KED Talk - Hard Yards at Budai with Ivo van Roij

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 0-year-old Ivo van Roij who hails from Tilburg in the Netherlands, where he started kendo at age 18. After graduating from design school in the Netherlands, Ivo went to Japan to study on the Budo Specialisation Program at the International Budo University. After leaving Budai, he returned to his hometown where he started his own dojo which currently has about 40 members who practise kendo, iaido and kyudo. Ivo moved to Beverly Hills in 2018 and joined the West LA Kendo Club while studying there. After returning home, he became Dutch champion in 2019. After receiving a job offer from Sony, he moved again to Japan where he now lives and trains in Tokyo, as well as occasionally at kendo powerhouse, the University of Tsukuba.

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