Waikato Kendo Club

Fantastic experience: Fantastic family like Kendo dojo in the center of Waikato, great place to experience the feel of coming a modern samurai. Want to experience the training of Bushi? Pickup your shinai (bamboo sword) at WKC today!

Fantastic experience: Awesome! Inclusive, family friendly and caring group ❤

Fantastic experience: A family like Kendo Dojo. Friendly but knowledgeable instructors. High quality teaching. Great diversity of members in terms of age and nationality.

Fantastic experience: Great club with very helpful members and fantastic leadership and teaching from Sensei Sam and Sensei Marleen. Very supportive environment for new students of all ages (even a overweight old guy like me).

Fantastic experience: I found Waikato Kendo club to be welcoming and friendly. Every member of the club is helpful and interesting in helping you become the best version of yourself through the way of the sword. Kendo really is an art and practice for all ages and types of people. I highly recommend Waikato Kendo club and Sensei Sam! I hope to continue my training when I return to NZ.

Fantastic experience: Patient and nice sensei Learning atmosphere is nice and friendly Also helps me a lot in adjusting my position to make the muscles more smoothly functions Very good place to experience Feel it with heart and U will enjoy it

Fantastic experience: Really lovely dojo. Very supportive Sensei’s and sempais. Very warm and welcoming. Highly recommend having a look and meeting everyone there.

Fantastic experience: I joined the Waikato Kendo Club early 2021 and immediately became a part of the family. The club is very welcoming, and the teachings are well explained and with good ,traditional methods. Sensei is patient and the senpai are very approachable. I would definitely recommend if an existing kendoka or someone interested in learning.

Fantastic experience: A truely wonderful kendo dojo led by experienced, enthusiastic & down-to-earth Sam & Marleen sensei. Supported by many friendly senpai kendokas who are very willing to share & pass on their knowledge to help beginners improve. Good training to develop mental & physical resilience. A great start line to begin ones kendo journey as well as making lifelong friends! Come & see & you won’t disappoint

Fantastic experience: Great atmosphere and very friendly people. Kid friendly and family oriented. Excellent teachers who focus on you in a very personal way. Would highly recommend to people of all ages!

Fantastic experience: Motivating, inspiring and friendly.

Fantastic experience: A great club for everyone of all ages and backgrounds! The instructors are supportive and very knowledgeable. Not only do you explore the martial art aspect of Kendo, but also the philosophical side of it, making lessons and training engaging and enlightening.

Fantastic experience: A wonderful place to practice the way of the sword every Wednesday eveninh & Saturday afternoon. Great Sensei, cool Sampai and an amazing punch of kendoist :-)

Fantastic experience: Awesome club, great teachers and friendly members!! Have been there since year 2000!!

Fantastic experience: Great training, physical, mental, and spiritual, helps you with everyday life, and is like an extended family

Fantastic experience: Great place, great martial art

Fantastic experience: good people and good teachers

Fantastic experience: If you want to be inspired by the way of Samurai, this is the best dojo in town. Kendo is not only a martial art that train you to be strong physically and also mentally. Good Sensei and friendly students here makes me keep going back no matter how hard the training is!

Fantastic experience: A super Kendo club with really nice people. Whether you're experienced or a novice this is a great kendo club for all levels and all ages. If you're considering taking up kendo you wont find a better place to start, they run 12 week beginners courses twice a year which are very popular. Sensei Sam Tsai and Sensei Marleen Charng are truly inspirational. Don't just take my word for it .. call in and see for yourself ... you may even get some tea & a piece of cake. :)

Fantastic experience: Awesome!