IGA Kendo Club

The past few months have been both busy and fruitful for the IGA-Kendo Club. Please check on what happened during Mad March here, and after that see what made April Amazing here.

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Photo Credit to Tsuchiya Makoto-Sensei of Tokyo.

Presenting the IGA-Kendo Club delegates to the 14th Hong Kong Asia Open Kendo Championships! We will be sending teams to the three different events in the tournament, and some delegates will also be challenging the dan-promotion exams. Please wish them all good luck!

Team Line-Ups -

3-dan and under ...

Celebrating the 4th anniversary of the founding of the Arena Fitness Dojo of the IGA-Kendo Club this week! It's been four years of training Philippine-based kendoka and helping to develop Philippine Kendo. Looking forward to many more years to come!

(Picture credit to Mr. Ricky Daniel Reyes)

If you want to try Kendo in Makati City, join our Dasma Village Dojo!

Where: Dasmarinas Village Covered Basketball Court, Makati City

When: Every Saturday, 10am – 12nn

Recruitment is still on-going! Message us here for more details!

To all those interested in joining the Arena Dojo of the IGA-Kendo Club, we will be starting a new Beginners' Class this March. We would like to invite prospective beginners to attend one free Trial Session on any Saturday this February so that you can get an idea of what training is like before you commit to joining in March.

If you will go to a trial sessio...

Catch the IGA-Kendo Club on the PTV 4 morning show Good Morning Boss, to be aired on Tuesday, Dec 17, 2013, sometime between 7:00am to 9:00am. The show's host, Mr. Jo Tamesis, is given a taste of what it is like to participate in a two-day Kendo Training Camp!

by Kristopher Inting

photo credits: Angelo Ampil and Shinmei Sugawara

video credits: Koji Igarashi, Kristopher Inting and Erika Simbulan

The 3rd Annual IGA-Ken Gasshuku (Training Camp) was held last Nov 30 - Dec 1 in the Golden Panda Dormtel in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines. This is a yearly event which gathers t...

The 3rd Annual Gasshuku (Training Camp) of the IGA-Kendo Club! This will take place from Nov 30 - Dec 1, 2013 in Golden Panda Dormtel in Quezon City. Members from the two IGA-Ken Dojo (Dasma and Arena) and the University of the Philippines Kendo Club ( https://www.facebook.com/upkendoclub" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">UP Kendo Club ) will have the chanc...

We would like to announce that practice in both the Dasma Dojo and Arena Dojo of the IGA-Kendo Club will proceed as normal tomorrow, Saturday, Nov 9, 2013. This decision was arrived on by the management after taking into consideration the latest weather advisories from PAG-ASA which shows improvement in the weather tomorrow in Metro Manila as Typhoon Yolanda leaves the Philippine Area of Responsibility.

However we would like to stress that safety should always come first. I...