The World Kendo Championship is an international kendo competition contested by the member nations of the International Kendo Federation (FIK). The championships have been conducted every three years since their inception in 1970. The host of the tournament usually rotates in order through the three FIK administrative regions of Asia, the Americas and Europe.
The competition is divided into four divisions: Men's Individual, Women's Individual, Men's Team, Women's Team. Team matches are individual between five members from each team which change sequentially at the end of each round.
There is an opinion in Japan that this tournament is not of the same caliber as the All Japan Kendo Championship or the All Japan Police Kendo Championship. The argument being that there is a distinct qualitative difference in the playing level and style of nationalities where Japanese people lived or immigrated to before WW2, and countries that began practicing Kendo post-war. Another opinion is that the level of non-Japanese referees is not of high enough caliber for matches to be judged fairly. In order to offset this, mandatory international referee seminars are organized by the International Kendo Federation with high-ranking Japanese Kendo officials as lecturers.[citation needed]
Until 2006,[1] Japan had never lost a championship in any of the four divisions, when the Men's Team suffered a narrow loss against USA in the semi-final, with South Korea claiming victory in the final. This was Japan's first official defeat despite other teams coming close, such as South Korea and Canada in 1997 and 2000 respectively. In the individual division, more and more South Koreans are appearing in the semi-finals and final.
On 4 September 2020, FIK postponed the 18th championships (18WKC), originally scheduled for May 2021, to a later date, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was then cancelled on 20 February 2021[2]
The next edition of World Kendo Championships (19WKC) will be held in Milan, Italy in 2024.[3][4]
^"Cancellation of the 18th World Kendo Championships (18WKC)".
^"Italy to host the 19th World Kendo Championships (19WKC) | FIK". International Kendo Federation (FIK). Retrieved 2022-11-21.
^cik (2022-06-30). "All'Italia l'organizzazione dei Campionati del Mondo di Kendo del 2024". CIK - Confederazione Italiana Kendo (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-11-21.
External linksedit
International Kendo Federation Official Website
November 16, 2023
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The World Kendo Championship is an international kendo competition contested by the member nations of the International Kendo Federation FIK The championships have been conducted every three years since their inception in 1970 The host of the tournament usually rotates in order through the three FIK administrative regions of Asia the Americas and Europe World Kendo ChampionshipsVenueNamdong GymnasiumLocationIncheon KoreaDatesSeptember 14th 16th 2018Teams52Medalists JPN Japan KOR South Korea USA United States TPE Chinese TaipeiChampionsCurrent ChampionsMenSho Ando Japan JPN WomenMizuki Matsumoto Japan JPN The competition is divided into four divisions Men s Individual Women s Individual Men s Team Women s Team Team matches are individual between five members from each team which change sequentially at the end of each round There is an opinion in Japan that this tournament is not of the same caliber as the All Japan Kendo Championship or the All Japan Police Kendo Championship The argument being that there is a distinct qualitative difference in the playing level and style of nationalities where Japanese people lived or immigrated to before WW2 and countries that began practicing