Sydney University Kendo Club
The University of Sydney, Camperdown
Website: http://www.usydkendo.com
Email: [email protected]
Dear NSWKA associated club,
On behalf of the Sydney University Kendo Club, I would like to invite you to our
competition “USYD Cup: Kendo for a Cause” this year once again. This annual competition
will be hosted by our club for all NSWKA associated clubs, and all profits raised from the
competition will be donated to charity.
The event will be held at the University of Sydney Aquatic Centre on the 14th of July.
Similar to last year, we will be having a “kachi-nuki (winner stays on)” style to give a
different flavour to other competitions. This year however, we will be separating Dan and
Kyu grades.
The organisation that will be donated to this year has been decided to be the Heart
Foundation. Unlike last year, where the donation was made to the earthquake victims in
Japan, we have decided to support charity organisations within Australia.
I hope that you are able to make it to our competition, it will be a fantastic day of Kendo for a
good cause. We very much look forward to hearing from you, please do not hesitate to
contact us if you have any issues regarding our competition.
Tomonori Hu
Club President
Date 11/06/2012
Email:[email protected]
Contact Number: 0478 091 214
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Sydney University Kendo Club
The University of Sydney, Camperdown
Website: http://www.usydkendo.com
Email: [email protected]
USYD Cup 2012 Details
Date and time
Saturday 14th July
8:00am – 6:00pm
Location
Sydney University Sports and Aquatic Centre (ground floor basketball courts)
Corner of Codrington St and Darling Rd (beside Wentworth Building)
http://goo.gl/maps/w7dW
Day Schedule
8:00
Registration and shinai checks
8:45
Opening Ceremony
9:00
Matches begin (Kyu and Dan)*
12:30
Lunch
13:30
Matches continue (Kyu and Dan)*
16:30
Closing ceremony
17:00
Free keiko
18:30
Clearing up
* Please be aware that Kyu and Dan competitions will run parallel from the morning. So all Dan
players will need to arrive on time and register in the morning. No late registrations will be accepted.
Cost of participation
Cost for participation will be $40.00 per person. This includes lunch and refreshments which will be
provided by our club throughout the day. All profits made in this competition will be donated to the
Heart Foundation.
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Sydney University Kendo Club
The University of Sydney, Camperdown
Website: http://www.usydkendo.com
Email: [email protected]
Competition rules
USYD Cup 2012 will be played under “kachi-nuki (winner stays on)” style. Competition will be split
in two divisions of Kyu and Dan, with five members per team.

Each club is allowed to enter a maximum of three teams each in Kyu and Dan competitions
(maximum of six teams per club for the entire competition)

Each player can only represent one club, i.e. no mixing of club members.

Five players per team, minimum of 4 players. Exceptions may be made: For example, in the
case when there are eight members, then it can be discussed to have two teams of four.

Jodan, tsuki, and nito are not permitted in the Kyu grade competition

Matches will be three minutes, with a two minute encho in the case of a draw.
Kachi-nuki specific rules

At the end of encho and the score is a tie, then BOTH players will move off the court, and the
next player will move on. The only exception is the team captain/taisho (See next point)

The taisho can only be knocked out by losing a match. For example: If the taisho draws with
the chuken (#3) of the other team, then he/she will move on to play the fukusho (#4) of that
team.

For each match, teams are allowed to change the order of their players.
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Sydney University Kendo Club
The University of Sydney, Camperdown
Website: http://www.usydkendo.com
Email: [email protected]
Information for club administrators:
An entry form has been sent to each club administrator, please submit one per club by 5 pm on
Friday 6th July.The form also includes any dietary requirements, so that we can organize the lunch
accordingly.
The forms are to be sent to:
Julie Tran (Secretary)
[email protected]
Please send the money electronically to the following account
Account name:
Account number:
BSB number:
Power Saver
464 760 796
112 879
General competition inquiries
Tomonori Hu (Club president)
0478 091 214
[email protected]
Julie Tran (Secretary)
0430 134 780
[email protected]
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