Welcome to the EUKC website

Um, sorry there was an error to the dates; here is the fixed version.

As the start of university draws near I hope old members and prospective students will welcome the start of kendo again.

The first proper session will be held on Wednesday 22nd September, and for new comers we'll be at the Sports fair from Wed 15th and Thurs 16th at the CSE; also for the Martial arts demo on Sat 18th we are on at 12:30pm.

For the location of the sports fair and where we hold our sessions, please read the extended article. Trainings are held in the usual St Leonard's gym (gym3) at 5:30 to 7:30pm on Wednesday and 3:30-5:30pm on saturdays.

Now that University is over until exams, our training times are being reduced.


So far we have booked 3 more weeks of training (31st March until the 17th of April).
Training times will be
Wednesdays: 17:30 - 19:30
Saturdays: 15:00 - 17:00

Please note, this means there is no training on Thursdays or Sundays.

In February a group of us travelled to Cork in Ireland for a number of seminars, a competition and Grading. Read on for the full report.

Thanks to everyone who came along to watch, compete and judge and congratulations to the winners. Following is the list of all the winners in each category:

Teams Event:
1st: Edinburgh University A
2nd: Queen Mary University
3rd: Imperial and Glasgow University
Fighting spirit: Tun Quadratic (Queen Mary University London)

Women’s
1st: Eri Fujioka (SOAS)
2nd: Ivy Ko (Oxford)
3rd: Emily Knight (UCL) and Meisan Chan
Fighting Spirit: Emily Knight (UCL)

Men’s Kyu Grade
1st: Tomoki Otani (Cambridge)
2nd: Andrew Dean (University of Kent)
3rd: Danny Mak (Imperial) and Matthew Failes (University of Edinburgh)
Fighting Spirit: Farooq Butt (University of Kent)

Men’s Dan Grade
1st. Sarfraz Aziz (Queen Mary University London)
2nd:Quentin Gressien (Napier University)
3rd: Anthony Griffiths (UCL) and Motoaki Sumi

The 2010 University Taikai is this weekend! Anyone is welcome to come and watch.
A copy of the Schedule and other information can be downloaded here:

Schedule in .doc format
Schedule in pdf format

The registration for the university Taikai are now closed: thanks to all those that registered. See you all on the 20th of March!

A full report of the Barcelona trip in January by Ruairidh Pooler. You can download a pdf version here or click read more. A great report!

With the start of the new semester comes the Kendo FAQ page. Check it out here or find it in the panel on the left.
This should be especially useful to the beginners who will be now looking after their own shinai and soon their own Hakama and Kendogi

Hey all, I hope you have all had a great Christmas and New year.
For those of you who want to know (and that should be everyone!) Kendo starts back next Wednesday, the 13th of January.

See you all soon

One of our EUKC members accompanied several EKC members down to London for the Mumeishi's 3s competition on the 21st of November. Read on for the full report and visit Mumeishi's Kendo Club for more information and a complete list of results.

I am sorry to announce that we have stopped taking beginners for this year. So for those of you who were thinking of joining but haven't come along yet, keep us in mind and come along at the beginning of next year.

On the otherhand: A big welcome to all our new beginners. I hope you have a great time learning with us