The last national training session, before the Australian Kendo Team head off to for Milan, to compete at the 19th World Kendo Championships, 4th-7th July 2024. D-24!
In June 2023, our National Kendo Team members (8 women and 7 men) were selected to represent Australia at the 19th World Kendo Championships (WKC) in Milan, Italy, in July 2024.
Since then, they have been training hard under the guidance of the Coaching and Support teams to prepare for the event. To-date, we have had a few national team trainings in Melbourne and Sydney and a few more trainings are scheduled in 2024 which includes a trip to Hungary.
Many of our potential opponents have regular and easy access to international events in Asia, America and in Europe, but for us down here in Australia, to attend such an event is both expensive and a challenge to arrange. Our team members all must manage jobs, studies and families outside their commitments to Kendo training and much of the funding for the campaign comes out of their own expenses.
To minimise the expenses by the team members, we are currently conducting a nationwide fund-raising campaign. Your support is crucial, especially for the team’s international trip and the WKC in July 2024. With your support, we’re not just participating in the WKC but also showcasing the spirit of Kendo in Australian to the world. We would be grateful for any donation from you to support the Australian Kendo Team in our journey to the WKC 2024.
You can make a tax-deductable donation from the following link.
https://asf.org.au/projects/australian-kendo-renmei/australian-kendo-renmei-team-19wkc-campaign
We’ll keep you posted on the national team’s progress. Thank you again for your kind and generous support.
The 19th WKC National Team
FUNDING
The Australian Kendo Team campaign and travel costs are funded considerably by an allocation from AKR members funds, with valued additional financial input from the Team members themselves; donations from members, the public and from companies.
To all who have contributed – thank you very much, your generous support is greatly appreciated and imporant to all involved.
A list of donors is dislayed below.
Announcement: 16 May 2024
The International Kendo Federation have completed the competition draws for the 19th World Kendo Championships, to be held in Milan, Italy, Thursday, July 4th – Sunday, July 7th, 2024.
Click the link for PDF of the complete draw. 19WKC Competition Draw Results
Supporter Merchanidise
Last chance: 2024 WKC AUSTRALIAN TEAM SUPPORTER MERCHANDISE
We’re thrilled to share that after two years of dedicated preparation, 15 outstanding members of our national team (8 women & 7 men) will proudly represent Australian Kendo at the 19th World Kendo Championships in July 2024 in Milan, Italy.
We’re now on a mission to raise funds for our national team’s journey to Italy.
To rally support from the kendo community across Australia, we’ve put together an amazing T-Shirt & Tenugui, available again!
Please note that we are taking last orders now. This order will be closed after Sunday, 28 April 2024. This order is the final order.
Pricing (excluding shipping cost):
WKC support T-Shirt prices: $35
WKC Team Tenugui*: $25
(WKC Team Tenugui quantities are limited, only around 60, so we will take orders until stocks are available.)
Club Orders can be made through this form: HERE
(Order URL: https://forms.gle/v1VoAcRFPWya9WBo8)
Your support for the Australian Kendo Team means the world to us!
Donations
Thank you to the many members and company supporters for your indidual donations. Every cent will be dedicated to assisting the AKR Team achieve their best goals and results in MIlan, in July 2024.
Donation list as of 5/03/2024.
| Date | Donors Name | Donors message | Donation amount |
| 19/07/2023 | Kwang-ho Lee | I hope you do your best until the end. | $100.00 |
| 1/11/2023 | Anonymous Donor | $50.50 | |
| 13/11/2023 | Anonymous Donor | Go team! Gambate! | $50.50 |
| 14/11/2023 | Samantha Lee | Good luck Team! | $51.02 |
| 14/11/2023 | Anonymous Donor | $50.50 | |
| 14/11/2023 | Anonymous Donor | $51.02 | |
| 14/11/2023 | Anonymous Donor | $101.00 | |
| 14/11/2023 | Alex B | Go team!!! Cheering you all on from America | $101.00 |
| 14/11/2023 | Masayuki Miyasaka | I hope that you will participate in the World Kendo Championships with pride and achieve good results. | $101.00 |
| 15/11/2023 | Jamie Wang | Go team! | $101.88 |
| 15/11/2023 | Anonymous Donor | $101.00 | |
| 15/11/2023 | Anonymous Donor | $101.00 | |
| 15/11/2023 | Anonymous Donor | $101.00 | |
| 15/11/2023 | Anonymous Donor | $50.50 | |
