Lancaster Kendo Club

27/11/2025

Finally, our first practice on Thanksgiving Day 🥋🔥 Very well‑planned, led by Doi Tohei — exciting and pushing our limits!

21/11/2025

✨We’re thrilled to announce that the Lancaster University Kendo Society has been revived✨
🔥LU Kendo returns and the Red Rose will bloom once more at Roses and Uni Taikai!! 🔥
A huge thank you to our former president Savkin, LUSU, and our organising committee — Doi Tohei, — for making this possible.

📅 Our first practice kicks off next Thursday (27-Nov), 3:00–5:00 PM
📍 Venue: Brandrigg Room (Barker’s House Farm / Cartmel College)

09/11/2021

Hello all!

As some of you might be aware, the Lancaster University Kendo Club has been out of action since the beginning of this year. I am currently in the process of setting it back up again and hopefully it will happen sooner rather than later.

If you are a current STUDENT at the University, please can you like or react to this post so I can see how many people there are currently interested and looking to practice Kendo.

I'll post more updates as I find out more information but hopefully it will all be set up much sooner rather than later.

Thank you!

27/09/2020

Due to the rapid spread of the COVID-19 virus in the UK, we are sad to announce that we have decided to suspend the Kendo activity for the Michaelmas term. During this time of inactivity, we'll be putting our best efforts to bring back training sessions for the Lent term. We are sorry to all people looking forward to training Kendo in Lancaster.

For those that are keen on practising Kendo in the next 3 months, we recommend the Preston Ken Shin Kai Dojo, where the sessions are led by Kendo Renshi 6th Dan Andy Fisher sensei. You can find a link to the Preston Dojo page in the comment below.

Thank you everyone and we hope to see you again in the Lent term.
Stay safe
Lancaster University Kendo Society Exec Team.

14/09/2020

Just a reminder for anyone looking for a Kendo club in the Lancashire area!

You can't find better than Andy to teach you! Make sure to contact in advance to ask about joining and when the next beginner intake is!

Kendo (剣道 kendō, lit. "sword way") is a traditional Japanese martial art, which descended from swordsmanship (kenjutsu) and uses bamboo swords (shinai) and protective armour (bōgu). Today, it is widely practiced within Japan and many other nations across the world.

02/10/2019

Hi Everyone!!! I hope you had a great summer. Another year of Kendo has started!
Tomorrow Freshers Fair at LICA from 11:30-17:00 looking forward to see everyone! New faces and old faces are all welcome.
The official trainings start next week
Tuesday 18:00-20:00
Thursday 19:00-21:00
Sunday 10:00-13:00
Brandrigg Room at Barker House in Cartmel College.
The first 2 trainings are free!

13/08/2019

Andy Fisher has started a Kendo club in Preston, Lancashire! That's right next door folks!

First practice starts this Friday - at 6pm.
Venue location is Preston's College, PR2 8UR.

Beginner's course is starting in September, so if you're interested in starting Kendo within the area - mark that date down!

Club Website - www.prestonkendo.co.uk

Don't forget to drop a 'LIKE' to their FB page!

https://www.facebook.com/prestonkendo

Kendo (剣道 kendō, lit. "sword way") is a traditional Japanese martial art, which descended from swordsmanship (kenjutsu) and uses bamboo swords (shinai) and protective armour (bōgu). Today, it is widely practiced within Japan and many other nations across the world.

24/01/2019

Bunch of thanks go to Leo, Thomas, Xinyu and Sai who stood out there in the January cold to recruit new people to our Kendo family!

We're definitely looking forward to the taster session tomorrow so make sure to stop by and give Kendo a try!

The times are; 7pm - 9pm at the same good old place, Cartmell College Bailrigg Room! It's the big wooden doors to the left as you come through the front glass doors.

See you there!

18/01/2019

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