Earlier this month, three of our club members made their way down south to take part in a grading. For Mindy and Ryan, it was their first...

Huge congratulations to Martin Laing, who passed his Shodan exam late in 2022, and Sarah Shoulder, who passed her Ikkyu earlier this...

We're happy to announce that out first beginner's course of 2021 is scheduled to begin this September. For those of you keen to try...

Written by Phill Whitfield sensei For years I understood the Japanese word “keiko” (or sometimes geiko) means “practise”. We say keiko-gi...

Written by Daniel Laverick to commemorate the anniversary of the Kobukan dojo, Tokyo. In February 2020, I travelled to Japan for the...

At the end of January 2021 I will have been practising kendo for thirty years, so I’m going to bore you all with some reminiscences,...

We are happy to take new members at anytime, just read through the Start Kendo page on the website for details. Please bear in mind that...

Hiroshi Ozawa, Eishin Gijuku Kōbukan Tokyo, January 2017. Translated & edited by Jan Rod, Hayami Aboutaleb and Tyler Rothmar View of life...

Bolsover Castle: standing on the ramparts, looking into the distance, the wind was cold from the north. It was a memorable year for me as...

A year after this photo, in October of 2000, I was unable to play kendo due to back pain. At that time, I didn't think I would have...

Front row far left, Dennis Smith, back row second from right, Mr. Barlow, third Trevor, fourth Mr. Cunnington, second from left, Billy...

(From right to left, Masaru Minowa sensei and Mandy in the center) Mandy was a doctor of pharmacy working in a pharmaceutical company's...

I was 46 years old. My hair is frizzy. No, I'm not naturally permed, so it's like curly. Trevor was 37 or 38 years old. I think his sons,...

The first accommodation I was assigned was a spacious two-story house with one bedroom on the ground floor and three bedrooms on the...

What I am about to write about is not necessarily in chronological order. I will write about the fun and hilarious memories that Trevor...

British kendo lost an important and influential individual in November 2017 when Trevor Chapman-sensei, Renshi 6-dan and dojo leader of...

The name of this Kenshi was Trevor Chapman. It's past tense because he died on October 18, 2017, after been diagnosed with an incurable...

In November 2017, Trevor Chapman (kendo 6th Dan Renshi) passed away after a two-year battle with cancer. Trevor, who was dojo leader and...