By: Niveja Assalaarachchi, News Writer Editor’s note: The Peak’s Arts & Culture editor Phone Min Thant is a member of the SFU Kendo Club, but was not involved in the writing of this piece. From August 7 to 9, the BCIT Burnaby Campus will host the 23rd annual Canadian National Kendo Championships. The tournament will see about 190 kendo practitioners gather, with competition split into three main competing categories: an individual bracket, a club bracket, and a provincial club bracket. 10 clubs from BC will compete in the tournament, including the SFU Kendo Club. The Peak reached out to PJ…
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By: Phone Min Thant, Staff Writer Editor’s note: The writer of this piece is a member of the SFU kendo club. Were you born too late to be a samurai and too early to experience lightsabers? Well, what if I…
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By: Phone Min Thant, Staff Writer Editor’s note: The writer of this piece is a member of the SFU kendo club. Scraping ice from the windshield of our cars was not how I thought the tournament morning would start. I…
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By: Kelly Chia, Staff Writer On September 27, I mustered the courage to message SFU Kendo club president Michael Hong and ask to participate in a class. He readily invited me to practice the following Monday. I didn’t know what…
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By: Nicole Magas, Opinions Editor Hello readers of The Peak sports section, Welcome to the Peak Sports Mailbag. This week's host is Nicole Magas. Our topic this week is kendo. Nicole lived in Japan for six years, and practiced Kendo…
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