Jodo is the art of fighting with a 4-foot round wooden staff, using techniques to defeat an opponent armed with a sword. The characters...

Iaido is the Japanese art of drawing, cutting, and resheathing the katana. It places a great emphasis on correctness of form, precision...

Photo Credits: Kendo World Kendo is the modern Japanese martial art of fencing based on the two-handed sword (katana) techniques of the...

Our "In-Dojo" training will commence as from Wednesday, 6 January 2021. Unfortunately, South Africa is currently undergoing a Second...

"Cutting down a dreadful 2020, and revealing an amazing 2021!" 2020 has been a dreadful year and many would like to just be done with and...

Kendo in South Africa had existed since 1985 and has a long history. The details of this history (from 1985 to 2016) is a collection of...

15 members of the Rivonia Kendo Dojo (RKC) took part in this past weekend’s SAKF (South African Kendo Federation) mini-seminar and grading.

In the last few months, the Rivonia Kendo Club has had a number of new members seeking to begin their journey of martial arts with us....

On Saturday, 24 October 2020, members of the Rivonia Kendo Club (RKC) were invited to perform a Kendo and Iaido demonstration.

Kendo, High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) Workout with some loud but motivational music!

This "Modified Nishumura KENDO HIIT Session" is the latest variation of our workout.

"The Youngest Female Shodan Kendoka in South Africa". That is the title Rivona Kendo Club (RKC) member, Aura NAIDOO, is going for!

President Cyril Ramaphosa in an address to the nation in September 2020, urged everyone to use Heritage Day (24 September) as family...

As from 18 August 2020, South Africa is now on a Level 2 Lock down, implying that name of the previous restrictions have now been...

As from midnight of Monday, 17 August 2020, South Africa's Lock down will move to level 2, which will result in many restrictions on...

On Saturday, 8 August 2020, members of the Rivonia Kendo Club will be meeting at a park to do some training with each other in the open...

Our dojo, the Rivonia Kendo Club (based in Johannesburg, South Africa) is on a quest to network with as many kendo, Iaido, and/or Jodo...

On Sunday, 26 July 2020, member of the Rivonia Kendo Club were treated to an inspirational talk by Vinesh Maharaj, author, speaker and...

A tribute post and video to our international Kendo and Iaido senseis and friends, who led and joined us for training during the lockdown pe

Tonight, Monday, 20th July 2020, will be the re-opening of our dojo at the Rivonia Sports Club - 124 days since we were last there.