Indonesia Kendo Association / Asosiasi Kendo Indonesia

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Indonesia Kendo Association 16th WKC Tokyo Japan
Indonesia Kendo Association presenting Indonesia in 16th World Kendo Championship, Tokyo, Japan, 2015

Indonesia Kendo Association (IKA) adalah organisasi nasional resmi dari Kendo di Indonesia. Resmi berdiri pada tahun 2014, IKA bertujuan untuk menggiatkan dan memfasilitasi perkembangan Kendo di Indonesia, dan mewakili Indonesia dalam berbagai event Kendo di level Internasional.

Saat ini, IKA beranggotakan 6 organisasi regional yang mewakili kota / wilayah di Indonesia, sebagai berikut:

  1. Jakarta Kendo Association
  2. Bandung Kendo Association
  3. Persada Medan Kendo Club
  4. Yogyakarta Kendo Association
  5. Suroboyo Kenyukai (Surabaya Kendo Association)
  6. Malang Kendo Association

Setiap tahun IKA menggelar beberapa event nasional diantaranya:

  1. Indonesia National Kendo Tournament
  2. Jakarta Matsuri Kendo Tournament
  3. National grading examination (Ujian Kenaikan Tingkat Nasional), baik berlokasi di Jakarta maupun di daerah

Seiring berkembangnya Kendo di Indonesia, IKA mengupayakan dan mengakomodasi agar semakin banyak organisasi daerah yang bergabung dalam setiap agenda IKA.

IKA juga secara rutin mengirimkan delegasi dalam mewakili Indonesia pada event / turnamen Internasional, antara lain :

  1. ASEAN Kendo Tournament, setiap 3 tahun sekali
  2. Hong Kong Asian Open Kendo Tournament, setiap tahun sekali
  3. Foreign Kendo Leader Seminar by All Japan Kendo Federation, setiap tahun sekali
  4. World Kendo Championship, 3 tahun sekali
Indonesia Kendo Association presenting Indonesian in ASEAN Kendo Tournament 2016, Bangkok, Thailand
Indonesia Kendo Association presenting Indonesian in ASEAN Kendo Tournament 2016, Bangkok, Thailand

Pada mei 2014, setelah proses yang panjang, IKA diakui sebagai anggota Federasi Internasional Kendo (FIK). Pencapaian ini adalah awal bagi kenshi Indonesia untuk berpartisipasi dalam World Kendo Championship, yang digelar pada Mei 2015 di Tokyo, Jepang. Maka WKC yang ke-16 di Tokyo tersebut menjadi debut IKA di dunia Internasional.

Hingga saat ini, event FIK yang sudah diikuti IKA adalah sebagai berikut

  1. World Kendo Championship ke-16 di Tokyo, Jepang
  2. ASEAN Kendo Tournament ke-11 tahun 2016 di Bangkok, Thailand
  3. World Kendo Championship ke-17 tahun 2018 di Incheon, Korea Selatan
  4. ASEAN Kendo Championship ke-12 tahun 2019 di Jakarta, Indonesia

Selanjutnya pada tahun 2021, direncanakan IKA juga ikut dalam World Kendo Championship ke -18 di Paris, Perancis.

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About IKA

Indonesia Kendo Association (IKA) is the official national organization for Kendo in Indonesia. Established in 2010, IKA aims to encourage and facilitate the development of Kendo in Indonesia, and to represent Indonesia in various Kendo events on the international level.

Currently, IKA’s membership covers the following organizations:

  1. Jakarta Kendo Association
  2. Bandung Kendo Association
  3. Persada Medan Kendo Club
  4. Yogyakarta Kendo Association
  5. Suroboyo Kenyukai
  6. Malang Kendo Asociation

IKA’s annual events are :

  1. Indonesia National Kendo Tournament
  2. Jakarta Matsuri Kendo Tournament
  3. National grading examination

With the development of Kendo in Indonesia, IKA is aiming to include as many local/regional events as possible into the national program/calendar.

IKA also routinely represent Indonesia in participating in international tournaments, such as :

  1. ASEAN Kendo Tournament
  2. Hong Kong Asian Open Kendo Tournament
  3. Foreign Kendo Leader Seminar by All Japan Kendo Federation.

In May 2014, after a lengthy process, Indonesia Kendo Association is finally recognized by the International Kendo Federation (FIK) as their affiliated organization. This achievement allows Kenshi from Indonesia to compete for the first time in the World Kendo Championship, which next will be held in Tokyo on 29-31 May 2015.

As for now, here are International events which IKA has participated:

  1. 16th World Kendo Championship in Tokyo, Japan, 2015
  2. 9th ASEAN Kendo Tournament in Bangkok, Thailand, 2016
  3. 17th World Kendo Championship in Incheon, South Korea, 2018
  4. 10th ASEAN Kendo Tournament in Jakarta, Indonesia, 2019

and the next event is the 18th World Kendo Championship in Paris, France, in 2021.

credit /source : https://indonesiakendo.wordpress.com/about-ika/ (apparently not IKA official page but written by IKA official) with some additional information provided by Kendo.web.id admin

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Kendoka, Malang, Jawa Timur, Indonesia

http://www.kendo.web.id

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