DAE HAN MOO DO KWAN KUMDO
LATEST NEWS
2024 - NSW Kendo Championship
Saturday 5th & Sunday 6th October 2024
The 2024 NSW Kendo Championship was held at Newington College, Stanmore on Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th of October. 20 representatives from the club competed in various kyu and dan individual and team events and achieved the following results. Well done to all regardless of the result and Congratulations!
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Individuals
Women's Kyu Division A (3rd Kyu - 1st Kyu):
1st - Joey Kwan
Men's Kyu Division B (Ungraded - 4th Kyu):
3rd - Wenfeng Xie
Men's Kyu Division A (3rd Kyu - 1st Kyu):
1st - Adam Yoon
3rd - Nigel Langley
Women's Dan Division B (1st Dan - 3rd Dan):
2nd - Su Cho
Men's Dan Division B (1st Dan - 3rd Dan):
3rd - Alex Jin
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Teams
Men's Kyu:
1st - DHMDK (Team Members: Nigel Langley, Ajiansyah Zulkarnaen, Marcus Lee, Chris Somsriruen, Adam Yoon)
Women's Dan:
2nd - DHMDK (Team Members: Su Cho, Anna Lee, Daseul Chun)
2024 - Australian University Games
Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th September 2024
DHMDK member, James Oh and Arash Ogasawara represented Sydney University at the national Unigames which was held on Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th September in Canberra and achieved the following results. Well Done!
Teams
Open Men's:
1st - USYD (Team Members: Arash Ogasawara, James Oh)
2024 - NSW Junior Kendo Championship
Sunday 25th August 2024
On Sunday 25th August 2024, the NSW Junior Kendo Championship was held at Robyn Webster Sports Centre in Tempe. DHMDK had two junior representatives compete at the junior state championship. Both Elly Qian and Kayden Campbell competed for the first time and fought hard. Regardless of their results they did very well.
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Fighting Spirit Awards
Kayden Campbell
2024 - Australian National Team
Thursday 4th July - Sunday 7th July 2024
Between Thursday 4th July and Sunday 7th July 2024, Daseul Chun and Dwight Park of DHMDK Kumdo will represented Australia along with 13 other members at the 19th World Kendo Championship which was held in Milan, Italy. Australia made history with the best ever results achieved. Congratulations!
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WOMEN
Julie Feng (NSW), Captain
Daseul Chun (NSW), Vice-Captain
Yaya Jeong (VIC)
Julie Tran (VIC)
Kelly Kishikawa (NSW)
Iris Somera (NSW)
Samantha Zhong (NSW)
Hoey Goh (VIC)
MEN
Trent Reeve (VIC), Captain
Dwight Park (NSW), Vice-Captain
Yoonsu Kim (NSW)
Richard T'en (VIC)
Kelvin Tran (NSW)
Alan Kishikawa (NSW)
Kentarou Nibu-Jones (VIC)
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Individuals
Women's Dan:
Top 8 - Kelly Kishikawa
Men's Dan:
Top 8 - Alan Kishikawa
Top 16 - Kentarou Nibu-Jones
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Teams
Women's Dan:
3rd - Australia (Team Members: Samantha Zhong, Kelly Kishikawa, Yaya Jeong, Daseul Chun, Julie Feng)
Men's Dan:
Top 8 - Australia (Team Members: Alan Kishikawa, Dwight Park, Kentarou Nibu-Jones, Trent Reeve, Yoonsu Kim)
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Fighting Spirit Awards
Yoonsu Kim
2024 - AKR Grading
Tuesday 2nd April 2024
On Tuesday 2nd April 2024, the AKR grading was held in Sydney and Anna Lee and James Abellera achieved 2nd dan. Congratulations!
2024 - 46th Australian Kendo Championship
Saturday 30th & Sunday 31st March 2024
On Saturday 30th and Sunday 31st March 2024, the 46th Australian Kendo Championship was held in Sydney, New South Wales. Six members from our club represented the NSW contingent and the following results were achieved. Congratulations!
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Individuals
Women's Kyu:
1st - Joey Kwan
Men's Kyu:
2nd - Adam Yoon
3rd - James Lee
Women's Dan:
1st - Daseul Chun
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Teams
Women's Kyu:
1st - NSW (Team member: Joey Kwan)
Men's Kyu:
1st - NSW (Team member: Adam Yoon)
Women's Dan:
3rd - NSW (Team member: Daseul Chun)
Men's Dan:
1st - NSW (Team member: James Oh)
