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• • Some of the members participated in Houston Kendo Kyokai 10th anniversary taikai held in Houston, TX on Oct 6, 2023.
    • Team Baylor with the current club president, Saimanas Reddy, previous club president, William Tomes, and club advisor Prof. Hatakeuyama won the first place [link].
  • We co-hosted the kendo seminar (Sep 29-Oct 1, 2023) run by Shozo Kato sensei (8th dan, kyoshi).
    • Saimanas Reddy and Natalie Tran received 1 kyu. Elliot Fujinami received 3 kyu. Congratulations.
  • The club was featured in Baylor Lariat [link] (September, 2023)
  • Baylor kendo will officially start operating under the Baylor’s club sports starting in 2023-24 fiscal year.
  • Baylor kendo member, Saimanas Reddy, participated in the AUSKF kendo national championships, held in Rochester, MI (June 30 – July 2, 2023), and showed good matches and great spirits.
  • Some of Baylor kendo members participated in the Nabeshima cup kendo taikai and SWKIF shinsa held in Dallas (April 29-30, 2023).
    • In taikai, Sakurako Kitagawa placed 3rd in the Yudansha division. Congratulations. More complete results can be found at this [link].
    • In shinsa, Saimanas Reddy and Natalie Tran received 2 kyu, and Sakurako Kitagawa received 4th dan. Congratulations.
  • Baylor kendo members (Sakurako Kitagawa, Saimanas Reddy) participated in the Harvard Invitational Shoryuhai Intercollegiate Kendo Tournament, or Shoryuhai (昇龍杯) [March 18-19, 2023] for the first time by making a combined team with colleagues from UTA and UTD!
  • Many participated in the SUSKIF fall taikai and shinsa on Nov 5, 2022.
    • In shinsa, Saimanas Reddy received 4 kyu, and Lawrence Edmond Jr, Blake Gray, and Kristopher Collins received 3 kyu. Congratulations.
    • In taikaki, Lawrence Edmond placed 2nd in the Kihon division, Saimanas Reddy placed 2nd in the mudansha division and received kantosho, Sakurako Kitagawa placed 1st in the women’s division and 3rd in the Sandan-Yondan division. All others also showed good spirits.
  • The kendo shinsa (rank promotion exam) and joint practice were held in Waco on Dec 4, 2021.
    • Congratulations William Tomes and Kaz Hayashi for obtaining kendo 1 kyu, and Boshen Xu for obtaining kendo 2 kyu.
  • We were featured in Baylor Lariat (November, 2021) [link]
    
  • Congratulations, William Tomes and Kaz Hayashi, for obtaining kendo 2 kyu in exam at Houston, TX (August, 2021)
  • Congratulations to the Baylor kendo club team members for moving on to the single elimination round at the 2019 Longhorn kendo taikai in Austin (October, 2019)
  • We were featured in Baylor Lariat (September, 2019) [link]
    
  • We were featured in the Late Night’s article in Baylor Lariat (August, 2018) [link]