UPDATED: Tuesday 1st May 2012 UPCOMING EVENTS- The 15th World Kendo Championship (WKC) will be held in Novara Italy on the 25th, 26th and 27th of May. Daseul Chun who will be representing not only DHMDK, NSW and Australia, made the national team to compete in both the womens individuals and the team event at the WKC. To all those who are able to train with Daseul please encourage her and help improve her kumdo level. Every bit counts and your support will be greatly appreciated. Please wish her all the best as the WKC is just around the corner.
- On 23rd of June UTS Kendo Club will be holding their first annual competition, the UTS Shield at the UTS Multipurpose Sports Hall in Broadway.
- On 14th of July USYD Kendo Club will be hold their second annual competition, the USYD Cup at the University Sports & Aquatic Centre USYD in Darlington.
2012 RESULTS - On 7th & 8th of April, ACT hosted the 37th Australian Kendo Championship. 8 members of DHMDK joined the NSW team to represent the state. Once again the DHMDK members returned with numerous medals and trophies. The results are as follows:
- Womens Kyu Individual - 1st Jenny Song
- Womens Dan Individual - 2nd Daseul Chun, 3rd Senah Han
- Mens Dan Individual - 3rd Stanley Tang
- Kyu Team - 2nd (Team Member: Jenny Song)
- Womens Team - 1st (Team Members: Daseul Chun, Senah Han)
- Fighting Spirit Award - Songie Song
Back Row: Stanley Tang, Daniel Duna Kim, Joon Kwon, Dwight Park Front Row: Senah Han, Songie Song, Jenny Song, Daseul Chun Back Row: Songie Song, Dwight Park, Daniel Duna Kim, Stanley Tang Front Row: Senah Han, Daseul Chun, Jenny Song 2012 NSW Team @ The 37th Australian Kendo Championship in ACT 2011 RESULTS - 2011 NSW Kendo Open Championship was held on the 3rd of December with 11 of our members competing for their respective events. It resulted in Daseul Chun coming first in the womens individuals, Jenny Song receiving a fighting spirit and Stanley Tang receiving the Buttler Sensei fighting spirit award. Congratulations.
- On behalf of Master Song and Dae Han Moo Do Kwan, we would like to thank all teachers, competitors and volunteers who made our 16th DHMDK Kumdo Tournament a great success. We hope that your enjoyed your day and we congratulate all winners of each tournament. Thank you.
16th DHMDK Kumdo Tournament Results
Individuals - Under 13s: 1st - Hiromu Kiyota (SKC), 2nd - Alice Bunder (WKC)
- Under 16s: 1st - Kenny Paik (SBK), 2nd - Min-ji Won (DHMDK)
- Mens Kyu: 1st - Alex Ham (DHMDK), 2nd - Richard Kim (DHMDK), 3rd - Johnny Kim (DHMDK), 3rd - Wooi Yee Chuah (ANU)
- Womens Kyu: 1st - Jenny Song (DHMDK), 2nd - Jessi Tilbrook (SKC), 3rd - Cindy Ariyamethe (USYD), 3rd -Sushi Li (UNSW)
- Womens Dan: 1st - Daseul Chun (DHMDK), 2nd - Chika Isawa (SKC), 3rd - Kathleen McDonald (HRW), 3rd - Shoko Bunder (WKC)
- Mens Dan: 1st - Peter Jeong (USYD), 2nd - Taek Yang (SKC), 3rd- Adam Corbett (USYD), 3rd - Alvin Chen (UNSW)
Teams - Kyu: 1st - DHMDK Team A, 2nd - DHMDK Team B
- Womens: 1st - DHMDK, 2nd - SKC
- Dan: 1st - SKC, 2nd - DHMDK Team A
Fighting Spirit- Yvonne Zhu (DHMDK)
- Queenie Yau (SKC)
- Paul Kang (DHMDK)
16th DHMDK Kumdo Tournament Teachers & Competitors Group Photo
- CONGRATULATIONS! to Daseul Chun who made the National Kendo Team to represent Australia in mid 2012. Daseul will be traveling to Italy where they will be hosting the World Kendo Championship. She will be participating in the following events, the Dan Womens Individual and the Dan Womens Teams event at the World Kendo Championship. Once again, Congratulations! We wish you all the best! Do DHMDK Kumdo Club and Australia proud!
