2025 Queensland Kendo Renmei Winter Seminar 5 & 6 July 2025

Queensland Kendo Renmei invites you to the Queensland Kendo Winter Seminar on the Gold Coast. All current AKR members (and FIK affiliate members) are welcome!

Date: Sat 5th and Sunday 6th July 2025

Location: Gold Coast Recreation Precinct (cheap accommodation, lunchbox on registration or café are available onsite). Also known as Tallebudgera Sport and Recreation Centre.

Lead instructors for the seminar:

Iaido:

• Toshiaki Tsukadaira Sensei – Iaido Kyoshi 7 dan

Kendo:

• Katsumi Kuramochi Sensei – Kendo Kyoshi 7 Dan
• Ken Okamoto Sensei – Kendo Renshi 7 Dan

Jodo:

• David Kholb Sensei – Jodo 5 Dan

Schedule:

Saturday

• 8:30am – opening Ceremony
• 9:00am seminar session 1
• 12:00 -12:30pm – Lunch
• 12:30 – AGM
• 1:30 seminar session 2
• 4:30/5:00pm end day 1

Sunday

• 9:00 start
• 12:00pm closing ceremony and lunch
• 12:30pm Grading registration
• 1:00pm Panel briefings
• 1:15 Iaido, followed by Kendo Grading Examination
• 3:30pm-4:30 pm Goodwill Keiko if time allows
• 4:30 end

Kendo Schedule – 2025 QKR Winter Seminar Kendo Schedule.pdf

Iaido-Jodo Schedule – 2025 QKR Winter Seminar Iaido-Jodo Schedule.pdf

Seminar planning is under way with the relevant appointed instructors, and it is hoped that we can issue a schedule with a few weeks.

Seminar Registration: https://events.humanitix.com/2025-queensland-kendo-winter-seminar-event-registration 

IMPORTANT! You must be a paid 2025-2026 member* of the Queensland Kendo Renmei (or AKR Affiliate) to participate in this event. 

* 2025-26 Membership registration will be open in June

Grading Examination

A grading examination will also be held on Sunday afternoon July 6. This is open to current financial members of the AKR.

To be eligible you must meet the time-in-grade and minimum qualifications for the grade you are attempting.

We are planning to hold grading examination as per the below:

• Kendo from Kendo 3 Kyu to Yondan
• Iaido from 3 Kyu to Yondan
• Jodo – No grading due to lack of panel members.

Dan examination questions will be posted here (on the QKR Website) shortly.

Closing date for receiving grading applications is the 22 June 2025.

To apply for grading examination follow these 2 steps:

1.  Submit your signed Grading Application Form (found here: akr_grading_applcation_form) to Grading@qkr.asn.au by 5pm 22 June 2025 to be eligible to be examined. No late submissions will be accepted.

2. Pay your grading fees via https://events.humanitix.com/2025-queensland-kendo-winter-grading-examination-registration-and-payment by 5pm 22 June 2025.