YU Kendo Club


Kendo Club
 

A message from the Kendo Club:

The York University Kendo Club was founded in 1997, the Kendo Club at York University is a competitive team that participates in tournaments in and around Ontario.

Instructors from past to present include generations of team Canada athletes and coaches — from Kiyoshi Hao sensei to Shawn Kunhee Kim sensei.

Now headed by the 6th Dan Simon Choe sensei, the York University Kendo club continues to cultivate a strong and disciplined kendo community, encouraging growth in both skill and character through dedicated practice. The Kendo Club is a great place to meet new people, learn from your peers, develop new skills, and improve your fitness.  The Kendo Club is a great place to meet new people, learn from your peers, develop new skills, and improve your fitness
 

Team Achievements: 

Tournament

Date

Awards

2025 Intercollegiate Kendo Tournament - Waterloo University

January 25th, 2025

Beginner’s Team

1st Place: York A (Dino Wang, Belal Aboulnaga, Owen Zhu, Ian Ho Qihan)

3rd Place: York D (Abdulmuid Khan, George Anastasopoulos, Ibrahim Boudjelthia, Kirk Audric Escriba)

 

Mixed Open

3rd Place: Daichi Soso

 

Women’s Open

1st Place: Raven Wong

3rd Place: Keyara Arca-Stewart

 

Alumni Teams

2nd Place: York A (CJ Librea, Trevor Zhang, Eric Charles Chiu, Soomin Lee, Matt Valiquette)

2024 JCCC Senior Kendo Tournament

November 23, 2024

Women’s Mudansha & Shodan

3rd Place: Raven Wong & Keyara Arca-Stewart


Women’s Teams
3rd Place: Junko B (Keyara Arca-Stewart, Deborah Lee, Bora Choi)

2024 Montreal Taikai

August 17, 2024

Women’s Teams

1st Place: Raven Wong, Ellen Paiva De Miranda, Risako Harada, Mami Ito, Junko Ariyama

2024 University of Toronto Kendo Tournament

March 23, 2024

Women’s Mudansha & Shodan

3rd Place: Raven Wong

Intercollegiate Tournament 2024 - York University

February 3rd, 2024

Mixed Mudansha

3rd Place: Jerry Wu

 

Womens Mudansha

3rd Place: Julia Kim & Chloe Campbell

 

Women’s Teams

3rd Place: York University Team A

(Keyara Arca-Stewart, Bianca Santos, Julia Kim)

Intercollegiate Tournament 2023 - Western University

January 21, 2023

Women’s Mudansha

3rd Place: Keyara Arca-Stewart

 

Beginner Teams

1st Place: York University Team B

(Raven Wong, Kira Tang, Chloe Campbell)

3rd Place: York University Team A

(Bianca Santos, Soomin Lee, Kirk Audric Escriba)

Intercollegiate Tournament 2020 - Waterloo University

February 1, 2020

Mudansha

1st Place: Young Joseph Jung

 

Advanced Teams

3rd Place:  York University Team A

(CJ Librea, Sabrina Gauthier, Casper Faelens, Young Joseph Jung, Ryan Evans)

 

Beginner Teams

2nd Place: York University Team B

(Selena Le, Samuel Berube, Jong Hoon Park)

3rd Place: York University Team D

(Darlene Tran, Ian Carlos, Reyhan Ismail)

Stratford Spring Kendo Tournament

May 11, 2019

Mudansha

2nd Place: Danyyil Babenko

Intercollegiate Tournament 2019 - Western University

Jan.14, 2019

Fighting Spirit

Danyyil Babenko

Montreal Taikai

Jul.14, 2018

Division A

3rd Place: Ryan Evans

University of Toronto

Mar.10, 2018

Mudansha

2nd Place: Ryan Evans

Intercollegiate Tournament 2018 - York University

Jan.20, 2018

Yudansha

3rd Place: Alec Lik-Fenn Ngai

 

Advanced Teams

3rd Place: York University Team A

(Ryan Evans, Trevor Zhang, Yuqi Liang, CJ Librea, Alec Lik-Fenn Ngai)

 

Alumni Teams

3rd Place: York University Team A

(Ji Hong Park, David Ng, Fuminori Toyasaki, Matt Valiquette, Ryan Prendergast)


Registration:

Click here to register. 


Contact:

Club Email: kendo.at.york@gmail.com
Instagram: @yorkukendo