2005 30th Australian Kendo Championships

26th - 27th March 2005

ANU Sports & Leisure Centre, ACT

 

Congratulations to all members who competed or graded in the 30th Australian National Kendo Championships held in Canberra in the Easter weekend. I would also like to thank those members and friends who did not compete but came to support the NSW team. I hope everyone had a wonderful time in Canberra.

 

Two NSW members successfully graded to yondan (4th Dan) on Easter Friday. Congratulations to Shoko Bunder (Wollongong) and Yoshiyuki Usami (Sydney).

 

Kirby Smith won his 3rd consecutive Open Dan Individuals title, winning the finals against fellow NSW player Stuart Burke. Dennis HS Kim also came 3rd in this category.

 

In the Womens Individuals competition, Vivian Yung came 3rd behind Kate Sylvester (VIC) and Claire Chen (VIC).

 

In the Kyu Individuals event, Kai Huang showed tremendous fighting spirit and determination when all odds were against him. Despite a heavily bandaged fractured toe, Kai still managed to defeat all his opponents to reach the semi-finals and came 3rd in the Kyu event. Little wonder why Kai also won the Fighting Spirit Award. Adam McNeil from ACT won the Kyu Individuals competition.

 

The NSW Dan Team won their pool matches against WA and VIC to reach the finals, where they met the Queensland Team - the defending Dan Team Champion. Queensland won the Dan Team finals 2-0.

 

In the Kyu Team competition, QLD and WA were in the same pool as NSW. NSW won the match against WA and drew against WA. Unfortunately, NSW could not advance to the finals because of the point count-back decision and NSW trailed WA by one point. It was very close. The Kyu Team winner was VIC and WA came 2nd.

 

In the Womens Team competition, NSW advanced to the finals after defeating ACT and WA. As usual, it was a NSW vs VIC finals. However, it was a much closer contest this year. In the end, VIC won the team match 1-0 over NSW.

 

On behalf of NSWKA, I would like to make a special thank you to our State coaches - Paul Rixon sensei and Ted Rixon sensei for coaching the Dan Team and Michael Payne sensei for coaching the Kyu and Womens Team. They have kindly given off their time to provide support and guidance to the NSW State Kendo players every week for the past few months. Thank you for all your hard work and support, Sensei! 

 

Regards,

 

Vivian Yung

NSWKA Secretary

 

 

NSW STATE REPRESENTATIVES

  • Byung-Kwan Song, 6th Dan
  • Paul Rixon, 6th Dan
  • Ted Rixon, 5th Dan
  • Dennis Hong-Soo Kim, 5th Dan
  • Yuji Sano, 5th Dan
  • Takashi Itakura, 5th Dan
  • Stuart Burke, 5th Dan
  • Shoko Bunder, 4th Dan
  • David Bunder, 4th Dan
  • Kirby Smith, 4th Dan
  • Tae-Hun Kim, 3rd Dan
  • Melanie Smith, 3rd Dan
  • Daniel Kim, 3rd Dan
  • Jimmy Kim, 2nd Dan
  • Dwight Park, 2nd Dan
  • William Park, 2nd Dan
  • Andrew van Hamond, 1st Dan
  • Michael Henstock, 1st Dan
  • Vivian Yung, 1st Dan
  • Kai Huang, 1st Kyu
  • Jackson Yoon, 1st Kyu
  • Aristotle del Prado, 2nd Kyu
  • Christophe Barbe, 3rd Kyu
  • Andrew Tan, 3rd Kyu
  • Adam Lee, 3rd Kyu
  • In Baek, 3rd Kyu
  • Jayson Chaplin, 3rd Kyu
  • Kostadino Zafirakos, 3rd Kyu
  • Tae-Joon Choi, 4th Kyu
  • Richard Farquharson, 5th Kyu
  • Gun-Ha Hwang, 5th Kyu
  • Salli Prendergast, UG
  • Johnny Kuo, UG

 

 

Dan & Womens draws and results / Kyu & Veterans draws and results / Teams & Fighting Spirits results

 

 

TEAM EVENTS 

 

Dan Team: Runner-up

Team Members: Daniel Kim (senpo), Stuart Burke (jiho), Kirby Smith (chuken), Yuji Sano (fukusho), Dennis HS Kim (taisho)

 

Womens Team: Runner-up

Team Members:  Shoko Bunder (senpo), Vivian Yung (chuken), Melanie Smith (taisho) 

 

Kyu Team:

Team Members:  Jayson Chaplin (senpo), In Baek (jiho), Jackson Yoon (chuken), Gun-Ha Hwang (fukusho), Tae-Joon Choi (taisho)

  

Kata Team:

Team Members:  Takashi Itakura, Kirby Smith 

INDIVIDUALS EVENTS

Veteran's:

1st - Ken Okamoto (QLD)

2nd - Yakov Macak (VIC)

3rd - Gary Oliver (VIC)

3rd - Greg Nicholas (QLD)

 

Dan:

1st - Kirby Smith (NSW)

2nd - Stuart Burke (NSW)

3rd - Dennis HS Kim (NSW)

3rd - Peter Strauss (QLD)

 

Women:

1st - Kate Sylvester (VIC)

2nd - Claire Chan (VIC)

3rd - Vivian Yung (NSW)

3rd - Susan Bonar (WA)

 

Kyu:

1st - Adam McNeil (ACT)

2nd - Alvin Chen (VIC)

3rd - Kai Huang (NSW)

3rd - Stephen Ellis (WA)

FIGHTING SPIRIT AWARD

* Vivian Yung (NSW)

* Kai Huang (NSW)

* Claire Chan (VIC)

* C. Fukumoto (WA)

JOHN BUTLER AWARD

* Douglas Stouffers (NSW)