Ivanovo will become the capital of Russian kendo for the first time

From November 1 to 3, Ivanovo will host the Russian Kendo Championship for the first time. About 300 strongest athletes from 25 regions of the country will gather at the Palace of Games Sports. The opening ceremony of the tournament will be held on November 2 at 13:00, the entrance for spectators will be free, the department of sports of the region reported.

The competition is organized by the All-Russian Kendo Federation and the Ivanovo Kendo School with the support of the regional Department of Sports. During three days, the audience will see personal fights of men and women, meetings of boys and girls aged 11 to 17 years, as well as team tournaments. In addition, the program includes an exam for obtaining degrees 1-3 dan.

For the Ivanovo region will cheer 15 athletes of the local Federation. Among them are the winner of last year’s Russian Championship Peter Lysov, the winner of international competitions in Vietnam in the women’s team tournament Natalia Stepanova and the winner of the national championship in the team Alexander Tsukanov.

The main sporting result of the tournament is the formation of a list of candidates for the Russian national team. It will get winners in both personal and team standings. For guests and residents of the city, this is a rare opportunity to see for free spectacular bamboo sword fights, which are the basis of modern Japanese fencing, rooted in the samurai tradition.