Hi all,

Just a reminder about the caps that are still at Kenshikan. I cannot guarantee that Paul will not sacrifice them in a ceremonial burning if people don’t claim them.

Email secretary@melbournebudokai.com.au to claim a cap if its yours.

Cheers,
Hoey

Alas we have lost another sensei. News about Bennett Sensei’s passing and funeral:

Dear All,

RSVP: Email by this Friday noon

The funeral for the AKR’s founding member and former President, Ron Bennett Sensei, will be held at 12 noon on Tuesday 15 May at Beresfield Crematorium, Anderson Drive, Beresfield, New South Wales.

A light lunch nearby will follow at the Beresfield Bowling Club, where all friends and family are invited.

To assist planning for catering and the possibility of car pooling or sharing the cost of transport, please email the AKR secretary at akrsecretary@kendoaustralia.asn.au if -
You will attend;
You would like to share the cost of a car/bus leaving from Sydney Airport at 9am on the day and returning late afternoon (est.).

Allow 3 hours for travel time between Sydney and Beresfield.

Flowers should be sent to the home address.

Kind regards,

Vivian Yung

Secretary
Australian Kendo Renmei
E: akrsecretary@kendoaustralia.asn.au
W: www.kendoaustralia.asn.au

Hey everyone,

Just a reminder about the upcoming MUKEN Taikai!!
If you are a beginner (from Jan 2011) to Ni Dan and you’re interested in competing, please let me know by the 17th of May!

For other info please refer to my old post here and the MUKEN ANNUAL TAIKAI FLYER 2012

People interested in entering the Taikai:

• Hoey
• Nick
• Echo
• Mony
• Vivian
• Rebecca
• Sherry
• Rico
• Ben
• Alex
• Adrian

Hey everyone, some info on a visiting sensei!

Just to clarify, Melbourne Uni’s Wednesday training is a morning one between 7am – 8:15am. Fujiwara Sensei will be visiting this morning session

Greetings MBK Member!!

Fujiwara Sensei will be in Melbourne 6th and 10th May. He’ll be arriving in Melbourne on Sunday the 6th around 10:30am. Therefore it is planned to have our normal training session and then at 12:00pm Jigeiko with Fujiwara Sensei for about an hour. Afterwards we’ll go for lunch.

Similarly, he’ll be training with us on Tuesday the 8th of May. It’s planned that the session will be shorter so we’ll have time for dinner afterwards. Please let me know if you’d like to attend dinner so I can make an appropriate booking. The venue will be announced on Tuesday after training – it will be next to the Dojo though.

On Monday and Wednesday, Fujiwara Sensei will be training at Melbourne University.

For those that don’t know Fujiwara Sensei, he and his family spent a year in Melbourne from April 2009 until April 2010. They became a part of the MBK family and it was sad that they had to return to Japan.

Fujiwara Sensei is 7th Dan and a strong one at that. So I’d highly recommend and encourage as many members as possible to attend these training sessions – not just at Kenshikan….

I look forward to seeing you at these sessions.

Cheers and take care.

Paul Bserani
Secretary Melbourne Budokai

Hey guys, news from Hoey!

The monthly VKR open keiko is being held this Friday at Kenshikan. Details are as such:

Date: 4th May 2012
Time: 7:30 – 8:30pm (do own warm-ups before 7:30)
Venue: 91, Rosslyn Street, West Melbourne
Cost: $5

Regards,
Hoey

Hey everyone just a couple of things I need to mention!!

1. Fees
2. Training
3. Camp

Fees

• Seniors: Please make sure that you’ve paid this semester’s fees!
• Beginners: Any fees unpaid must be! (Uniform orders, fees, Camp!!)

Training

Monday: Beginners who are coming to camp must come to either Monday or Wednesday training to organise car pooling or you’ll be left without a ride.

Wednesday: Seniors it’s Kata training on Wednesday so please bring your bokken!

Camp

Beginner’s I have attached the information pack (which includes a packing list, schedule etc.) that MUKEN has kindly provided us.

Forms must be in by tomorrow or you can’t come to camp. Monday is the last day your form MUST BE IN!!

Car pooling and other camp discussion will be happening during this week’s training so make sure to come!!

MUKEN KANAGAWA CAMP INFORMATION SHEET

Hey everyone,

As we all know tomorrow is ANZAC Day so there shall be no training tomorrow

Therefore I shall see everyone next Monday 30th of April. Also, next Wednesday training (2nd of May) shall be Kata training for the seniors!

Hey everyone, we have received some news about the upcoming Taikai!

The Melbourne University Kendo Club will be hosting the MUKEN Taikai in May. The details of the event are as follows.

