Murdoch University Kendo Club

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38th Australian Kendo Championships

Date : Friday, 29 March - Wednesday, 3 April 2013
Venue : Brickpit Sports Stadium, Sydney, New South Wales

2013 WA Kendo Championships - Murdoch club
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

2013 WA Kendo Championships - Murdoch club

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

2013 Murdoch Kata & Komp Winners

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

2012 Balloon-Geiko

The end-of-year balloon-geiko was pretty traumatising. Find more photos and videos on the Facebook page.