Friday, September 23, 2011
2nd NUS Kendo Championships Series 3
By Nella
It has been about a month since the commencement of our 2011 Beginner Course! First of all, a warm welcome to all our new members. Hope your journey in kendo has been enjoyable for you as far. :)
Meanwhile, the rest of the club is back for our internal tournament again, which is currently at the 3rd series for this year!
The championships was held on the 16th of September. Despite the huge delays and short warm up time, all of us put up a great fight throughout the tournament. For the uninitiated, we will begin with registration and shinai checks outside MPSH6. After that, we will proceed on to individual warm ups before the start of the tournament. The ladies' elimination matches will take place first, followed by men's elimination and lastly, the finals.
Before the start of Series 3
Our new members gathered on the right! :D
Shimpans Meeting
Mentsuke
Presenting the match lineups for ladies' and men's elimination!
Teck Seng vs Santoso
Our internal series not only gives us additional experience in shiai, but also the opportunity to learn from one another. Although the opponents were fellow kendokas we have been training with, shiai settings differ greatly from our usual keiko. Moreover, tournaments serve as good sources of feedback as well. Every point is scored, not gained or lost with a reason; we need to understand these in order to improve for further sessions to come.
Finally, we ended off with the prize presentation ceremony. A big thank you to Peter sensei, Renata sensei, Wenhao and Zehao as our shimpans for this series. Not forgetting Carey, Benjamin and the rest of the kendokas for the tournament duties!
Congratulations Yonghe!
(And also to Gervinn and Melissa!)
Series 3 medals
Closing of the tournament by Kenneth
Do look forward to Series 4 coming this December! :D
