A weekend of success!

Congratulations to Michelle and Anthony for their grading success in Gateshead this weekend. Michelle achieved Ikkyu and Anthony came away with Ni-dan, both amazing results and testament to their continued practice and focus, well done. Also Manchester's Rick Edmondson and Bogdan Parzych both passed their San-dan gradings.

Additionally a big congratulations to Joe and Josh, who alongside Manchester's Yutaka Matsubayashi came 3rd in the Northern Cup. The winning team also included Manchester's Tom Widdows and Rick Edmondson so it was quite a showing from North West kendo. Amazing fighting spirit from all involved as well as the other Liverpool and Manchester kendoka who graded and competed.

Any queries please contact jwillmott03@gmail.com. jwillmott0060@o2.co.uk no longer works.

Beginners night.

Please note that we do not accept under 18s for health and safety reasons. Please e-mail me asap if you have any queries about this (especially if your 18 birthday is around the 25th September 2013).

Joe

Next beginners night confirmed!

Sensei has confirmed the date of the next beginners night. The 25th September may seem like a long way off but itt will be here before you know it. If you have any queries please contact me on my e-mail address.
jwillmott0060@o2.co.uk

Club contact details

Please note that if you have a query about Liverpool Kendo Club, you either contact Ware Sensei at his e-mail address or contact me on jwillmott0060@o2.co.uk.

Joe

It's Beginners night.

Don't forget that it is beginners night tomorrow. Just a couple of things to remember; don't forget to wear loose comfortable clothing, if you have any injuries let someone know at the start, if you are under 18 years old, we are sorry but you won't be able to practise due to legislation.

If you have any queries whatsoever, why not join our Facebook page.

Remember, kendo is a two lifetime martial art, enjoy it.

See you tomorrow.

Liverpool Kendo Club

Next beginners night

Confirmed date. Weds 24th April 2013. Be at the dojo for 7.00pm, Egg Dance Studio, Liverpool John Moore's Uni, I M Marsh Campus, Barkhill Road, Mossley Hill. Wear loose clothing, trackie botoms and t-shirt are probably best.

Joe

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Grading success

Well done Jeff Corless for achieving ikkyu. Good lad!

The demise of the forum

To anyone who is remotely interested. The forum has gone it seems. Don't worry though, we have a Facebook page. If anyone is interested in kendo in Liverpool then please join our group. It's called Liverpool Kendo.

https://www.facebook.com/joe.willmott1?ref=tn_tnmn#!/groups/12481791270/

Next beginners night 30th Jan 2013

Yes, that's right! You heard it here first. Come along if you're interested.
The date - 30th January 2013
The time - 7.00pm
The place -
The Egg Dance Studio
IM Marsh Campus
Barkhill Road
Aigburth
Liverpool
L17 6BD

Loose clothing will be require (E.g. t-shirt, jogging pants, trackie bottoms, shorts).
Any issues, drop us a line.

Back to bogu next week

Don't forget that we are back in bogu next week. We have now finished kangeiko and completed around three and half thousand cuts over the two nights. Over the next next year we all need to set ourselves long term targets (e.g. the next grade, winning a competition), but to reach these targets we need to hit smaller ones. Correcting our posture, relaxing our arms to cut, improving our breathing etc are weekly targets that we should always be working on. THE BASICS are what kendo comes from (remember to look after the little things and the big things will look after themselves). So, ask yourself the question "what will I do to improve my kendo?", because Sensei can only show us the door, we are the ones that have to walk through it. I would suggest you try three things, keep a kendo diary (for musings and really good points you have learnt, push yourselves and travel and fence as many people as possible).

Ganbatte

Joe

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