Date : 26th May 2012
Time : 12pm-5pm
Venue : The University of Melbourne

The taikai will be the same as last year, with 4 divisions (individuals) involved:
Beginners (commenced learning Kendo after 1 Jan 2011)
Up to 3rd Kyu
1 & 2 Kyu
1 & 2 Dan

Registrations for the event will open at the end of April, along with more information regarding the event.

Hey guys,

Alright I’m glad to have got some emails this morning (very early mornng) about wanting to go to camp. Yes it is fine if you’re paying via bank transfer (just inform us) or if you’re paying at the next training. Just remember that tonight is the deadline to tell me if you want to go and that you need to hand in a form (downloadable on my previous post) with your details.

Here are the names of the people that are coming to camp. Please check if your name is there and I’m sorry if I’ve missed any. Those names in bold haven’t handed in a form yet.

1. Chris Szeto
2. Alan Horak
3. Yu Ying Huang
4. Joanna Lee
5. Shane Nguyen
6. Tim Ong
7. Tengku T Mohd Yusof
8. Trent Reeve
9. Hoey Yein
10. Vivian Thang
11. Rebecca Ly
12. Nicholas Chan
13. Echo Li
14. Rico Phan
15. Sherry Mayo
16. Katherine Mayo
17. Tom Baudinette
18. Sam Baudinette
19. Weng Liong
20. Ronald Wibowo
21. Jose Gacelos
22. Reuben Chung
23. Ben Tong
24. Sarah Mercer
25. Ling Zheng
26. Eka Guntor
27. Tom Gu
28. Sharelle Chan
29. Alex Zhao

Hey everyone, there are some things that need to be addressed!!

Everyone
There is NO TRAINING on Anzac day the 25th of April. I shall remind everyone on Tuesday night via Facebook.

• If you have a Facebook account but haven’t joined the group please do that!

Beginners

1. If you want to go to camp you MUST INFORM ME by Thursday night which is TONIGHT!!
2. Camp payments need to be paid ASAP and forms (downloadable on my post) must be handed in as well!
3. Uniform payments need to be paid if you still haven’t. We shall start to chase people up on those soon.

Seniors

1. Membership payments are due so please pay Vivian at training or bank transfer.
2. Kata training shall take place on the 2nd of May so bring your bokken.

That’s all for now, please keep checking for my reminders

Hey guys,
At tomorrow’s training, Shinoda-sensei shall be bringing a guest sensei so come meet and greet

Hey everyone!!
So we all know that nationals happened quite recently and it’s time to report back with the results~

Men’s Kyu Individual

Equal 3rd: Viet Luan Le (VIC) & Gordy Lau (ACT)

2nd: Tomonori Hu (NSW)

1st: Nicholas Chan (VIC)

Women’s Kyu Individual

3rd: Elizabeth Warren (ACT)

2nd: Jessi Tilbrook (NSW)

1st: Jenny Song (NSW)

Women’s Open Individual

Equal 3rd: Susan Bonar (WA) & Senah Han (NSW)

2nd: Daseul Chun (NSW)

1st: Vivian Yung (NSW)

Men’s Open Individual

Equal 3rd: Hidetaka Tani (WA) & Stanley Tang (NSW)

2nd: Kirby Smith (NSW)

1st: Anthony Tilbury (WA)

Veteran’s Individual

Equal 3rd: Andrew van Hamond (NSW) & Joe Semmler (ACT)

2nd: Toshio Nishimoto (NSW)

1st: Noriyuki Tamura (QLD)

Kata Pairs

2nd: QLD

1st: NSW

Kyu Teams

2nd: NSW (Hao Zhang, Jenny Song, Steven Le, Jessi Tilbrook, Tomonori Hu)

1st: VIC (Viet Luan Le, Hiroki Sato, Richard T’en, Nicholas Chan) [one player short]

Women’s Teams

2nd: WA (Susan Bonar, Xiao Huang) [one player short]

1st: NSW (Senah Han, Daseul Chun, Vivian Yung)

Open Teams

2nd: NSW (Jason Chaplin, Duy Pham, Toshio Nishimoto, Michael Henstock, Kirby Smith)

1st: VIC (Kenji Sugimoto, Tarl O’Mara, Kazuya Kimura, Arpad Maksay, Yoichi Miyamoto)

GRADING RESULTS FOR VICTORIA

Stan Corrigan (MBK) attempted and passed 3rd Dan.

Kevin Chin (MUKEN), Eric Jeffrey(MUMEISHI), Junji Sakamoto (MUMEISHI), Kazuya Kimura (MBK) and Yoichi Miyamoto (MONASH) attempted and passed 4th Dan.