| 15/11/2023 | Tom La | Good luck Team! | $50.50 |
| 15/11/2023 | Hoang Bui | All the best! | $51.02 |
| 15/11/2023 | Anonymous Donor | $50.00 | |
| 15/11/2023 | Hnc Group | All the best, fighto! | $202.00 |
| 15/11/2023 | Pearl Lee | Go go go Iris | $202.00 |
| 15/11/2023 | Kaori Dimovski | All the best for Australian team | $101.00 |
| 15/11/2023 | Agnes and Tony Ten | All the best Australia Kendo Team ???? | $2,000.00 |
| 15/11/2023 | Anonymous Donor | $100.00 | |
| 16/11/2023 | Asano Trust | Good luck! | $50.50 |
| 16/11/2023 | Austin Cho | Enjoy!! | $100.00 |
| 16/11/2023 | Yuki Yu | Good luck! | $25.25 |
| 17/11/2023 | YUKIE NGUYEN | Good luck! | $50.50 |
| 18/11/2023 | Yu-Chun Hung | Fighto!!! | $101.88 |
| 19/11/2023 | Rodman Poon | 1111 Angel number – Good Luck and All the best~ | $11.11 |
| 19/11/2023 | Kimberley Gunawan | Good luck!! | $50.50 |
| 20/11/2023 | Chengyi Lin | Good luck and have fun peeps :P | $50.00 |
| 21/11/2023 | Alison Xie | Good luck team! :) | $50.00 |
| 22/11/2023 | V2V Pty Ltd | Very proud to support our senpais. Go Australia! | $1,020.00 |
| 22/11/2023 | Ipswich Instructional Design | All the best. Fight hard, but fair. Do us proud. | $100.00 |
| 22/11/2023 | Ian Cleworth | Best to all in your prep – & of course, the comp! | $101.00 |
| 22/11/2023 | Jin Takamura | Good luck in AKC2024!!! | $10.33 |
| 23/11/2023 | Anonymous Donor | $50.00 | |
| 24/11/2023 | Elsa Dai | All the best! | $30.67 |
| 25/11/2023 | Oguz Alptekin | 自分を信じて頑張ってください Jibun o shinjite ganbattekudasai |
$555.00 |
| 26/11/2023 | Anonymous Donor | $101.88 | |
| 26/11/2023 | Anonymous Donor | $254.48 | |
| 27/11/2023 | Nithin CV | Well done Iris & team. | $20.20 |
| 27/11/2023 | Ming-Hao Chen | Best of luck! | $101.00 |
| 27/11/2023 | Anonymous Donor | $50.50 | |
| 27/11/2023 | Anonymous Donor | $50.50 | |
| 27/11/2023 | Anonymous Donor | Well done Iris! | $15.15 |
| 27/11/2023 | Alex Bae | It ain’t much but it’s honest work | $50.50 |
| 27/11/2023 | Adam Blackburn | Good luck Iris and team! | $25.00 |
| 27/11/2023 | Mithun Kanchi | Good Luck to Team Australia & Iris | $10.10 |
| 27/11/2023 | Thomas Zeman | Go Australia! | $10.10 |
| 27/11/2023 | Anonymous Donor | $10.00 | |
| 27/11/2023 | Anonymous Donor | $25.25 | |
| 27/11/2023 | Brennan and Shannon Tong | Goodluck! Hope the journey and experience will be amazing ???? | $102.88 |
| 28/11/2023 | Anonymous Donor | $25.58 | |
| 30/11/2023 | Jack Waltham | Go the green and gold! From Jack and Kanittha | $40.40 |
| 1/12/2023 | Ravon Chew | ファイト！！ Faito!! | $51.02 |
| 1/12/2023 | Thao Nguyen | This is awesome!! | $50.50 |
| 1/12/2023 | Jess Lousick | Go Iris and team! | $50.50 |
| 2/12/2023 | Stephanie Iacono | All the best Iris! | $30.30 |
| 4/12/2023 | Henry Black | Good luck! | $30.30 |
| 8/12/2023 | Ichiro Nakane | Ganbatte | $101.69 |
| 9/12/2023 | elgan alcorn | Go Iris!! | $50.50 |
| 27/12/2023 | BONG KO | 19WKCSupport – Donation for WKC team | $17,000.00 |
| 2/01/2024 | Kristine Ventura | Wishing you a strong and successful campaign! | $252.50 |
| 4/01/2024 | NSW KENDO ASSOCIATION INC . | NSW WKC 2024 Donation | $3,000.00 |
| 5/01/2024 | Wenfeng Xie | Good luck! | $25.25 |
| 6/01/2024 | Yuka Sowden | We wish you the best of luck! がんばってください。 |
$30.30 |
| 9/01/2024 | Jongho Kim | Thank you for great organisation. | $15.41 |
| 14/01/2024 | Jayden Bennett | Good luck Team Australia | $51.02 |
| 21/01/2024 | Hayami Aboutaleb | Wishing the team a memorable and successful campaign. | $101.00 |
| 29/01/2024 | Katrina Veneracion | Good luck and all the best. I am so proud and happy to help
Tita Gigette de Luna |
$101.00 |
| 31/01/2024 | Ann Luis | Good luck Iris and the whole team! | $30.60 |
| 7/02/2024 | Mitsubishi Australia Limited | Support for the Australian Kendo Team for Competition at the 19th World Kendo Championships July 2024 in Milan Italy | $5,000.00 |
| 19/02/2024 | Richard Ward | Supporting the Australian Kendo Team for the 19th World Kendo Championships, July 2024 in Milan, Italy! | $100.00 |
| 19/02/2024 | SeishinKai Iaido | Best wishes to the Aus Kendo Team for the 19th World Kendo Championships, July 2024 in Milan, Italy! | $150.00 |
| 26/02/2024 | Yakov Macak | $200.00 | |
| 29/02/2024 | Victorian Kendo Renmei | $3000.00 |
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20/04/2024 |
Arlen Gomes |
$25.25 |
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15/04/2024 |
Chiaki Kobayashi |
$101.00 |
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9/04/2024 |
Gabor Orosz |
$101.88 |
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9/04/2024 |
Jeffrey Khor |
$254.48 |