01/02/08

Our Winter term practices are scheduled to begin on Saturday, January 5th from 8:30 AM to 10:00 AM at the CCRB Dance Room (3275), and will go until April.  Beginners are encouraged to arrive before the beginning of practice (starting from 8 AM) to facilitate paperwork and sign up.

Please join us at our Winterfest table in the Michigan Union on Thursday, January 24th from 4 PM to 8 PM!  Come by and say hi!

The two Kata workshops for this semester are on January 7th and January 28th, from 7 PM to 9 PM in the Parker Ballroom in the Michigan Union.


08/27/07

Our Fall term practices are scheduled to begin on Saturday September 8th from 8:30 AM to 10:00 AM at the CCRB Dance Room (3275), and will go until December.  Beginners are encouraged to arrive before the beginning of practice (starting from 8 AM) to facilitate paperwork and sign up.

Please join us at our Festifall table on the Michigan Diag on Thursday, September 6th from 11 AM to 4 PM!  Come by and say hi!

Our Beginner Orientation and Mass meeting will be held on Thursday, September 6th from 7:30 PM to 9 PM at the Michigan Union (Room 2105 A).  If you are interested in joining our club and have questions, please feel free to attend.


04/30/07

Our Spring/Summer term practices are scheduled to begin on May 5th 2007 from 8:30 AM to 10:00 AM at the CCRB Dance Room (3275), and will go to the beginning of August.

Please note that due to a increase in the cost of our room rental, membership dues beginning from the Spring/Summer term are now $45 per semester.

Eastern Michigan University has announced the dates of the Michigan Family Tournament as Sunday May 20th 2007, to be held at Warner Gym B.  There will be an additional "beginners" category this year for those people who are not yet in bogu.


3/01/07

Congratulations to our successful shinsa candidates and our competitors for the Detroit Kendo Rensei! Good job everyone!

Tournament dates for the 19th Annual Cleveland Kendo Tournament have been announced as Saturday April 14th, followed by a promotional examination on Sunday April 15th.  Forms and applications are available on our tournaments page.


12/24/06

Detroit Kendo Dojo has announced the dates for the 9th Annual Detroit Open Kendo Tournament.  The tournament will be held on Sunday February 18th at Seaholm High School in Birmingham MI.  The Midwest Kendo Federation's promotional examination is scheduled to be held on Saturday, February 17th, followed by a Godogeiko led by Yoshiteru Tagawa sensei of Detroit Kendo Dojo.  More information available on our Tournaments page.

Our kata workshop schedule for the Winter 2007 semester has been updated.


12/11/06

Thanks for a great semester everyone!  We are on Winter Break and are not having practices during finals.

Our Winter Semester practices will begin on Saturday January 6th 2006 from 8:30 AM to 10:00 AM at the CCRB Dance Room (Room 3275).

Please visit us at our Winterfest 2007 Table on Tuesday January 23rd 2007 from 4 PM to 7 PM at the Michigan Union.  


11/13/06

We will not be having practice on Saturday, November 25, 2006 due to the Thanksgiving holiday.  Have a safe and fun holiday everyone!


10/31/2006

Congratulations to all of our competitors at the Midwest Kendo Federation's 18th Annual Championship, as well as all of our successful shinsa candidates.  Good job everyone! Pictures will be forthcoming.

Our last kata workshop is scheduled for this Wednesday, November 1st, 7:30 PM-9 PM at the Parker Ballroom in the Michigan Union.  All levels are welcome.

As part of Section VII of our constitution, the following ammendment has been proposed and will posted here until November 11th.

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In order to better fulfill our obligations as a member of the Midwest Kendo Federation (MWKF) and the All US Kendo Federation (AUSKF), we, the students of the Kendo Club at the Michigan hereby adopt this amendment.

1.1 All active kendogu (bogu) wearing members (students, faculty/staff, alumni, and community) of the Kendo Club at the University of Michigan, are required to be members of both the MWKF and AUSKF at all times.

