The team at Fine Ladies Kendo Worldwide will soon be releasing Vol.6. Pre-sale has already started and it will go on general sale on 28 February 2024.
The Pioneers of Women's Kendo preview video can be seen at this link: https://youtu.be/B-5m5zMlBq4
The interviewees include:
Sato Atsuko
5 time-champion in Japan
First woman to become Executive Director at the AJKF
Chairperson of the AJKF Women's Committee
Shikai Yuriko
One of the founder members of Southern California Kendo Federation Women’s Kendo Association back in 1995
USA champion many times
Marleen Charng
Winner of the first women's category national championships in Taiwan, followed by many more
Moved to New Zealand in 1997 and opened Waikato Kendo Club with husband
Vol.6 Articles:
A Cultural Journey of Integration—Japan and the Philippines by Paul Budden
Power and Responsibility: Identifying harassment within kendo hierarchical relationships by Kate Sylvester
Points on Training for Dan Grade Examinations by All Japan Kendo Federation Women’s Committee
8th dan Kyoto Examination 2023 by Kanda Manami
Kendo at The World Combat Games 2023 by Robin Jakuen
Women Aki Taikai by Kate Sylvester
Women’s Kendo Events across the Globe 2023 by FLKW
‘Motherly Love’ Solveig Malmkvist (1932 – 2023) by Hans Lundberg
Thinking Outside of the Box by Koizumi Mizuho
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