Preston Kendo Club

Andy Norse Senior Instructor age 44

I Have trained in Kendo for over ten years now and have gained the rank of Yondan (4th) My next goal is to gain my Godan (5th) and My long term goal is to to see Kendo develop and hopefully see people get as much from training as i have!

 Ged Reynolds BKA Level 1 Assistant Instructor age 49 

I started training in Kendo September 2002 at the age of 44, i always wanted to try Kendo but never lived close enough to a dojo until Preston opened.

I acheived the rank of Shodan in 2005, and would like to achieve Nidan as a personal goal which is an ambition but i train to improve myself as a whole on mind body and spirit, not primarily to acheive a higher grade.

having practiced Judo,Shotokan Karate and Aikido, when younger, Kendo for me is the most satisfying art i have practiced.

Personal likes  Reading, Movies sci-fi and fantasy fiction, walking!

 Dave Cuming BKA Level 1 Assistant Instructor age 55

Having trained in Martial Arts for over 44yrs in Judo, Aikido and Karate, i started training in Kendo over 8yrs ago, and have gained my Shodan, my future goal is purely to improve my Kendo, i have no interest in Grading i'll leave the ambitions to the younger guys!!!

i currently train in Shotokan/Goju-Ryu Karate and am a Senior Instructor, but Kendo is something completely different! maybe i just like hitting people! only Joking!!

Likes!!  Action Films, Flying Radio Control Model Aircraft, Chinese food! or any food really as long as its good!! Budweiser! and Money although i dont posess much and certainly not enough!