21st National Kendo Championships 2025
Last updated: 10 Aug 2025
Please note that there will no longer be junior / senior categories. It will just be Women’s and Men’s category.
Schedule:
8:00 AM - 8:15 AM Gates open
8:15 AM - 8:30 AM Registration
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Opening Ceremony
9:00 AM - 9:25 AM Women’s Round Robins
9:25 AM - 9:40 AM Women’s Eliminations
9:40 AM - 10:00 AM Break
10:00 AM - 11:05 AM Men’s Round Robins
11:05 AM - 11:30 AM Men’s Eiminations
11:40 AM - 11:50 PM Finals
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM Closing Ceremony / Prize Presentation
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM Godo Keiko
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM Pack up and leave
Method of Play
Matches will be 2 minutes for round robins and 3 minutes for eliminations.
All matches are sanbon-shobu
Should there be any player who is not present on the day, the opposing player will get a win; with the score of 2-0
The criteria to determine the winning player of the round robins are based on the following hierarchy: overall matches won followed by total matches won followed by total points won.
In an event there is a tie in overall matches won, matches and points, there will be a daihyosen. The first player to score an ippon wins.
Take note of the number of people who will advance out of the round robins based on their categories:
Women’s category: 2 per round robin
Men’s category: 1 per round robin
Champion: Clare Lim
2nd Place: Tong Yuyan
Joint 3rd Place: Grace Lim, Ruth Priya Ramani
Best Fighting Spirit: Christina Soh, Catherine Ngampanitchayakij, Risheetha Shankar, Ruth Priya Ramani
Champion: Oliver Ng
2nd Place: Gervinn Chan
Joint 3rd Place: Jeffery Chung, Ang Shao Wei
Best Fighting Spirit: Desmond Lye, Cheong Wei Soon, Michael Koh, Saito Koichi