Northside Budokai

29/08/2026

We've had a few new faces recently for Jodo and Iaido at Northside Budokai on Friday evenings. Big welcome to Connor, Max and Keiko.

13/07/2026

Two Northsiders successfully gained Iaido dan gradings yesterday, at the QKR winter seminar held in our own backyard (Eaton's Hill).
Fantastic effort from both James (2nd Dan) and Adam (1st Dan) to take it to the next level.
Thanks to the QKR and to our sensei David Kolb.

22/01/2026

Aikido on the Southside!

Juniors Aikido 2026

Our juniors' aikido class will commence for 2026 next Tuesday 26 January at 5.30pm. New students welcome.

This class concentrates on building respect, self confidence and physical skills through the martial art of aikido.

Bayside Budokai is a non commercial dojo that has been operating in Wynnum for more than 15 years, providing instruction in aikido and iaido (Japanese swordsmanship)

Tuesday: Junior aikido 5.30pm to 6.30pm Iaido 6.30 pm to 7.45pm
Thursday: Senior aikido 6.30pm to 8.00pm
Sunday: Iaido 7.00am to 8.15am Senior aikido 8.30am to 10.00am

Please contact Dave 0409250065 for location details.

02/01/2026

Training starts again tonight at Nundah, led by David Kolb 7th dan iaido. New members always welcome. Doors open at 5:15pm. We practise jodo from 5:30 - 6:30, and iaido from 6:30 - 7:30.

The Queensland Kendo Renmei wishes to extend it congratulations to David Kolb Sensei for successfully passing his Iaido 7 Dan examination on the 30th November in Japan.

This wonderful achievement is a testiment to Kolb Sensei’s dedication, passion and committment for to Iaido and decades of training and effort.

This is yet another outstanding news for the advancement and growth of Iaido in Queensland. On behalf of all QKR members, we extend our sincerest congratulations.

21/12/2025

04/12/2025

Congratulations to David Kolb sensei, acheiving 7th dan in Iaido from the All Japan Kendo Federation. Sensational news, a testament to his unwavering dedication to the art. Omedetōgozaimasu sensei!

AJKF Iaido Grading Number 70D
The All Japan Kendo Federation have published the results of the grading examination for 7 Dan Iaido conducted in Tokyo on Sunday 30 November. I’m pretty happy to say that my name appears on the list. My grading number:70D was on the results sheet posted on the day, but I needed to see my name in print to really believe it.

Suffice to say, it’s been a long road to get to this stage. More than 30 years since I first received shodan in Osaka, and 4 years and more attempts than I’d like to admit, to reach this current milestone. I’d like to express my appreciation to all my teachers along the way; Greg Mapstone back in the day, Obayashi Sensei, Ikeda Sensei from Osaka DaiKenKyo as well as Oda Sensei, former AKR Technical Director. More recently, thank you to my family, Naoko and Emi for putting up with this, as well as my friends and training partners. I’d especially like to mention Tsukadaira Sensei and Shubukai members on the Gold Coast and Mitsuyuki Sensei and DaiKenKyo members in Osaka. They never gave up on me and their support kept me going when I could of pulled the pin. I suppose the lesson is to never give up. From now on I’m going to keep working to do my best iaido and help others along the way.

15/09/2025

I finally got around to updating the website and added an article on Shimamoto Shihan's passing.

http://baysidebudokai.net/Documents/2025/Passing%20of%20Shimamoto%20Katsuyuki%20Shihan.pdf

15/09/2025