KED Talk - From Competitor to Coach with Kate Sylvester

This is the Kendo Enlightened Discourse (KED) Talk series! This is a podcast-style series where we discuss vaguely kendo-related topics or whatever else comes to mind! In this episode, we talk with Renshi 6-dan Kate Sylvester. Shewas born in New Zealand and started kendo as a high school exchange student in Japan at the age of 15. She represented New Zealand at her first World Kendo Championships in 2000. Thereafter, Kate competed for Australia at every WKC between 2003-2015. At the 2018 WKC, she was head coach of the Australian national kendo team (women and men), leading Australia to their first medal placing. Currently residing in Sweden, Kate is now the head coach of the Swedish women's national kendo team and an assistant instructor at Föreningen Stockholms Kendo Allians (FSKA).

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