Kendo Club at the University of Washington

Kendo Club at the University of Washington page for the Kendo Club at the University of Washington! Join us W-F 7-9pm at the UW IMA! Please see our website for more details!

We meet in IMA Gym B on Wednesdays and IMA Studio 216 on Fridays. New members are accepted the first 2 weeks of the quarter and those with kendo experience are welcome to join any time. Equipment available for sale through the club and free bogu rentals available.

So many congratulations to our graduating seniors (and sensei!) πŸ₯³πŸ₯³πŸ₯³ We’re so proud and grateful for all of them, the wor...
06/06/2026

So many congratulations to our graduating seniors (and sensei!) πŸ₯³πŸ₯³πŸ₯³ We’re so proud and grateful for all of them, the work they’ve done and everything they’ve accomplished so far!!πŸ«‘πŸ˜€πŸ€­πŸ™€πŸ˜Š We wish them the very best in all of their future endeavors, and hope they come back to keiko with us someday!

Congratulations to all of our members who participated in the Rose City Taikai this past weekend!! πŸ₯³πŸ₯³πŸ™€πŸ™€πŸ˜±πŸ˜±πŸ¦œπŸ’…πŸ¦œπŸ’…πŸ«‘πŸ’ͺπŸ’ͺπŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ˜ŠπŸ˜€πŸ€­πŸ˜€πŸ˜ŠπŸ¦†...
06/03/2026

Congratulations to all of our members who participated in the Rose City Taikai this past weekend!! πŸ₯³πŸ₯³πŸ™€πŸ™€πŸ˜±πŸ˜±πŸ¦œπŸ’…πŸ¦œπŸ’…πŸ«‘πŸ’ͺπŸ’ͺπŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ˜ŠπŸ˜€πŸ€­πŸ˜€πŸ˜ŠπŸ¦†πŸ§πŸ¦ƒπŸ¦œπŸ’€πŸ“πŸ¦’πŸ•ŠοΈπŸ”ͺπŸ”ͺπŸ”ͺπŸ₯³πŸ₯³πŸ₯³

Results:
0-3 kyu 1st Place: Jonathan Tao πŸ₯‡
1-2 dan 1st Place: Jonathan Yu πŸ₯‡
3 Dan:
1st Place: Nye Mabale πŸ₯‡
2nd Place: Alec Yuen πŸ₯ˆ

This last women’s practice was the last ever women’s practice for some of our graduating members (congratulations!!!) an...
05/02/2026

This last women’s practice was the last ever women’s practice for some of our graduating members (congratulations!!!) and so we thought we might commemorate them in a post >:3 πŸ’ͺπŸ’ͺπŸ˜ŠπŸ€­πŸ˜€πŸ€­πŸ’…πŸ’…

Congratulations everyone! We wish you the best in all your future endeavors. :3 πŸ•ŠοΈπŸ¦…πŸ¦†πŸ¦œπŸ₯πŸ£πŸ¦’πŸ“πŸ¦ƒπŸ¦‰πŸ§

This past weekend, we hosted UWKC’s 48th invitational taikai!! πŸ₯³πŸ₯³πŸ˜€πŸ˜€πŸ”ͺπŸ«‘πŸ™€πŸ˜€πŸ’ͺπŸ’…πŸ€­πŸŒΈπŸ˜€πŸ’ͺ Congratulations and thanks to all of our m...
04/28/2026

This past weekend, we hosted UWKC’s 48th invitational taikai!! πŸ₯³πŸ₯³πŸ˜€πŸ˜€πŸ”ͺπŸ«‘πŸ™€πŸ˜€πŸ’ͺπŸ’…πŸ€­πŸŒΈπŸ˜€πŸ’ͺ Congratulations and thanks to all of our members who competed and volunteered to help run the taikai! Special thanks to everyone who came to compete as well, and we hope to see everyone next year!! 🫑🫑😀😊😊

Results:
0-4 kyu 3rd place: Skye Tian ShenπŸ₯‰
3-1 kyu 3rd place: Jonathan Tao πŸ₯‰
1-2 dan 2nd place: Junsei Tanizaki πŸ₯ˆ
3 dan- 1st place: Alec Yuen πŸ₯‡
3 dan- 2nd place: Nye Mabale πŸ₯ˆ
Teams- 1st place on PNKF Men’s team: Jonathon Yu, Alec Yuen, Nye Mabale πŸ₯‡πŸ₯‡πŸ₯‡

Photo credits to Skye Shen .agent.3

Congratulations to all our members who went to UCLA for Yuhihai this past weekend!! πŸ₯³πŸ₯³πŸ˜€πŸ˜€βœ¨βœ¨πŸ«‘πŸ‘‘πŸ₯‹πŸ”ͺπŸ₯‹πŸ”ͺπŸŒŠπŸŒŠπŸ¦†πŸ₯³πŸ˜€πŸ₯³πŸ₯³πŸ’ͺπŸ’ͺπŸ”ͺ🫑Results: Indi...
04/02/2026

