Nanseikan Kendo Club 剣道クラブ南西館

  From now on, we will focus on kata and bokuto kihon for the entire Saturday morning training each month, on the first Saturday of the month. So remember to bring your bokuto!

 あけましておめでとうございます！ This year, Reiwa 7, is the year of the Snake.  Our first Beginners' Course starts on Saturday 1 February and runs until 15 March. Click here to enrol. Previously we trained during school terms and had breaks during school holidays. This year we will be training throughout the year, except for public holiday weekends when there will be no scheduled training. Click here for these dates. Training fees will now be paid monthy. The fees are $60.00/month ($30.00/month for HC card holders and FT tertiary students). This covers all training sessions - typically 4 x Saturday and 4 x Wednesday trainings.  For families, only the first two members pay fees. Other members of the same family train for free.  Visitors to Nanseikan from other dojo can pay either by cash or PayID on the day.  Casual training fees are $10.00 per training. Visitors 5th dan and above are exempt from fees.

  This year is the year of the Dragon, so hopefully it will be a great year! We've already started the year unofficially with casual training sessions and a change to our domain name, from kendo.org.au to nanseikan.au. This is so the AKR can take over use of the .org.au domain. Here are some of the main events coming up in the next few months: 2 February   VKR monthly trainings restart (Kenshikan). First Friday of each month. Training is free of charge. Doors open 6.30pm, training 7.00 to 8.00pm, Over 5 dan training 8.00 to 8.30pm. 3 February    NSK official trainings start  16-18 February - Gwangju Exchange Kendo Seminar (MUKEN) 24 February     NSK first beginners' course 2-3 March   ACT Open Championships (Canberra) 4-23 March   club-based kendo gradings (various) 24 March   3K-1K and 1D-4D grading (Kenshikan) 29 March - 2 April    AKC (Sydney) 28 April - VKR AGM (online)

Happy New Year! あけましておめでとうございます！ Training starts back next Saturday 1 February. This year we will be starting a little later. Training will go from 9.30 to 11.30am. Wednesday training will start from Wednesday 5 February. We will start at usual time: 7.30 until 9pm. However I'd like to get opinions on starting earlier, e.g. 6.30 to 8pm There are a number of events coming up. There is the annual Nittaidai seminar, Vic team selections and the big one, the Australian Kendo Championships at Easter. They are in Melbourne this year and it would be great to have NSK members volunteering to help on the day. More information to come.