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About US
About Shi Hoko
Wendy Kyle started her Kendo training more than 17 years ago ago at San Kawa Kendo Dojo in Rosebank. As part of her time there, she was involved in leading classes and teaching people of all ages, both children and adults alike. In 2017, she decided to split off and found her own Kendo Dojo in Olivedale. Thus Shi Hoko Kendo Dojo was born. By the end of 2018, Shi Hoko core member group had expanded enough that it had to move to our current training location in Randburg.
Shi Hoko has members from all walks of life, young and old, in all different parts of their kendo journey. Wendy is a 4th Dan and assissted by Mitchell Kyle who is currently 5th Dan. Shi Hoko also boasts multiple medal winners and members that have been part of the national team and represented South Africa internationally.
About Shi Hoko
The Compass
Shi Hoko means four directions and as such, each point on the compass has a meaning associated with it. These points are:
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The Past Is My Experience
The Present Is My Experiment
I Prepare For My Future
With Belief In Infinite Possibilities
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These points sum up the philosophy behind Shi Hoko's approach to training.
The Compass
The Instructors
Wendy
Kyle
4th Dan
Head Instructor
Head of the SAKF Women's Commission
Wendy Kyle is Shi Hoko's head instructor and founder. She is part of the national team since 2014 and has partaken in competitions internationally. She has many years of teaching experience from her time at San Kawa Kendo Dojo previously before Shi Hoko was founded and is still just as dedicated to sharing kendo with the world.
She is also the head of the South African Kendo Federation Woman's Commission.
She runs her classes based around her own personal mottos - patience, persistence and practice.
Mitchell
Kyle
5th Dan
Assistant Instructor
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Instuctors
Core Members
Get to meet the core members that you're likely to train alongside.
Mike - 3rd Dan
Martin- 2nd Dan
Denique - 2nd Dan
Yolandi- 1st Dan
Anke- 1st Dan
Gideon- 1st Dan
Danyaal- 1st Dan
Mark- 1st Kyu
Dylan - 1st Kyu
Theunis- 2nd Kyu
Jacques- 2nd Kyu
Jordan - 2nd Kyu
Orlando - 5th Kyu
Devon - 6th Kyu
John- 7th Kyu
Kelsi- 7th Kyu
Taheera - 7th Kyu
Eliam -7th Kyu
Thabo -7th Kyu
Members
Where to next?
It's not all about us. We want to give back to the South African community. Click below to find out about our partnership with the Outreach Foundation.
Do you still have some questions about kendo? Maybe we can answer them here.
Now that you know us a bit better, why not introduce yourself? We'll get back to you as soon as possibly can!
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