1.2 Beginners who either purchase their own bogu set or begin wearing a loaner set while their bogu is being ordered must join both the MWKF and AUSKF within one week of beginning to practice in bogu.

1.3 Prospective members who are eligible for the club free trial period who already practice in bogu must join the MWKF and AUSKF once they become dues paying members of the club.

2.0 "Members" will be defined as dues paying student members, and faculty/staff, alumni, and community who either wear a Kendo Club at the University of Michigan "zekken"/"nafuda", and/or compete regularly on behalf of the Kendo Club at the University of Michigan, or train regularly at the Kendo Club at the University of Michigan.

2.1 If a member becomes eligible for this amendment under Section 1 within two months of the end of the calender year, they will be exempt from this requirement until the next calender year.

2.2 Coaches and guest instructors are exempt from this amendment.

3.0 The club officers responsible for enacting this policy are the President and the Treasurer.

4.0 If federation membership polices change either within the Midwest Kendo Federation or the All US Kendo Federation, this amendment will become invalid.
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8/02/2006

Our last practice for the Spring/Summer term is this Saturday, August 5th. Please join is for one last warm weather practice before the fall semester, and for the end of summer BBQ!

The members of the Kendo Club at the University of Michigan would like to congratulate the Kondek family on the timely arrival of their newest member, Samuel Charles Kondek, born today at 3:00 AM. 

6/15/2006

The Michigan State University Kendo Club announces the Michigan Kendo Summer Day Camp, to be held at MSU on Sunday July 16th from 9:30AM to 5:00 PM.  Cost for attending is expected to be around $5 per person.

Carpool information from U-M will be forthcoming.

6/5/2006

Pictures from various events and tournaments including the Family Tournament, Cleveland and more pictures from Detroit have been added to the gallery.  

Please note that the website for our sister club at Eastern Michigan University has changed to www.easternkendo.org .  Please update your links accordingly.

5/01/2006

Our Spring/Summer Smester practice begin this Saturday, May 6th at the CCRB room 3275 from 8:30 AM to 10:00 AM.

Early arrival (from 8:00 AM) is strongly encouraged, especially for beginners.
 
Please note that students who are not registered for the Spring/Summer term must purchase access into the CCRB through Rec Sports.

The Michigan Family Tournament is Saturday May 13th, 2006 at Eastern Michigan University.  Please visit our sister club's website for entry forms.

4/17/2006

Thanks to everyone who came to our last Winter semester practice this past Saturday!

Our Spring/Summer Semester practices will begin Saturday May 6th at our normal practice locations and time.  Please see the Practice webpage for more information.

Good luck to all of our competitors and team at the Cleveland Kendo Tournament this weekend!

3/24/2006

We need volunteers for the upcoming Utica School District demo.  Please contact Assistant Coach Joe Ponchart if you are interested in volunteering on Tuesday April 4th.

The Michigan State Univesrsity Kendo Club is hosting an All Michigan Practice (Godogeiko) on Sunday April 9th from 12:30 PM to 2:30 PM in Lansing.  We are tentitively having a carpool leaving Ann Arbor at 10:45 AM that morning.  Please contact Ken if you are interested in going.

Signup sheets for Club Officer elections will be available tommorow during practice.

An RSS feed for this website and its annoucements is now available. Point your feed readers to http://www.umich.edu/~umkendo/feed.xml

An Atom syndication feed for the Eastern Kendo Club's blog is also available at http://easternkendo.blogspot.com/atom.xml

3/06/2006

Welcome back everyone from Winter Break!  

Our weekly practices resume this Saturday, March 11th.  Practices at Eastern Michigan University resume this Tuesday, March 7th.

The application deadline for the Cleveland Kendo Tournament is April 8th 2006..  

Pictures from the University of Western Ontario Intervarsity Kendo Tournament in January and the Detroit Kendo Tournament in February have been posted in the gallery.


2/20/2006

Congratulations to everyone who participated in the Detroit Kendo Tournament!  For many of our club members, this was their first experience in a large tournament, and I hope everyone had a good time.

