Kendo Alliance set for ASEAN Kendo 2010?

Earlier today the Kendo Alliance confirms that Singapore Kendo Club has in fact, invited the Kendo Alliance of Brunei to participate in the 2010 edition of the ASEAN Kendo Tournament. Of course we are honoured at the invite and without hesitation accepted the invitation!

The tournament will take place on October 2010 in Singapore, and the Kendo Alliance will be trying their best to send their best team. All members of the Alliance are encouraged to train hard and get on the Alliance team. We will do our best to sponsor all members involved in the tournament next year and will be organising several intensive training sessions to prepare for the event.

More news to come so please stay tuned! Ganbarre Brunei!!

Cheers~

Inter-District Kendo Training PART 2 - 29th November

After an indeed awesome training yesterday, personally one of the best I've had in months, Its safe to say I'm looking forward to next weeks training. Are you?

Part 2 of the INTER-DISTRICT KENDO training will take place on the 29th of November 2009 in Kuala Belait. To all Bandar Kendoka who are planning to join us, there will be a bus to pick us up from the Parking lot of the "Chancellor Hall of University Brunei Darussalam ". Boarding time will be from 9am - 9.30am, and we will be departing from Kuala Belait at around 5.30pm so for those of you joining, please be on time.

Also there will be a small fee of $5 for those of you joining and we would like to thank Shiro for finding transport for us on such short notice.

In other news, the Annual Kendo Dinner committee had its first meeting yesterday and announced that it will indeed take place on the 5th of December 2009 and will have an entry fee of $10.

Cheers~

Inter-District Kendo Training PART 1 will be on 22nd November

Just a reminder to many that part 1 of the Inter-District Kendo Training will take place in Scout Building on the 22nd November 2009.

The training will take place around 2pm. And we invite ALL members to come and celebrate this momentous occasion as we're celebrating the 2nd Anniversary of Belait Kendo. Also there will be a surprise presentation and a special gift from The Alliance, to the KB-ians, to celebrate this event. Wanna know what it is? COME AND SEE xD.

Part 2 of the Inter-District Kendo Training will take place on the 29th November 2009. Although we've yet to confirm the location (more news on that soon)

And regarding news on the Kendo Dinner; As usual there will be a fee of $8 this time around, so for those joining in (which I do encourage you to come), please do RSVP your name in the Kendo Forums. It will be a fun night I guarantee you xP.

More Updates soon. Cheers~

The Inter District Kendo Training, and the Annual Kendo Dinner

Alright folks! While we've been crying over the loss of a major event this week, we're about to move on and keep you (the members) happy and active!

As mentioned before on the blog, we still have two major events to take place i.e. the Inter-District Kendo Training, and the Brunei Annual Kendo Dinner! To compensate for the loss of the Kendo Expo, the Inter District will be pushed right ahead to the 22nd of November 2009 at the Scout Building, Gadong. It will be a fullday training schedule and afterwards some food and entertainment for the KBians (and us!).

On the 29th of November 2009, All Bandar members are invited to join a bus ride to Belait Kendo Club to celebrate Belait Kendo's Birthday! (Which falls on the 2nd of December 2007). A special Sunday Training session will be held in conjunction with the celebration so let's help our fellow Kendoka celebrate this momentous occasion!

Finally our headline event of the year would have to be the Annual Kendo Dinner! For three years running we've been celebrating all things Kendo and we hope that this years edition will be as AWESOME as ever! The dinner will take place on the 5th of December 2009! Keep reading the blog for more info soon, and stay active in Kendo people! PMBs are over! Time to get back to training! you know who you are! >XD

Cheers!!!!

Hiroshi Watanabe 7th Dan of Suginami Kendo Federation on his passing 14th October 2009

Our Heartiest condolences to Mr Hiroshi Watanabe 7th dan of Suginami Kendo Federation on his passing on the 14th of October 2007

Watanabe sensei was the leader of the delegation of Suginami kendoka that came to Brunei on the 24th of March 2007. Some would argue that this was the eye opener for Brunei; a realisation that the world of Kendo was a big one, and that day will go down in history as one of the most important.

Watanabe sensei opened our eyes to waza techniques which can be utilised in shiai. Shiai was (perhaps is still not) a strong point of Brunei Kendo's training regime due to our lack of knowledge on the subject but Watanabe sensei showed us a whole other side of Kendo that we had not seen.

But more importantly, Watanabe was one of many influential sensei who had made his mark in Brunei, despite however many number of days he may have stayed here, his impression on us, was a lasting one. We will always remember him and appreciate his contribution to Kendo.

Cheers to Watanabe sensei. Arigatou Gozaimasu.

*rei*