The UCLA Kendo Club was founded with the desire to introduce a unique life-long activity to UCLA students, providing them the opportunity to receive proper instruction, whether they wish to practice leisurely or to become avid competitors. The UCLA Kendo Club strives to practice and teach proper Kendo, balancing competitiveness and self-cultivation. Our club has grown significantly since being established and has gained recognition as a top competitor in the growing collegiate Kendo community.

          The UCLA Kendo Club currently consists of a committed group of roughly 40 participants ranging from undergraduate to faculty. The majority of members are new to Kendo, but the senior students and instructors have since been committed to introducing the fundamentals towards developing strong Kendo. While the club remains small in comparison to the UCLA community, the UCLA Kendo Club is always evolving and participating in any viable community events such as participating in demonstrations with other clubs.

          As a community at UCLA, our purpose is oriented towards providing students opportunities to attain educational benefits as well as personal and social enrichment that derive from participation in extracurricular activities and stimulate on-campus discussion and debate on a variety of issues. As a competitive club, we participate in various tournaments, such as regional Southern California tournaments and intercollegiate tournaments such as the annual Harvard Shoryuhai tournament. Last year, we hosted our first annual intercollegiate tournament titled "Yuhihai" (great leap), and will be repeating the event this coming February 2009. With the support of our UCLA Recreation, SCKO, SCKF, teachers, officers and members, the 2008-2009 school year will prove to be very exciting.