- On Saturday, 10th of September, Australian National University Kendo club held their annual ACT Open Championship. The day consisted of kyu individuals and a open team event. Our club sent 6 club representatives and came back with 1st place for both events. Jenny Song took back to back titles for the kyu individuals, while Rodrigo Perez, Jenny Song, Songie Song, Daniel Duna Kim and Dwight Park took 1st place for the open team event.
Back Row: Rodrigo Perez, Dwight Park, Johnny Tran Front Row: Jenny Song, Songie Song, Daniel Duna Kim
Back Row: Daniel Duna Kim, Rodrigo Perez, Dwight Park Front Row: Jenny Song, Songie Song - On Saturday, 6th of August, Shinbukan hosted this year's Founders' Cup. DHMDK sent a Kyu team, Womens open team and a Dan team. Our Kyu team took in 1st place consisting of Nicholas Kim, Francis Park, Ruben Singh, Stanley Tang and Daniel Duna Kim. There was also a 1st place win in the Kyu kata team event which consisted of Stanley Tang and Daniel Duna Kim.
- On Saturday, 2nd of July, Sydney University held their first USYD Cup tournament. Our club sent 3 teams of 5 and one team recorded 2nd place, Ruben Singh, Richard Kim, Stanley Tang, Daniel Duna Kim and Dwight Park.
Back Row: Joon Kwon, Richard Kim, Ruben Singh, George Cauchi, Myungsoo Kim, Stanley Tang, Jimmy Kim, Francis Park Front Row: Daniel Duna Kim, Jenny Song, Daseul Chun, Songie Song, Senah Han, Yvonne Zhu, Dwight Park - On Saturday, 23rd of April & Sunday, 24th of April, the 36th Australian Kendo Championship was hosted by Queensland. Our club sent 6 members (Senah Han, Songie Song, Daseul Chun, Stanley Tang, Daniel Duna Kim & Dwight Park) to join the NSW team to compete for numerous titles against VIC, QLD, ACT, WA & SA. Our club members came back with one of the best results for our club recorded in history with the following:
- Mens Kyu Individual - 1st Stanley Tang, 2nd Daniel Duna Kim
- Womens Kyu Individual - 1st Senah Han, 2nd Songie Song
- Womens Dan Individual - 3rd Daseul Chun
- Kyu Team - 1st (Team Members: Stanley Tang, Senah Han, Daniel Duna Kim)
- Womens Team - 1st (Team Members: Songie Song, Daseul Chun)
- Dan Team - 2nd (Team Member: Dwight Park)
- Fight Spirit Awards - Daseul Chun, Dwight Park
Left to Right: Daniel Duna Kim, Stanley Tang, Daseul Chun, Senah Han Songie Song, Dwight Park 2011 NSW Team @ The 36th Australian Kendo Championship in Queensland - On Saturday, 26th of February SKC held their annual event the SKC 3s Friendship Cup. Our club sent 5 teams consisting a total of 31 teams of 3 competed for the this year's title. As this was a mixed event of kyus and dans consisting with women and men, 3 women from our club, Senah Han, Songie Song and team captain Daseul Chun beat 29 teams to place themselves at 2nd place for this event.
 Back Row: Myungsoo Kim, Sunggun Kim, Bennett Thelmo, Andrew Kim, Sean Han, Joon Kwon, Dwight Park, Sihyun Cho, Lewis Park Front Row: Stanley Tang, Robin Lee, Songie Song, Daniel Duna Kim, Senah Han, Daseul Chun Right of Picture: Daseul Chun, Songie Song, Senah Han - 2011 SKC 3s Final Match Left to Right: Daseul Chun, Senah Han, Songie Song - The Kumdoettes with 2nd place medals |
