Our first official dojo social for 2017
2017 kicked off with a bang! Our new MAD member Yentl found the best spot for a dojo social ( it even has a bunker ) It was a great night...
SAKF 30 000 suburi, in 30 days challenge
This past Sunday on 11 September 2016, the SAKF's 30 000 suburi challenge started. What it entails is that any member of any skill level...
How to take care of your bogu
Ok so you find yourself, it's after the annual international seminar, you had worked up a proper sweat in the October heat, and now it's...
Kata seminar 2016
The weekend of the 17th of September the SAKF decided to host a separate event for just kata leading up to the annual international...
San Kawa Interdojo and annual balloon war
10 September was San Kawa's turn to host the local interdojo. As an added bonus, the annual SAKF balloon war was also held on this day....
Kendo demonstration at local church bazaar
Yesterday the Mushin dojo was asked to perform a kendo demonstration at the local church's annual bazaar. It was a hectic day filled with...
Dojo movie social
Last night was another dojo social night. We had decided to go watch the new stop-motion photography movie Kobu and the two strings. We...
First female only training session
This past Saturday was the first ladies only training session organised by the South African Kendo Federation Women's Commission. The...
Mushin's little mascot
Julia, is a 5 year old little girl, who's father joined Mushin a few years ago. Ever since then she has shown a great interest in kendo,...
How to put on kendogi/bogu properly
So recently a few members have joined the ranks of bogu kendoka. And I know at first it can be quite daunting to put on armour. The trick...
