Tsurugi Bashi Kendo Kai
General Information
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We are a university society, founded and intended for Cambridge students, but we also welcome non-university members. Training is aimed at adults. Beginners need to attend a training course before they can safely join a kendo practice session; therefore we only admit new members a few times per year. The main intake is in October, at the start of the academic year.
Depending on the number of applicants we sometimes also admit members at the start of the other two full terms, Lent (January) and Easter (April), but those who join then will have to put some extra effort into catching up with those who started in October.
To comply with safety and insurance regulations, all members of our dojo must be over 18, must be current members of the British Kendo Association (or of a foreign IKF-affiliated federation so long as it provides insurance cover while practicing in the UK) and, unless they already hold 1-kyu or above, must have attended our induction course. Pick up the appropriate forms from the dojo secretary and return them completed, and with payments, before your first practice session.
Kendo training can be demanding and may not suit everyone. In order to allow
you to assess whether it is really for you, until the third session of the
6-session induction course you are allowed to change your mind and quit; we will
then return you the cheque meant for Tsurugi Bashi, though the one for BKA
membership will have already been sent off to guarantee your insurance cover and
won't be refunded. If you have not cancelled by the third session of the
introductory course, there will be no further refunds.