Kendo post war Another opinion is that the level of non Japanese referees is not of high enough caliber for matches to be judged fairly In order to offset this mandatory international referee seminars are organized by the International Kendo Federation with high ranking Japanese Kendo officials as lecturers citation needed Until 2006 1 Japan had never lost a championship in any of the four divisions when the Men s Team suffered a narrow loss against USA in the semi final with South Korea claiming victory in the final This was Japan s first official defeat despite other teams coming close such as South Korea and Canada in 1997 and 2000 respectively In the individual division more and more South Koreans are appearing in the semi finals and final On 4 September 2020 FIK postponed the 18th championships 18WKC originally scheduled for May 2021 to a later date due to the COVID 19 pandemic It was then cancelled on 20 February 2021 2 The next edition of World Kendo Championships 19WKC will be held in Milan Italy in 2024 3 4 Contents 1 Men s 1 1 Team 1 2 Individual 2 Women s 2 1 Team 2 2 Individual 3 Hosts 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksMen s editTeam edit The following is a summary of medals acquired by country for the Men s Team Division RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal1 nbsp Japan1601172 nbsp South Korea1103143 nbsp United States028104 nbsp Brazil0257 nbsp Canada02576 nbsp Chinese Taipei01677 nbsp Hawaii0022 nbsp Hungary00229 nbsp Italy0011 nbsp Okinawa0011Totals 10 entries 17173468Individual edit Year Final Third Place Top EightWinner Runner up1970 M Kobayashi nbsp Japan T Toda nbsp Japan T Yaniguchi nbsp Japan T Ota nbsp Japan1973 T Sakuragi nbsp Japan H Yano nbsp Japan T Fujita nbsp Japan J R Rhee nbsp Korea1976 E Yokoo nbsp Japan K Ono nbsp Japan K Hosoda nbsp Japan C Wu nbsp Taiwan Kawase nbsp Japan Arima nbsp Japan Sato nbsp Japan Ito nbsp Japan1979 H Yamada nbsp Japan K Furukawa nbsp Japan H Aikawa nbsp Japan K Terada nbsp Japan S Kim nbsp Korea S Nakauchi nbsp USA S Suzuki nbsp Japan K Koh nbsp Korea1982 M Makita nbsp Japan T Kosaka nbsp Japan W Okajima nbsp Japan H Yasugahira nbsp Japan J W Lee nbsp Korea R Kaneshiro nbsp USA H G Jang nbsp Korea M Grivas nbsp USA1985 K Koda nbsp Japan H Ogawa nbsp Japan J C Park nbsp Korea K N Kim nbsp Korea Johnson nbsp Canada Komatsu nbsp Japan Umeyama nbsp Japan Ujiie nbsp Japan1988 I Okido nbsp Japan A Hayashi nbsp Japan H Sakata nbsp Japan K N Kim nbsp Korea J H Lee nbsp Korea M Ishizuka nbsp Japan J K Kim nbsp Korea R Kishikawa nbsp Brazil1991 S Muto nbsp Japan H Sakata nbsp Japan M Yamamoto nbsp Japan S Shimizu nbsp Japan E Ohara nbsp Canada C S Oh nbsp Korea W Huh nbsp Korea M Miyazaki nbsp Japan1994 H Takahashi nbsp Japan K Takei nbsp Japan S Hirano nbsp Japan N Eiga nbsp Japan Y C Park nbsp Korea T Davidson nbsp Canada Y Okamoto nbsp Japan T Nabeyama nbsp Japan1997 M Miyazaki nbsp Japan F Miyazaki nbsp Japan T Ishida nbsp Japan S S Park nbsp Korea J S Yang nbsp Korea Y Y Liu nbsp Taiwan T Terachi nbsp Japan J P Labru nbsp France2000 N Eiga nbsp Japan K Takenaka nbsp Japan T Someya nbsp Japan S S Hong nbsp Korea S Asaoka nbsp Canada C Yang nbsp USA H Hirata nbsp Japan C Y Kim nbsp Korea2003 H Sato nbsp Japan H Iwasa nbsp Japan M Sato nbsp Japan K Lim nbsp Korea M Salonen nbsp Finland K Ando nbsp Japan C Yang nbsp USA S S Park nbsp Korea2006 M Hojo nbsp Japan T Tanaka nbsp Japan S Kang nbsp Korea G Oh nbsp Korea S Kamata nbsp Canada C Cheng nbsp Taiwan S Harada nbsp Japan G Sicart nbsp France2009 S Teramoto nbsp Japan B Park nbsp Korea K Lee nbsp Korea C Choi nbsp Korea K Smith nbsp Australia D Wako nbsp Japan T Furusawa nbsp Japan J Brown nbsp USA2012 S Takanabe nbsp Japan W Kim nbsp