Darrelle Matienzo joined Metroken in 2019. He actively participates and supports our events. He is also dedicated kendoka despite the sudden hit of the pandemic. Read how he started and his journey with us so far! (Darrelle with his first and new set of kendo-gi and hakama) I'll never get tired of telling people that my first Kendo uniform is made by Mama (photo on left). We couldn't afford something brand new, but somehow managed to start from scratch. The fabric for the up

Mark San Felipe is part of our 2020 January beginner's batch. He is a dedicated kendoka despite the sudden hit of the pandemic. He practices with his batchmates from time to time to keep the kendo spirit going. Read how he started and his journey with us so far! I started Kendo around January of 2020 along with my friends. The reason why I joined Kendo is that I have always been fascinated with weapons of martial arts (especially with The Art of the Sword ). It has been my pa

Claren Alquitran is part of our 2020 January beginner's batch. She is a dedicated kendoka despite the sudden hit of the pandemic. She participates in our E-suburi + HIIT program to continue her practice at the comforts of her home. Read how she started and her journey with us! (Ren doing suburi in our E-suburi 2020 session) There was once an advertisement that repeatedly passed on my feed way back about this trial class for a martial art that got mentioned in one of my favori

Kyrios Renn Zipagan is part of our 2020 January beginner's batch. He is a dedicated kendoka despite the sudden hit of the pandemic. He continues to practice at home. Read how he started and his journey with us so far! (Kyrios practicing during the pandemic) I started doing Kendo last January 2020 but my liking to Kendo started around the summer of 2019. Why? It was because during that summer my liking to swords, smiting, and sword fighting peaked. It was either episodes of

Satoshi Fuji sensei joined Metroken in 2018 and have been practicing with us regularly. He provides meticulous feedbacks that helps our members improve on their progress. Read how he started and his journey with us so far! (Fuji sensei during the 5 Men team event in the 4th Philippine National Kendo Tournament) When I was eight, my friend in the neighborhood was practicing Kendo. He looked cool when going to the Dojo and that was 40 years ago. 'Bunbu Ryodo’ has been my favo

Before ending the year, Metro Kendo Club usually hosts our Yamanishi Cup and Christmas party but due to the pandemic, we made it different this time. We hosted our very first monthlong Great Suburi Challenge that was held every Sunday at 1 pm. Participants were paired to a random wheel picker filled with different types of suburi in which they need to execute in 1 min. The winner was determined who can execute the most until the ultimate winner emerge. We ended the contest la

GREAT NEWS!! United Kendo Federation of the Philippines' (UKFP) FIK application is APPROVED!! With the Metro Kendo Club under the UKFP umbrella, we are NOW able to participate and benefit on multiple programs hosted by FIK (formerly known as IKF). A few of the benefits include: - Recognized as the SOLE governing body for Kendo in the Philippines. - Greater access to FIK resources which includes possible visitation of high level senseis and material donations. - Able to conduc

Metro Kendo Club wishes nothing more but to see and practice again with everyone! But because of the pandemic, we shall continue to train on our own for now and practice social distancing as our way of preventing the spread of COVID-19. As we prepare ourselves to go back to the dojo again by training at our homes, we would love to see photos of you and your home dojo/gym set up! Post a photo of you and/or your home dojo/gym on Instagram or Facebook with the hashtag #MKCyousoo

With the unprecedented pandemic, Metro Kendo Club is trying their best to connect their members through our E-suburi + HIIT program to at least shorten the distance from each other. We are so happy to have everyone joining our sessions. Even our members from abroad tuned in with us as well! Check out some of our session's photos so far!