Congratulations to Perry DeBrul and Sadanori Horiguchi for passing their shodan examinations on Saturday!

Information on the upcoming Cleveland Kendo Tournament on Saturday April 22nd 2006 has now been posted in our Tournaments section. 

Due to the University's Winter Break, we will not be having practice the next two weeks.  Practice will resume March 11th, 2006.  Everyone have a safe and fun break!

Our last two kata worshops are tonight, February 20th and March 15th from 7:30PM to 9:00PM.  Both workshops will be held in the Parker Ballroom at the Michigan Union.

2/1/2006

Detroit Kendo Dojo has asked for volunteers to help with the upcoming Detroit Kendo Tournament.  If you are not competing but would like an opportunity to have a ringside seat to some of the best kendo in the country, please consider helping out.  Please email Kan Sensei at Detroit by February 10th if you are interested.

An article "What is 'rei' has been posted on the "what is Kendo" section of our website.  Please take a moment to read it.

Our sister club at EMU, the Eastern Kendo Club, has recently begun a blog.  It is regularly updated and is a facinating read on many concepts relating to kendo.  Please head over there and take a look.

1/31/2006

1/09/2006

Good luck to our undergraduate competitors this Saturday at the University of Western Ontario Inter-Varsity Collegiate Invitational Tournament.  We have both a beginner's team and an advanced bogu team competing.

1/1/2006

Happy New Year!

First practice of the Winter Semester is January 7th 2006 at the CCRB Dance room 3275 at 8:30 AM - 10 AM.  

Our Beginner orientation and Mass Meeting is Thursday, January 5, 2006  at 7:30 PM - 9 PM in Room 2105B in the Michigan Union.  People interested in the Kendo Club are encouraged to attend. Please note the change in location.

Join us at our Winterfest 2006 table on Tuesday January 24th from 4 PM-8PM at the Michigan Union.  Come by and say hi! 

Kendo Kata Workshops for the Winter sememster have been scheduled. Please see the Practice page for more information.

As the new year starts we are starting our annual membership drive for the MWKF and AUSKF.  Please see our FAQ in our Resources section to see if you need to consider membership in either our regional federation or national federation.

Information regarding the 8th Annual Detroit Kendo Tournament and Promotional Test on February 18th and 19th has been posted in our Tournaments section.  Please note that the Promotional examination is going to be on  Saturday February 18th and the tournament is going to be on the Sunday the 19th

12/06/05

Detroit Kendo Dojo cordially invites all MWKF dojo members to a celebration practice in honor of Yoshteru Tagawa sensei's successful 8th dan examination on December 17th at Seaholm High school in Birminhgam MI from 4 PM to 6 PM.  For further information, please contact Katsuhiko Kan sensei at detroitkendojoNOSPAM@hotmail.com

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12/06/05

The last practice of the Fall 2005 Semester is December 10th, 2005.

Join us for our end of semester holiday party at 6:00 PM on December 10th, 2005.  Come see us in normal clothes! Please email kendoclubinfoNOSPAM@umich.edu for more information.

11/28/05

The members of the Kendo Club at the University of Michigan would like to congratulate Yoshteru Tagawa sensei of Detroit Kendo Dojo for passing his 8th dan examination yesterday in Tokyo, Japan.

11/26/05
The University of Wisconsin Kendo Dojo in Madison, WI will be hosting a two day Naginata workshop on December 2 and 3rd.  They will have 12 naginata and will try to accomodate everyone, unfortunately naginata for children are not available.

Anyone interested in attending should contact J.Mark Kenoyer (jkenoyer@wisc.edu, or 608-262-5696)

11/22/05
We will not be having practice this Saturday, November 26 as the CCRB will be closed due to the Thanksgiving holidays.  Have a safe and happy Thanksgiving!

Practices will resume on Saturday, December 3rd.

11/01/05
Our third Kendo Kata Workshop for the fall semester is Wednesday, November 2nd from 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM at Anderson AB at the Michigan Union.  Please note the change in location from October's Kata Workshop. Katas 1-5 will be reviewed.

