DAE HAN MOO DO KWAN KUMDO
LATEST NEWS
2025 - NSW Kendo Championship
Saturday 4th & Sunday 5th October 2025
The 2025 NSW Kendo Championship was held at Newington College, Stanmore on Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th of October. 19 representatives from the club competed in various kyu and dan individual and team events and achieved the following results. Well done to all regardless of the result and Congratulations!
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Individuals
Women's Kyu Division A (3rd Kyu - 1st Kyu):
1st - Joey Kwan
Men's Kyu Division A (3rd Kyu - 1st Kyu):
2nd - Marcus Lee
3rd - Nigel Langley
Women's Dan Division B (1st Dan - 3rd Dan):
2nd - Su Cho
Men's Dan Division B (1st Dan - 3rd Dan):
1st - James Oh
2nd - Alex Jin
Veterans:
2nd - Taewoo Kim
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Teams
Men's Kyu:
1st - DHMDK (Team Members: Nigel Langley, Ajiansyah Zulkarnaen, Marcus Lee, James Lee, Adam Yoon)
2025 - NSW Junior Kendo Championship
Sunday 7th September 2025
On Sunday 7th September 2025, the NSW Junior Kendo Championship was held at Newington College, Stanmore. DHMDK had two junior representatives compete at the junior state championship. Both Alex Lam and Kayden Campbell represented DHMDK and achieved the following result. Regardless of their results they did very well.
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Individuals
Under 14s:
3rd - Kayden Campbell
2025 - 47th Australian Kendo Championship
Saturday 19th & Sunday 20th April 2025
On Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th April 2025, the 47th Australian Kendo Championship was held in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. Eight members from our club represented the NSW contingent and the following results were achieved. Congratulations!
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Individuals
Women's Kyu:
1st - Joey Kwan
Men's Kyu:
1st - James Lee
3rd - Nigel Langley
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Teams
Women's Kyu:
1st - NSW (Team member: Joey Kwan)
Men's Kyu:
1st - NSW (Team member: James Lee, Ajiansyah Zulkarnaen, Nigel Langley, Adam Yoon)
Women's Dan:
1st - NSW (Team member: Su Cho)
Men's Dan:
1st - NSW (Team member: James Oh)
2024 - Australian National Team
Thursday 4th July - Sunday 7th July 2024
Between Thursday 4th July and Sunday 7th July 2024, Daseul Chun and Dwight Park of DHMDK Kumdo will represented Australia along with 13 other members at the 19th World Kendo Championship which was held in Milan, Italy. Australia made history with the best ever results achieved. Congratulations!
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WOMEN
Julie Feng (NSW), Captain
Daseul Chun (NSW), Vice-Captain
Yaya Jeong (VIC)
Julie Tran (VIC)
Kelly Kishikawa (NSW)
Iris Somera (NSW)
Samantha Zhong (NSW)
Hoey Goh (VIC)
MEN
Trent Reeve (VIC), Captain
Dwight Park (NSW), Vice-Captain
Yoonsu Kim (NSW)
Richard T'en (VIC)
Kelvin Tran (NSW)
Alan Kishikawa (NSW)
Kentarou Nibu-Jones (VIC)
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Individuals
Women's Dan:
Top 8 - Kelly Kishikawa
Men's Dan:
Top 8 - Alan Kishikawa
Top 16 - Kentarou Nibu-Jones
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Teams
Women's Dan:
3rd - Australia (Team Members: Samantha Zhong, Kelly Kishikawa, Yaya Jeong, Daseul Chun, Julie Feng)
Men's Dan:
Top 8 - Australia (Team Members: Alan Kishikawa, Dwight Park, Kentarou Nibu-Jones, Trent Reeve, Yoonsu Kim)
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Fighting Spirit Awards
Yoonsu Kim