While we may not be able to come together for keiko, we are keeping connected by doing suburi four times a week coupled with High Intensity Interval Training to ensure we come back strong. Join us for e-suburi and High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT). Every Tuesdays and Thursdays, 7pm Every Saturday and Sundays, 6pm

With the country currently on lockdown, Ronald senpai opened an online contest for our members by answering, "Why you Kendo" (Why do you practice Kendo?). The contest ran for a week and the winner was based on the decision with the most "hearts" in their entry from our fellow members. The post from Ron senpai: "Palong palo ka na ba ngayong Lockdown? Eto may papremyo kami na palong palo din at siguradong gaganda din ang palo nyo! Meet the kotagata shinai 2020! How to get the s

It was a fruitful weekend for the Luzon based kendokas as United Kendo Federation of the Philippines staged their first official event of 2020, a Kata/Shinsa Seminar to prepare participating kendoka for the various shinsa (dan ranking exam) that will be held later this year. This is the first of three such seminars, with the Mindanao and Visayas legs to be held in February. The event was held on Jan 26 from 8am to 12nn at the 2nd Floor Basketbal Court of Treston International

The Osawas come by to practice with Metro Kendo Club (joined with IGA Kendo Club) before the year ends. Rina Osawa practiced Metro Kendo Club years ago and has returned to practice with us this year with her husband, Osamu Osawa -san. Last weekend we also held an exclusive 2 day women's practice with her to gain more knowledge in bridging the gap between women practicing kendo in the kendo community.

It's another time for our Annual Yamanishi Cup and Christmas party! This year, it was held at the usual venue, Treston College on Dec 7,2019. Congratulations to all the winners! Watch the whole event here ! FIGHTING SPIRIT AWARDS : Mudansha: Kung Yudansha: Melduen Castillon KIDS CATEGORY: 3rd Place: Jaustin Tan Jadie 2nd Place: Khayree Tan Jadie Champion: Yumi Sasaki MUDANSHA : 3rd Place: Patricia Talavera 2nd Place: Aran Samson Champion: Claudine Umali YUDANSHA : 3rd Place

It's a busy year for Metro Kendo Club as we also hosted the annual Philippine National Kendo Tournament this year together with United Kendo Federation of the Philippines! With the help of our senseis, senpais, members, volunteers and sponsors, we held the event in Celebrity Sports Plaza, Quezon City from October 26-27. Kendokas from Cebu Kendo Club, Davao Kendo Club, Dumaguete Kendo Club, Iloilo Kendo Club, OISCA Negros Kendo Club, IGA Kendo Club came to participate in the e

Its amazing how Kendo is made for all ages and this family is definitely a definition of that! Meet the Takemura Family where all of them (6 members) are actively playing kendo! They came to visit Metro Kendo Club to practice during their visit in Manila, Philippines! Photos credit to Ryoko Takemura sensei's facebook page

It's been three years and ASEAN KENDO TOURNAMENT (AKT) is finally here! In the recently concluded event, we are more than happy to announce that, Philippine Kendo has added one more in its history book! With everyone's dedication, hard work, senseis commitment in teaching the team as well as our never-ending volunteers and fund raising supporters, we brought home our first medals! This year, it was held in Jakarta, Indonesia. With the teams consisting of members from Cebu K

We were very happy to have multiple visitors last weekend. We had Satoshi Fuji sensei's friends, Ryoko Hayashi sensei, Yuusaku Izawa sensei, Ryohei Miyaguchi sensei joined us over the weekend where we had practice at Gatorade Hoops Center last Saturday and we were joined with a few of our friends from IGA Kendo Club for our sunday session at Treston International College. We also had Koki Nitobe sensei join us on Sunday who was traveling from Singapore to Taipei and had a lay

We have invited Rika Mitsuhashi Senpai (4th from the left) for a 2 day Gasshuku for Metroken girls when she came to visit Philippines. She trained with us for a few years and with her short trip we prepared a Gasshuku where she can share and demonstrate her knowledge in Kendo. Last Sunday, we began early in the morning with a warm up and kihon. She broke down some of the movements to help us understand what we need to improve on. Nearing the end of the session, Akita sensei p

I know that there are a good amount of people who find devoting themselves to Kendo challenging. Even I experience that difficulty once in a while. I could quit and never come back like in Karate, but I don’t! How do I deal with it? Let me share my four quadrants framework. This is how I succeed in having what I would call “full devotion”. In Metro Kendo Club, there are multiple intermediate-level classes you can attend, with Saturday as the main class. I make all efforts to