Korea T Kim nbsp Korea K Furukawa nbsp Japan J Bertout nbsp France T A Hoang nbsp Canada K Hatakenaka nbsp Japan C Tange nbsp Belgium2015 T Amishiro nbsp Japan Y Takenouchi nbsp Japan M Jang nbsp Korea H Nishimura nbsp Japan J Bertout nbsp France K Bosak nbsp Poland R Murase nbsp Japan J Jo nbsp Korea2018 S Ando nbsp Japan J Jo nbsp Korea B Park nbsp Korea Y Takenouchi nbsp Japan Y Katsumi nbsp Japan C Takayama nbsp Brazil J Hatakeyama nbsp USA M Jang nbsp KoreaWomen s editTeam edit The following is a summary of medals acquired by country for the Women s Team Division 5 person team RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal1 nbsp Japan70072 nbsp South Korea06063 nbsp Brazil01344 nbsp Canada00445 nbsp United States00336 nbsp Germany00227 nbsp Australia0011 nbsp Chinese Taipei0011Totals 8 entries 771428Individual edit Year Final Third Place Top EightWinner Runner up1997 M Kimura nbsp Japan S Mogi nbsp Japan W Nakano nbsp Canada H J Cho nbsp Korea S Konishi nbsp Brazil I Benkman nbsp Germany P Sato nbsp Brazil S Kondo nbsp Japan2000 T Kawano nbsp Japan K Baba nbsp Japan H Yano nbsp Japan S Asahina nbsp Japan S Konishi nbsp Brazil E H Kwon nbsp Korea M Korogi nbsp Japan H H Cho nbsp Korea2003 K Baba nbsp Japan Y Tsubota nbsp Japan S Asahina nbsp Japan K Okada nbsp Japan N Soulas nbsp France M Onaka nbsp Brazil Y J Park nbsp Korea C Shinzato nbsp Japan2006 S Sugimoto nbsp Japan K Komuro nbsp Japan E Inagaki nbsp Japan M Shimokawa nbsp Japan M Hayashi nbsp Canada A Byeon nbsp Korea A Sipos nbsp Hungary Y Park nbsp Korea2009 Y Takami nbsp Japan S Shojima nbsp Japan C Shinzato nbsp Japan E Takashina nbsp Brazil M Livolsi nbsp Italy Y Lee nbsp Korea M Hamanaka nbsp Canada M Raitanen nbsp Finland2012 S Sakuma nbsp Japan K Kurokawa nbsp Japan S Shodai nbsp Japan K Kawagoe nbsp Japan S Park nbsp Korea S Tamura nbsp USA K Jeon nbsp Korea H Yu nbsp Korea2015 M Matsumoto nbsp Japan Y Y Hu nbsp Korea B K Won nbsp Korea Y Takami nbsp Japan S Woude nbsp Netherlands M Kawagoe nbsp Japan F Smout nbsp Netherlands H Yamada nbsp Canada2018 M Matsumoto nbsp Japan M Yamamoto nbsp Japan M Senoo nbsp Japan M Fujimoto nbsp Japan A Akyla nbsp Greece H Lee nbsp Korea N Chun nbsp Hawaii S Woude nbsp NetherlandsHosts editThe following is a list of the host countries of the World Kendo Championships Number Year Location1st 1970 nbsp Japan Tokyo2nd 1973 nbsp United States Los Angeles3rd 1976 nbsp United Kingdom nbsp England Milton Keynes4th 1979 nbsp Japan Sapporo5th 1982 nbsp Brazil Sao Paulo6th 1985 nbsp France Paris7th 1988 nbsp South Korea Seoul8th 1991 nbsp Canada Toronto9th 1994 nbsp France Paris10th 1997 nbsp Japan Kyoto11th 2000 nbsp United States Santa Clara12th 2003 nbsp United Kingdom nbsp Scotland Glasgow13th 2006 nbsp Taiwan Taipei14th 2009 nbsp Brazil Sao Paulo15th 2012 nbsp Italy Novara16th 2015 nbsp Japan Tokyo17th 2018 nbsp South Korea Incheon18th 2021 nbsp France Paris Cancelled due to the COVID 19 pandemic 19th 2024 nbsp Italy MilanSee also edit nbsp Martial arts portal nbsp Japan portal nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kendo European Kendo Championships European Kendo ChampionshipsReferences edit World Kendo Championship Cancellation of the 18th World Kendo Championships 18WKC Italy to host the 19th World Kendo Championships 19WKC FIK International Kendo Federation FIK Retrieved 2022 11 21 cik 2022 06 30 All Italia l organizzazione dei Campionati del Mondo di Kendo del 2024 CIK Confederazione Italiana Kendo in Italian Retrieved 2022 11 21 External links editInternational Kendo Federation Official Website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title World Kendo Championship amp oldid 1184942471, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
