Established in the Spring of '98, we have seen tremendous growth and have been widely recognized throughout the Purdue and Greater Lafayette area with efforts to educate the community about the martial art of Kendo.

The Purdue Kendo Club began as an informal meeting between a few students who wished to spar and maintain their Kendo skills. The founding fathers of the club were Shinsaku Ozaki, who is currently a member of the Miami Valley Kendo Dojo of Dayton, OH and Yoshi Kurokawa of the Chicago Kendo Dojo.

The club was officially recognized by the University in April of 1998, and has been maintained ever since by Kerry Tamura (instructor and '98 - '99 president).

The Purdue Kendo Club takes an active role in educating children, as young as 8, to adults.  We perform numerous demonstrations in local high schools, university functions, as well as being televised on the CBS affiliate, WLFI, channel 18.