OSI Kendo - University of Oslo Kendo Club

Some of our OSI members represented Norway at the European Kendo Championships in Montenegro last weekend.🥵

Both the men's and women's teams advanced from the group stage, delivering solid performances throughout the tournament. It was a great showing and another important step in the development of Norwegian Kendo!🌟🇳🇴

A huge thank you to all the athletes, coach, the management team, and especially everyone back home who followed the competition and supported us, both on and off screen. Your encouragement means a lot! 🔥🔥🙌

That’s a wrap for Oslo Friendly Open 2026 — and it truly was friendly 😄✨

Big congrats to everyone who competed and passed their exams!

Special shoutout to our members:
🥈 Aleks – Open
🥇 Aleks, Julian & Håkon – Teams
🔥 Julian – Fighting Spirit Open class

Thanks to all shinpans, volunteers and Oslo Kendoklubb who made the event possible
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#オスロ大学

Last weekend we participated in the annual spring seminar in Helsinki 🇫🇮

Despite the freezing temperatures outside, the atmosphere inside was truly warm and inspiring. We learned so much from the renowned instructors Yagisawa sensei, Furusawa sensei, and Shinzato sensei from Nippon Sport Science University 🙇‍♂️

We also had a bless training alongside kendokas from different countries and share our passion for kendo ⚔️ 💫

Huge thanks to the Finnish Kendo Federation and the Swedish Kendo Federation for making this seminar possible through their collaboration!

What a weekend! Aleks and Linda (plus Tormod from Sørvest Kendoklubb!) had an absolute blast at the Swedish Kendo Federation's Winter Camp in Skellefteå led by Murakami Raita sensei✨✨! So much learning, so much fun. 🔥🔥🔥

🤯 WHAT A WEEKEND!🤯

The 2025 edition of National Championship was absolutely AMAZING, full of emotional highs and incredible performances! Our club absolutely shone, bringing home a haul of medals and earning some fresh Dan grades!

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🏅 MEDALS

Hantei Class:
🥉 Zahra

Ladies Class:
🔥 Zahra (Fighting Spirit)
🥉 Linda
🥉 Alice
🥈 Marianne

Open Class:
🔥 Alice (Fighting Spirit)
🥉 Aleks
Quarter-Finalists: Linda and Nikolai

Teams:
🔥 Linda (Fighting Spirit)
🥈 Linda, Aleks & Håkon (Alice in spirit!)

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✨ NEW DAN GRADES!!✨

Huge congratulations to our newly graded members! You've earned it!

1️⃣ Dan: Zahra & Vegard

3️⃣ Dan: Nikolai

We are so proud of everyone who competed and supported! More so we are really happy to see a growing and supporting women’s kendo community in Norway. The future is bright 🌟

Great representation from Norway at Stockholm Open 2025! 🥉🥇

Big congrats to our very own Aleks (OSI), Tormod (Sørvest Kendoklubb), and Shunya (Bergen Kendoklubb) for taking 3rd place in teams! 💪

Also big kudos to our national coach Masaki for winning Gold with Debananas in the team competition! 🏆🔥

Let’s keep fighting!

✨Big congratulations to our very own Marianne with 🥉3rd place in ladies senior category at Mameido cup 2025!🎉 Well fought🔥