The Syracuse Kendo Club is a student-run club founded in 2007. The club trains its members to strengthen their bodies, mind, and spirit to participate in various tournaments and rank tests.
Jennifer Chen ties her tenugai, a multipurpose Japanese traditional towel used in kendo, for club practice in Syracuse, New York on Feb. 12, 2021. The Syracuse Kendo Club is a student-run club founded in 2007. The club trains its members to strengthen their bodies, mind, and spirit to participate in various tournaments and rank tests. (Photograph by Marc Cuenca)
The Syracuse Kendo Club practices with the Cornell Kendo Club for the first time since 2021 due to COVID-19 restrictions in Ithaca, New York on Feb. 26, 2022. The Syracuse Kendo Club is a student-run club founded in 2007. The club trains its members to strengthen their bodies, mind, and spirit to participate in various tournaments and rank tests. (Photograph by Marc Cuenca)
From right, Cooper Dawson tutors Peter Zhao how to tie the kendogu, training armour used primarily in the Japanese martial art of kendo, on April 15, 2022. The Syracuse Kendo Club is a student-run club founded in 2007. The club trains its members to strengthen their bodies, mind, and spirit to participate in various tournaments and rank tests. (Photograph by Marc Cuenca)
The Syracuse Kendo Club and Cornell Kendo Club end their practice session in Ithaca, New York on Feb. 26, 2022. The Syracuse Kendo Club is a student-run club founded in 2007. The club trains its members to strengthen their bodies, mind, and spirit to participate in various tournaments and rank tests. (Photograph by Marc Cuenca)
Francis Bingtao Tang practices his footwork during the Syracuse Kendo Club practice session in Syracuse, New York on March 4, 2022. The Syracuse Kendo Club is a student-run club founded in 2007. The club trains its members to strengthen their bodies, mind, and spirit to participate in various tournaments and rank tests. (Photograph by Marc Cuenca)
Cooper Dawson performs zarei, a sitting bow, to honor the training space available to the kendo club in Syracuse, New York on Feb. 11, 2021. The Syracuse Kendo Club is a student-run club founded in 2007. The club trains its members to strengthen their bodies, mind, and spirit to participate in various tournaments and rank tests. (Photograph by Marc Cuenca)
Members of the Syrcause Kendo Club set their equipment aside before practice in Syracuse, New York on March 4, 2022. The Syracuse Kendo Club is a student-run club founded in 2007. The club trains its members to strengthen their bodies, mind, and spirit to participate in various tournaments and rank tests. (Photograph by Marc Cuenca)
Zara Dafoe prepares to engage Ayaka Quesen in kendo tournament practice in Syracuse, New York on March 11, 2022. The Syracuse Kendo Club is a student-run club founded in 2007. The club trains its members to strengthen their bodies, mind, and spirit to participate in various tournaments and rank tests. (Photograph by Marc Cuenca)
From left, Peter Zhao and Cooper Dawson practice their men strikes, a long slashing stroke that falls on the centre-line of the head, for club practice in Syracuse, New York on April 15, 2022. The Syracuse Kendo Club is a student-run club founded in 2007. The club trains its members to strengthen their bodies, mind, and spirit to participate in various tournaments and rank tests. (Photograph by Marc Cuenca)
Zara Dafoe prepares to engage Ayaka Quesen in kendo tournament practice in Syracuse, New York on March 11, 2022. The Syracuse Kendo Club is a student-run club founded in 2007. The club trains its members to strengthen their bodies, mind, and spirit to participate in various tournaments and rank tests. (Photograph by Marc Cuenca)
Cooper Dawson and Jennifer Chen equip their kendogu, training armour used primarily in the Japanese martial art of kendo, for club practice in Syracuse, New York on Feb. 12, 2021. The Syracuse Kendo Club is a student-run club founded in 2007. The club trains its members to strengthen their bodies, mind, and spirit to participate in various tournaments and rank tests. (Photograph by Marc Cuenca)
Ayaka Quesen performs zarei, a sitting bow, to honor the training space available to the kendo club in Syracuse, New York on March 4, 2022.. The Syracuse Kendo Club is a student-run club founded in 2007. The club trains its members to strengthen their bodies, mind, and spirit to participate in various tournaments and rank tests. (Photograph by Marc Cuenca)
