World Kendo Championships
(NB this page is a draft work in progress) If you have information to add or contribute, please email bka.pro@kendo.org.uk )
The results listed on this page are for the GB Squad – to see a list of finalists, click here.
14th WKC – Brazil, Sao Paulo – 2009
UK Men’s team lost to USA by 3 matches to one, with one draw, in the 1st round. USA went on to be runner’s up. UK did not enter a Women’s team.
- UK Squad report here
- Mens team results report here
- Individuals and woems team report here
13th WKC – Taipei – 2006
UK squad made the final eight ie UK Mens team got to the 1/4 finals. The ladies captain, Alex Burch, and Stuart Gibson were awarded fighting spirit awards.
12th WKC – Glasgow – July 2003
The event, held in the UK, is covered extensively in BKA NewsOnline August 2003. Both the UK men’s and women’s teams reached the top 16 in their competitions
Females individual:
| 1st | Keiko Baba (Japan) |
| 2nd | Yuka Tsubota (Japan) |
| 3rd | Shizuka Asahina (Japan) Kei Okada (Japan) |
| Fighting Spirit | Hui-Mei Shi (Chinese Taipei) Nadia Soulas (France) A-Reum Byun (Korea) Miwa Onaka (Brazil) Elizabeth Marsten (U.S.A.) Youn-Jung Park (Korea) Reika Mikuni (U.S.A.) Chikano Shinzato (Japan) |
Females Team
| 1st | Japan |
| 2nd | Korea |
| 3rd | Canada Chinese Taipei |
| Fighting Spirit | Barbara Kiraly (Hungary) Donatella Castelli (Italy) Lisa Caprioglio (France) Sachiyo Lee (New Zealand) Saly Stockl (Brazil) Melanie Smith (Australia) Gillian Riddoch (Great Britain) Kaori Kikunaga (U.S.A.) |
Males individual
| 1st | Hiromitsu Sato (Japan) |
| 2nd | Hidenori Iwasa (Japan) |
| 3rd | Kun-Bai Lim (Korea) Mitsunobu Sato (Japan) |
| Fighting Spirit | Mikko Salonen (Finland) Tomo Jud (Switzerland) Yasushi Hirao (Japan) Suguru Asaoka (Canada) Christopher Yang (U.S.A.) Sang-Sub Park (Korea) Kaigo Ando (Japan) Young-Kyu Kim (Korea) |
Males Team
| 1st | Japan |
| 2nd | Korea |
| 3rd | Italy U.S.A. |
| Fighting Spirit | Jose Castro (Spain) Cristoph Haist (Germany) Sureshwaran S/O Krishnasamy (Singapore) Stuart Gibson (Great Britain) Joji Sato (Brazil) Norbert Kiraly (Hungary) Daisaku Taguchi (Canada) Pascal van Laecken (Belgium) |
Earlier Results
8th World Kendo Championships – June 1991
- GB team 5th place
7th World Kendo Championships – May 1988
- GB team in last 8
6th World Kendo Championships – April 1985
- GB team 6th place
5th ??????????
4th World Kendo Championships – July 1979
- Team 5th place
3rd World Kendo Championships UK – April 1976
- GB Team 6th place
2nd ??????????
1st ??????????