Best of luck to everyone participating in this weekend's Midwest Kendo Federation's Regional Championships in La Crosse Wisconsin.  Good luck to all competators and examination candidates!

We will have a normal practice the weekend of the tournament.

10/15/05
Our second Kendo Kata Workshop for the fall semester is Wednesday, October 19th from 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM at the Parker Ballroom at the Michigan Union.  Topics covered will include "Basic Shinai Maintenance" and Kendo Kata 3-5.

Shiai (Competition) Practice is scheduled for Saturday, October 22nd.  Everyone is are strongly enouraged to attend, as we will be covering elements of scoring, tournaments, and competition.  We will also have a mini shiai as part of the practice.  

09/28/05

Our first Kendo Kata Workshop for the fall semester is Thursday, September 29th from 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM at the Parker Ballroom at the Michigan Union. 

08/16/05

New Kata Workshops have been scheduled for Fall 2005, please see the Practice page for times and locations. 

If you would like to be placed on our mailing list for the Fall 2005 and Winter 2006 semesters, please email Ken

06/28/05
The All United States Kendo Federation National Championships are this weekend, Saturday July 2nd and Sunday July 3rd at the CCRB.  Please see the MWKF webpage for up to date information.  Spectators are welcome to watch! As such, there is no regularly scheduled Kendo practice this weekend.  

Also see the MWKF webpage for information on the upcoming MWKF Summer camp in Kalamazoo, MI in the early part of August.

04/20/05
Congratulations on everyone who participated in the 17th Annual Cleveland State University Kendo Championships. It was a great tournament.

Our next Kendo Kata Workshop will be held on April 28th at 7pm to 9pm at the Michigan Union in Anderson AB. Please see the Practice page for more information.

Our Spring/Summer Semester practices are scheduled to begin on May 7th, 2005 in Room 3275 of the CCRB at 8:30 AM to 10:00 AM.

04/03/05
Our first Kendo Kata Workshop will be held on April 7th at 7pm to 9pm at the Michigan Union in Anderson D. Please see the Practice Page for more information.

The Cleveland Kendo Tournament at Cleveland State University will be held on April 16-17th. Good luck to everyone competing and testing!

03/20/05
Congratulations to everyone who participated in the 7th Annual Detroit Kendo Rensei. This is the first time that our club has fielded a team at a nationally recognized competition. Competators came from as a far away as California and Quebec. Special thanks goes out to Dudhi Karsono for the use of his photos of the tournament. Check out his website and pictures!

2/01/05
The Detroit Kendo Tournament will be held on February 20th, 2005 at the Detroit Kendo Dojo. Please come and support our team! For additional information, please see the MWKF information page.

The Cleveland Kendo Tournament will be held on April 16th and 17th at Cleveland State University. Please see the tournament page for more info.

12/17/04
Winter semster practices begin Saturday January 8th from 8:30 AM to 10:00 AM at the CCRB Dance Room (3275). Everyone is invited to attend our informational/mass meeting on Thursday January 6th from 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM at room 2105A in the Michigan Union.

Come visit us at our Winterfest table at 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM on Tuesday January 25th on the 2nd floor of the Michigan Union. If you can volunteer to staff the table, please email Ken.

11/16/04
Congratulations to the UofM and EMU competators at the 2004 16th Annual Chicago Kendo Tournament! We all had a great time. Pictures will be posted shortly.

We are happy to announce that as of November 12th, the Kendo Club at the University of Michigan is now an official member of the Midwest Kendo Federation.

10/20/04
The 16th annual Chicago Taikai (Tournament) is coming up on Saturday November 13th. If you are interested in going or competing, please contact Ken. The paperwork deadline is the November 1st, so please RSVP soon.

As the semester continues, good luck on midterms and classes! Come practice kendo for a study break!

9/01/04
Thanks to everyone who showed up to the Kanto Region Student Goodwill Tour yesterday! It was a great learning experience and fantastic opportunity to meet so many kenshi from Japan and practice with them. Pictures will be forthcoming.