Congratulations to all our members who went to UCLA for Yuhihai this past weekend!! πŸ₯³πŸ₯³πŸ˜€πŸ˜€βœ¨βœ¨πŸ«‘πŸ‘‘πŸ₯‹πŸ”ͺπŸ₯‹πŸ”ͺπŸŒŠπŸŒŠπŸ¦†πŸ₯³πŸ˜€πŸ₯³πŸ₯³πŸ’ͺπŸ’ͺπŸ”ͺ🫑

Results:
Individual Women’s Open
2nd place: Yisa Wu πŸ₯ˆ
3rd place: Ai Fukuda πŸ₯‰

Teams:
Co-ed: 1st placeπŸ₯‡
Women’s: 3rd placeπŸ₯‰

Many thanks to UCLA for hosting this tournament, we such fun!!

Come to UWKC’s Spring Bake Sale! We’re tabling between Savery and Gowen, on April 1st and 2nd. Come for munch crunches a...
03/30/2026

Come to UWKC’s Spring Bake Sale! We’re tabling between Savery and Gowen, on April 1st and 2nd.

Come for munch crunches as you see the cherry blossoms!!

Congratulations to Dr. Brian Wong for graduating with his PhD! πŸ™€πŸ™€πŸ™€ A longtime member of the UWKC, and the creator of thi...
03/20/2026

Congratulations to Dr. Brian Wong for graduating with his PhD! πŸ™€πŸ™€πŸ™€ A longtime member of the UWKC, and the creator of this Instagram account, we thought a post would be appropriate tribute.

We wish him luck in all future exploits!! 🫑😀🫑😀πŸ”ͺπŸ¦†βœ¨πŸ¦†πŸ”ͺπŸ¦†βœ¨πŸ˜€

Congratulations to all the members of our club who competed this past weekend at the Highline Taikai!! πŸ₯³πŸ₯³πŸ₯³πŸ«‘πŸ¦β€πŸ”₯πŸ’ͺπŸ¦β€πŸ”₯πŸ’ͺ🫑πŸ”ͺβœ¨βœ¨πŸ¦†...
03/20/2026

Congratulations to all the members of our club who competed this past weekend at the Highline Taikai!! πŸ₯³πŸ₯³πŸ₯³πŸ«‘πŸ¦β€πŸ”₯πŸ’ͺπŸ¦β€πŸ”₯πŸ’ͺ🫑πŸ”ͺβœ¨βœ¨πŸ¦†

Results:
4th place in Mudansha: Heather O’Corry-Crowe
2nd place in Mudansha teams: UW

We had so much fun, special thanks to Highline Kendo Kai for hosting!!

All photo credits to

Happy Fun Friday for everyone who came!! Congratulations to all our beginners who fought in bogu for the first time, and...
03/15/2026

Happy Fun Friday for everyone who came!! Congratulations to all our beginners who fought in bogu for the first time, and we hope everyone had fun with Clue! 😀😀😀😀πŸ₯³πŸ₯³πŸ₯³πŸ™€πŸ™€πŸ‘¨β€πŸ³πŸ«‘πŸ«‘πŸ’…βœ¨πŸ₯‡πŸ•ΊπŸ¦…πŸ•ΊπŸ¦…πŸ•ΊπŸ¦†πŸ”ͺπŸ₯‹πŸ₯‹πŸ₯‹πŸΌπŸΌπŸ¦‘πŸ¦‘πŸŽπŸ’πŸ’πŸ§§πŸ€­πŸŸπŸ πŸ¦ˆπŸ«šπŸ¦’πŸ‘§πŸ»πŸ«‘🫑πŸ₯³πŸ₯³πŸ₯³πŸ˜€πŸ₯‡πŸ₯‡πŸ₯‡

Congratulations to all of our members who competed in the Steveston Kendo Tournament this past weekend!! We had a blast,...
02/24/2026

Congratulations to all of our members who competed in the Steveston Kendo Tournament this past weekend!! We had a blast, and extra thanks to Steveston Kendo Club for running the tournament!! πŸ’ͺπŸ’ͺπŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ«‘πŸ«‘πŸ’ƒπŸ’ƒπŸ‘πŸΌπŸ₯³πŸ₯³πŸ‘‘βœ¨πŸ˜€πŸ₯³πŸ‘‘βœ¨

Results:
0-4 kyu 2nd place: Jonathan Tao πŸ₯ˆ

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University Of Washington Intramural Activities Building, 3924 Montlake Boulevard NE, Gym B And Gym D
Seattle, WA
98195

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