Tsurugi Bashi Kendo Kai

History (2003 - 2004)

2004-07-05: Led by Tsugifusa Korogi sensei, Hanshi 8-dan, and Hiroo Naganuma sensei, 6-dan. Event covered by local press (Cambridge Evening News), radio (BBC Radio Cambridgeshire) and television (BBC Look East). Adrian Gallo, Neil Hubbard, Emily Kay get 3rd kyu; Adam Jackson gets 4th kyu; Leonardo Castagnino, Reuben Sharma, Richard Boothroyd, Ben Williams, Jacob Barber, Ryu Kato and Miri Kato get 5th kyu.
First Tsurugi-Bashi Gasshuku.

2004-07-01: Theo Rutter spends a month in Japan, visits several dojo and buys his armour there.

2004-05-30: Naoko Hamada brilliantly earns her 5th dan in Japan.

2004-05-12: Toshiba Research Europe offers silver sponsorship for gasshuku.

2004-03-28: Herold Pettiau gets 1st kyu in Belgium.

2004-02-28: Cambridge wins Varsity match in Oxford.

2004-02-20: Sergio Boffa, with Dominique de Paepe, visits from Belgium to train the team for Varsity and to act as chief examiner for the Lent term gradings. Clara Fan, Brandon Yap and Ian Scott get 5th kyu. Adrian Gallo, Emily Kay and Theo Rutter get 4th kyu.

2004-01-02: Frank Stajano gets to practice with Kurasawa-sensei 9th danin Japan.

2003-12-30: Sword polisher Roberto Candido invites some Tsurugi-Bashi members to his workshop in Japan.

2003-12-15: Herold Pettiau takes part in the Nakakura seminar in Belgium and gets to practice with Eiga-sensei, hero of the world championship.

2003-11-28: Sergio Boffa and Naoko Hamada, with Olivier Hautier, visit from Belgium to act as chief examiners for the Michaelmas term gradings. Adam Jackson, Emily Kay, Theo Rutter, Adrian Gallo get 5th kyu. Herold Pettiau gets 2nd kyu.

2003-11-15: Two Cambridge teams (team A: Charlie McLachlan, Hyowon Kim, Chando Jung; team B: Herold Pettiau, Frank Stajano, Stephen Wells) take part in Mumeishi 3's in London.

2003-10-19: Stephen Wells gets 2nd dan and Hyowon Kim gets 1st dan, both in London.

2003-10-18: Hyowon Kim wins second place in the Lidstone Taikai.