British Kendo Association

It gives me great pleasure to announce the GB Kendo team, who will be representing the BKA at the World Kendo Championships in Italy Stuart Gibson (Captain) Andrew Fisher Jonathan Fitzgerald James Ogle Barry Straughan David Henderson Alex Heyworth Alan Thompson Regards Sean Starr Kendo squad manager

The BKA website is not just about the latest news… We are also trying to gather together information on the history and achievements of the Association, it’s members and squads. Some of this has been recorded, some lost and some turns up out of the blue – for example, BKA Secretary Debbie Bevan recently found [...]

14 World Kendo Championships logo Today we are publishing two reports on events that took place at the recent Kendo World Championships: John Howell sensei reports briefly on the competition and more seriously on the meetings of the European Kendo Federation (EKF) and International Kendo Federation (FIK) that took place in Brazil at the same [...]

Men’s Team Results: Link to full results if you read Japanese! And a partial translation (Men’s Individuals) UK Men’s team lost to USA 3 matches to one, with one draw in 1st round.  USA went on to be runner’s up. Final – Japan wins – beating USA 4 x 0 Semi Final – Japan beats [...]

Video:  Men’s Individual Final The Men’s Individuals  Results: Teramoto Park Kim / Choi Woman’s Team Results: Japan Korea Brazil / America Sempo:  Yamato Vs A-R Lee

Sankei International is to sponsor the British Kendo Squad for the 14th World Kendo Championships which take place in Brasil between 28 August & 31 August. A message from Sankei International can be found below. A message from the UK Squad Captain has been posted on the BKA Forum here. Information on the team draw [...]