That’s all folks, let’s all congratulate everyone for doing insanely well at Nationals

Over the last month or so, several caps have been left at Kenshikan. Attached is a photo of the caps. If you’re the owner of one of these caps please come in and collect it. Otherwise one of the following will happen:

1. Auctioned off and all proceeds go to MBK.
2. Sold on E-Bay and all proceeds go to MBK.
3. It will be given away (I quite like the first one with the eyes – I can wear it back the front and have eyes at the back of my head….).
4. Tossed out if there are no takers….may have a ceremonial burning….

Cheers and thanks in advance.

Paul Bserani
Secretary Melbourne Budokai

Hey guys, it’s that time of the year again where we’re invited to the annual Muken camp!
Beginners and seniors alike, all are welcome to come

Can you please let either myself, Nick or Vivian know whether or not you’re interested in coming along by Thursday 19th of April?!

Below are the details and I have attached the form which you must fill out and give back to us.
MUKEN KANAGAWA CAMP FORM

And just like last year, we need volunteers of IRON CHEFS and DRIVERS.

Hi All,

The Melbourne University Kendo Club invites all beginners and seniors of MUKEN, Monash, and Ballarat kendo clubs to the:

MUKEN “KANAGAWA” CAMP
Date: Friday 4th of May (evening) to Sunday 6th of May (evening)
Price: $100.00, all inclusive (Ballarat Kendo members – $15.00)
Location: Ballarat

The annual MUKEN camp will be held in a month’s time. It is an excellent opportunity to experience and practise kendo in an intense and sustained format, and to explore uncommon kendo techniques and practises not usually possible during regular kendo training. Everyone will be challenged both physically and mentally, and your kendo will grow exponentially during this weekend. It is an extremely rewarding camp, and the kendo of beginners who attend will be noticeably better than of those who did not; it is a great way to “fasttrack” your kendo.

Beginners will be taught how to wear and fold the uniform properly, be able to wear armour for the first time, practise “kata” – traditional technique training with the bokuto wooden sword, and learn many new skills and exercises. There will be many interesting and fun exercises that can only be practised at camp.

Seniors will have the chance to practise and develop uncommon kendo waza and possibly alternative kendo kamae, and they will also explore the more tactical and psychological aspect of kendo.

During the evenings and nights, there will be plenty of off-time to relax. In the past, the club has played board games, theatresports, and gone on night-walks. On the Saturday night some of the most venturous self-professed chefs participate in the “IRON CHEF” dinner, where they cook up amazing dishes for everyone to admire (and to eat!).

All attendees will be staying in dormitories at the Sovereign Hill Lodge.

Cars and a minibus will be the method of travel.

Please find attached a registration form for “KANAGAWA” Camp, to be completed and submitted with payment to the club by the 20th of April. It is highly recommended that all attend as this camp is very beneficial for your kendo!

For more information, please feel free to reply to this email (enquiries@muken.com.au) or talk to one of the seniors at training!

In addition:
- We require IRON CHEFs who are willing to cook. If you would like to help, please let us know via email. The club will subsidise your ingredient costs.
- We require drivers to help with the carpool – if you can help, please let us know as soon as you can to help us with our planning. MUKEN will subsidise your petrol costs.

Kind Regards,
Viet Hoang
Secretary
Melbourne University Kendo Club (MUKEN)

Hey everyone, just a quick reminder that there shall be NO TRAINING this week.
So I shall see everyone on Monday 16th of April!

Hey everyone, just a quick reminder that this Wednesday 4th of April is Kata training.

So don’t forget to bring your bokken!!

Hey everyone! Uniform orders for the beginners and semester 1 fees for the seniors are due.

Seniors

Can payments of $70 for semester 1 be paid to a committee member (preferably Vivian) ASAP.

Beginners

As you all know, we are taking numbers for a uniform bulk order. The uniform set shall cost $80. Please provide accurate measurements of yourself. Below I have provided guidelines of what you are to measure (in cm). Payments of cash (to a committee member) or bank transfer is accepted. Deadline for the orders is on the 8th of April, any thing later shall not be accepted as we shall place orders early Monday morning.

To determine your Hakama size, measure between your hip bone and your ankle whilst standing position. This length is approximately equivalent to the length between the bottom of rear obi and rear hem. Refer then to the size chart shown above.

Hey everyone, news from Hoey about the upcoming Dan gradings.

Hi all,

As you already know, the 1st kyu to 3 dan grading will be held on the 25th of March. The VKR are still in need of 1 person who is at least 5 dan to sit on the panel.

If you are able to fill out the position, please inform me ASAP.

Hey everyone, AKC and Dan gradings are coming up!

For those who are interested in either:

• Going to AKC
• Going to the seminar
• Going to the Dinner

Then please inform either Nick, Vivian or myself by Sunday 18th of March!

Hey guys, there’s a website about Takizawa sensei. It’s an interesting read so you should check it out!

http://kenshi247.net/blog/2011/04/15/takizawa-kozo-hanshi/