On 08 and 09 August 2015, the Second Vietnam Open Kendo Championships was taken place at An Lac Trang Eco-garden, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Hosted by Vietnam Kendo Clubs Association-VKCA.
It was our pleasure to welcome more than 150 kendo practitioners Japan (IFKA), Korea (Dowon Kendo Club, Chungang Kendo Club), China (Shanghai Huajian Kendo Club, Wuhan Rendo Kendo Club, Guangxi Kendo Club, Nanjing Xiu Cheng Quan Kendo Club), Singapore (Tanglin Kendo Club), Cambodia (Phnom Penh Kendo Club), Australia (Melbourne Budokai), and Vietnam (Nitoukan Kendo Club, Hanoi Seikenkan Kendo Club, Toukai Kendo Club, Kenzenkan Kendo Club, Kazeken Kendo Club, RMIT Kendo Club).
With the concept idea of “KENDO – FRIENDSHIP – GREEN”, all participants did have 02 full days to practice and compete, to learn more about kendo as well as to build up friendly relationship all participating kendo players in a peaceful and natural island of An Lac Trang Eco-Garden.
After two days of competition, the tournament was successful with the following winners:
1. Men Team:
Hanoi Seikenkan Kendo Club – IFKA: 1st place
Kenzenkan Kendo Club: 2nd place
CKOU (Nanjing Xiu Cheng Guan Kendo Club –Wuhan Rendo Kendo Club): 3rd place
2. Women Team:
Nitoukan Kendo Club: 1st place
RMIT Kendo Club – IFKA: 2nd place
Phnompenh Kendo Club: 3rd place
Chung Ang – Hanoi Seikenkan: 3rd place
3. Men Individual
Vo Anh Nhan – RMIT Kendo Club: 1st place
Scott Sun – Dowon Kendo Club: 2nd place
Tran Xuan Phat – Kenzekan Kendo Club: 3rd place
Yang Xing De Ken – Tanglin Kendo Club: 3rd place
4. Women Individual
Koike Yuuki: 1st place
Reika Tsuchiya – IFKA: 2nd place
Olivia Zhang – Tanglin Kendo Club: 3rd place
Nguyen Thi Phuong – Chung Ang Kendo Club: 3rd place
5. High School Boys
Ang Boon Jie – Tanglin Kendo Club: 1st place
Zhao Jinyu – Wuhan Rendo Kendo Club: 2nd place
6. High School Girls
Reika Tsuchiya – IFKA: 1st place
Zhou Yaohan – Wuhan Rendo Kendo Club: 2nd place
7. Junior Children
Nguyen Sy Trieu Hai – Kenzenkan Kendo Club: 1st place
Wu Siyuan – Shanghai Huajian Kendo Club: 2nd place
8. Fighting Spirit Awards
Tuan Phan, Kazeken Kendo Club
Reika Tsuchiya – IFKA
Vo Anh Nhan – RMIT Kendo Club
Wei Wu – Shanghai Huajian Kendo Club
Tony Borello – Melbourne Budokai
Edison Soon – Tanglin Kendo Club
Law Kong Hoi – Tanglin Kendo Club
Tran Xuan Phat – Kezenken Kendo Club
Zhong Yuanfu – Guangxi Kendo Club
Cha Young Kuk – Dowon Kendo Club
We would like to take this occasion to express our sincere gratitude to all esteemed referees for their fair and professional judgement:
Mr Makoto Tsuchiya – Master Judge, IFKA, Japan
Mr David Yeo – Tanglin Kendo Club, Singapore
Mr Jang Jin Han – Chungang Kendo Club, Korea
Mr Lim Ki Hak – Chungang Kendo Club, Korea
Mr Shim Sungbo – Dowon Kendo Club, Korea
Mr Chung Tae Sun – Musashikai, Korea
Mr Jeff Sills – Pnom Penh Kendo Club, Cambodia
Mr Olla Kim – Tanglin Kendo Club, Singapore
Mr Zhong Yuanfu – Guangxi Kendo Club, China
Mr Scott Sun – Dowon Kendo Club, Korea
Mr Jin Xin – Wuhan Rendo Kendo Club, China
Mr Wei Wu – Shanghai Huajian Kendo Club, China
Ms Ouyang Lingyun – Shanghai Huajian Kendo Club, China
Ms Reika Tsuchiya – IFKA, Japan
Mr Ngo Hoang Long – Hanoi Seikenkan Kendo Club, Vietnam
Mr Nguyen Sy Hiep – Kenzenkan Kendo Club, Vietnam
Ms Julia Chung – Dowon Kendo Club, Korea
and Mr Nguyen Van Tung, Owner of An Lac Trang, Cu Chi
We also would like to represent our appreciation to the sponsors for their precious sponsorship, including:
Nui Song Co., Ltd, represented by Ms Tran Trang Cam Tu, Director.
Kendo Shop, Korea, represented by Mr Alex
Last but not least, the tournament would never come to the successful without the participation of all competitors and supporters. We owe them many thanks.
During the organizing process, mistakes are inevitable and all of those are ours. We would like to apologize for any inconvenience caused and look forward to the understandings of the participants.
We do hope to see all kendo clubs and players again in our next tournament.
Vietnam Kendo Clubs Association – VKCA
