The Lidstone Memorial Kyusha Taikai, a competition for kendoka relatively new to the art, returns this year. We hope to see you all there. Location: London South Bank University Sports Centre, 100-116 London Road, SE1 6LN. Description: 2016 Lidstone Memorial Kyusha Taikai, Nenriki Kendo Club. Date: Saturday 8th October 2016. All BKA Kyu grades with …
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The British Kendo Association (BKA) is the official governing body for Kendo, Iaido and Jodo in the UK. The BKA was founded in 1964 as a non-profit making organisation to foster and develop the practice and spirit of Kendo, Iaido, and Jodo along traditional lines. For more information on the BKA, please read the ‘About us‘ section.
If you are interested in beginning Kendo, Iaido or Jodo please see the ‘Getting Started‘ section for more information and then look in Clubs for somewhere to practice near you.
The BKA is pleased to announce that Hayashi Sensei, 8th Dan Kyoshi; Instructor at Osaka’s prestigious Shudokan dojo will be visiting the UK and will run a seminar on the 22nd and 23rd of October. He will also supervise at a keiko on the Friday 21st evening. We are very pleased to welcome Hayashi Sensei to …
Due to a booking clash, the Bowden Team Taikai will NOT be held in September 2016 as provisionally announced – I am sorry. We are looking at alternative dates and I will announce these as soon as possible
Open and Ikkyu Grading On Sunday 2nd October Tsubaki dojo will be hosting an Open and Ikkyu grading. The aim is to make this an annual event with particular emphasis on Juniors. So the Open grading will allow juniors between 9 and 11 to take a grade. It is also hoped to get as many …