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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

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.

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.

Kadima
A.K.A. Mike
2nd Dan

Yolandi
1st Dan
Dojo Secretary

Danyaal
1st Dan

Gideon
1st Kyu

Mark
2nd Kyu


Martin
2nd Dan

Denique
1st Dan
Safety Officer

Anke
1st Dan
Safety Officer

Dylan
1st Kyu

Theunis
4th Kyu

Members
Jordan
4th Kyu

Daniel
5th Kyu
Jacques
4th Kyu

Devon
6th Kyu

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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