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Rivonia Kendo Club
- Jan 24
- 1 min
RKC Reviews Hand-Made Jo by Kobudo Gear
RKC's Head Sensei, Warren HO, reviews a custom made JO (short staff) by KOBUDO GEAR (http://kobudogear.co.za/). Jodo is the art of fighting with a 4-foot round wooden staff, using techniques to defeat an opponent armed with a sword. The characters in the name 杖道 mean “the way of the stick.” Along with kendo and iaido, it is one of three martial arts governed by the All-Japan Kendo Federation. Of the three arts, jodo is by far the rarest and least well-known. In fact, it is qu
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Rivonia Kendo Club
- Jan 6
- 4 min
2021 - A New Year But Still COVID-19 Weary
Our "In-Dojo" training will commence as from Wednesday, 6 January 2021. Unfortunately, South Africa is currently undergoing a Second Wave of the dreaded COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with an added complication of a mutated strain of the virus that is apparently more contagious. There were 1.3 million confirmed positive cases, with 921k recoveries but 30,524 deaths so far (source: JHU CSSE COVID-19 Data.). We are currently on an "adjusted Level 3 lockdown", that has restricte
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Rivonia Kendo Club
- Jan 2
- 2 min
2020 New Year's Eve Challenge
"Cutting down a dreadful 2020, and revealing an amazing 2021!" 2020 has been a dreadful year and many would like to just be done with and forget! What better way then, to transition into the new year by training through the last dying minutes of the old year! Finish the year strong, and start a new year STRONGER! On 31 December 2020, we will start our training session at 23h30 (GMT+2/CAT) and work through into the new year! Through our training, we will recall what a year we
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Warren HO
- Nov 9, 2020
- 10 min
What Challenges To Expect When Starting Kendo (Part 1)
In the last few months, the Rivonia Kendo Club has had a number of new members seeking to begin their journey of martial arts with us. Some have been diligent and have trained both at the “physical dojo” and via the online platform. Others, due to various logistical reasons, have only trained at one or the other. In an attempt to better understand and serve them, I asked: “As a beginner, what have been some of the challenges you are experiencing in Kendo so far?”. I will summ
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Rivonia Kendo Club
- Sep 26, 2020
- 1 min
RKC Jerusalema Dance Challenge Accepted - 2020 South African Heritage Day
President Cyril Ramaphosa in an address to the nation in September 2020, urged everyone to use Heritage Day (24 September) as family time, to reflect on the difficult journey we have all travelled, to remember those who have lost their lives, and to quietly rejoice in the remarkable and diverse heritage of our nation. He also urged the country to do the Jerusalema dance challenge. The Rivonia Kendo Club (RKC) accepted the Jerusalema dance challenge and we did our own version
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Rivonia Kendo Club
- Aug 3, 2020
- 1 min
RKC's Global Dojo Network
Our dojo, the Rivonia Kendo Club (based in Johannesburg, South Africa) is on a quest to network with as many kendo, Iaido, and/or Jodo dojos from around the world as possible! We will list all these dojos on our website, in return that you do the same! The intention is to build a global list of these dojos so that when we are allowed to travel again, we will be able to reach out to these dojos and train in that country! So if you are keen to include your dojo in this list, th
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