{"id":26,"date":"2019-12-22T15:10:42","date_gmt":"2019-12-22T15:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/transfer.oxfordkendo.club\/?page_id=26"},"modified":"2026-03-02T13:24:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T13:24:54","slug":"instructors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oxfordkendo.club\/index.php\/instructors\/","title":{"rendered":"Members"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>INSTRUCTORS &amp; OFFICERS<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yasuyuki Hiyama (7<sup>th<\/sup> Dan, Kyoshi, Nanadan) &#8211; Head Sensei, Former GB Kendo National Team Head Coach, L4 BKA Coach<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ryosuke Kato Sensei (7th Dan, Nanadan)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zenjiro Hamada Sensei (7th Dan, Nanadan)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Louie Chen Sensei (5<sup>th<\/sup> Dan, Godan) &#8211; Club Manager &amp; Dojo Leader, First Aider, L2 BKA Coach, DBS Former member of Taipei Kendokan, Georgia Kendo Association, Covina Dojo SCKF, Boston Shufukai Kendo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Luis Trabuco Sensei (5th Dan, Godan) &#8211; First Aider, L1 BKA Coach<br>Former member and founder of Associa\u00e7\u00e3o de Kendo de Macau and Clube Central de Kendo Macau<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alex Polley (3rd Dan, Sandan) &#8211; Oxford Kendo Club Treasurer and Secretary, First Aider <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scott Crowder (3rd Dan, Sandan) &#8211; Oxford Kendo DRC Officer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aris Kazourakis (2nd Dan, Nidan) &#8211; Oxford Kendo BKA Dojo Officer <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">YUDANSHA MEMBERS: <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Phil McLaughlin &#8211; 5th Dan, Godan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Akihiro Kudo &#8211; 4th Dan, Yondan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Richard Kupce &#8211; 4th Dan, Yondan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Salome Tsilosani &#8211; 3rd Dan, Sandan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>James Dolan &#8211; 3rd Dan, Sandan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jack Richardson &#8211; 3rd Dan, Sandan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jamie Lewis &#8211; 3rd Dan, Sandan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dominic McKenny &#8211; 2nd Dan, Nidan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Naomi Woods &#8211; 2nd Dan, Nidan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Xuefen Chen &#8211; 2nd Dan, Nidan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">MUDANSHA MEMBERS:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Liam Boyle<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Markos Ntoumpanakis<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additional junior members and beginners<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>INSTRUCTORS &amp; OFFICERS: Yasuyuki Hiyama (7th Dan, Kyoshi, Nanadan) &#8211; Head Sensei, Former GB Kendo National Team Head Coach, L4 BKA Coach Ryosuke Kato Sensei (7th Dan, Nanadan) Zenjiro Hamada Sensei (7th Dan, Nanadan) Louie Chen Sensei (5th Dan, Godan) &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordkendo.club\/index.php\/instructors\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"kt_blocks_editor_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-26","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordkendo.club\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordkendo.club\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordkendo.club\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordkendo.club\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordkendo.club\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26"}],"version-history":[{"count":58,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordkendo.club\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":976,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordkendo.club\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26\/revisions\/976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordkendo.club\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}