course.
UniGames
Date : Sun 29 Sep - Fri 4 Oct
Venue : Gold Coast, Queensland
Australian University Games. Read more.
Contact
Anthony Tilbury
Senior Instructor, 3dan
Phone: 0422 051 716
E-mail : tilburymukc@iinet.net.au
Bernard Yehuda
Junior Instructor / Webmaster, 3dan
E-mail : Bernard@MurdochKendo.com
Nigel O'Brien
Junior Instructor, 2dan
Phone : 0407 799 144
E-mail : nigelo@westnet.com.au
