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About US

About Shi Hoko

Wendy Kyle started her Kendo training over a decade 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 3rd 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

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Wendy
Kyle

3rd 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 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.

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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.
 

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Kadima
A.K.A. Mike

2nd Dan

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Yolandi

1st Dan
Dojo Secretary

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Danyaal

1st Dan

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Gideon

1st Kyu

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Mark

2nd Kyu

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A photo of one of our core members and head of development, Martin

Martin

2nd Dan
 

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Denique

1st Dan
Safety Officer

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Anke

1st Dan
Safety Officer

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Dylan

1st Kyu

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Theunis

4th Kyu

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Members

Jordan

4th Kyu

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Daniel

5th Kyu

Jacques

4th Kyu

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Devon

6th Kyu

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Orlando

Ungraded

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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