08/06/04
It's official!! University students from the Kanto region are coming to Eastern Michigan University 8/31/2004. This will be an open practice for all kenshi, and will be a rare opportunity to see some of the best kendo that the Kanto region of Japan has to offer. There are 20 students -14 men and 6 women, who are all sandan or higher. Email charliekondek@yahoo.com for details... The practice starts at 5:00pm and is tentatively scheduled to end at 7:00pm. Kanto Gakusei !!

07/25/04
Finally some picture updates to the webpage, check out the additions to the gallery.

07/20/04
As the new semster approaches we will need University of Michigan student volunteers to help with running the club. Please email kendoclubadminNOSPAM@umich.edu if you are interested in helping out. (Please remove the 
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07/13/04
The site continues to be plagued by technical difficulties from our U of M servers. Please feel free to also see our mirrored website currently hosted on Geocities. Link posted.

06/26/04
There is discussion going on about moving the day and time of our regularly scheduled Saturdays practices to Sunday at 10:00 am. This change in sceduling is so that we may have the opportunity of conducting practice with Noriyuki Sakuma sensei (San Dan). He has graciously offered his assistance in improving the clubs Kendo. Domou Arigatou sensei !! Members, send in your opinions and concerns about chaging the practice times. Thank you. Watch for updates as they are available..

Practice locations for the Fall semester are to be announced... Please stay tuned or email us to be added to the mailing list.

06/14/04
Currently, practice is being held at Eastern Michigan University in the Warner Gym A. There is no fee for parking as well as no fee to participate. Practice begins at 8:30am on Saturday. This is an open practice for beginners and also for the curious.

Practice locations for the Fall semester are to be announced... Please stay tuned or email us to be added to the mailing list.

06/16/04
The Ezaki's have returned to Japan.

05/28/04
Major revisions and finally some much needed updates made to the web-site. Thank you for all of your efforts to get the procrastinators back to work ;-) We really were becoming slackers. I personally think that the website is now a little more useful and brighter. Just a few spit and polish touches visible to some, but to the trained eye a wealth of much needed changes and updates.

05/16/04
Eastern Michigan Univeristy hosts it's first ever Michigan Family Tournament. It was a great event that was well attended. Over 50 duelists actively competed. A great time was had by all. I can't wait until next year, maybe I will even pull off another trophy... Great event, check the photo archive for pictures coming soon.

04/17/04
Final meeting at the CCRB at the UofM Campus until next Fall. Practices will now continue at the EMU campus. Check the Join Us section for location maps or email for directions. Unfortunately we will temporarily loose our resident sensei until the Fall. Many thanks are especially in order to Yukio Watanabe sensei (Go Dan) for all of his Saturdays he gave to us to snap our Kendo into some respectable shape. Our teacher goes on to conquer another type of fight...marriage. Gambatte sensei !!! We hope to study under you again in the Fall.

01/19/03
Mass meeting is coming up. It will be held on January 27 from 6pm to 7:30pm at the Wolverine A-C room in the Michigan Union. We will introduce and get to know our new members. Also, we will discuss a plan for our practice and the tournament which will take place in February.

11/25/02
Some of you have already expressed an interest in getting your own Kendo equipment. For beginners, the first thing (and probably the only thing for now) that you might want to get is the Shinai. You will find that there are several kinds of Shinai available. However, we suggest that you get the 39-inch bamboo Shinai because it is standard for all adults. The special women's 38-inch Shinai is acceptable, but you need to make sure that it is match the women's shinai regulations for weight. You should not have to spend more than $40 for a medium quality Shinai.

If you want, you can also get the Hakama and Gi. The most common color for them is navy blue or black. For these, you will spend at least $80. So, make sure that you will practicing Kendo for a while before you buy them.

At this stage, you definitely do not need the Bogu. Usually, you will be told when you should get it.

We have compiled a list of several websites where you can buy your equipment. There is also a local store called Kim’s Sports & Martial Arts Supplies located near the corner of E. Liberty and S. Division. Before you buy your equipment from there, we encourage you to look online first because you might be able to find deals or better prices.

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