{"id":432,"date":"2021-06-10T16:47:58","date_gmt":"2021-06-10T06:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kendovictoria.asn.au\/main\/?p=432"},"modified":"2021-06-13T15:58:36","modified_gmt":"2021-06-13T05:58:36","slug":"historical-posters-of-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kendovictoria.asn.au\/main\/historical-posters-of-events\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Archives &#8211; World Kendo Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The 18th World Kendo Championships were due to be held in Paris in May 2021. Due to COVID-19, the event was cancelled.<\/p>\n<p>The VKR recently found the AKR&#8217;s brochure supporting the Australian team heading to Korea in 2018. The brochure contained a number of articles on WKC events where the Australian Kendo teams took part. The brochure also included some amazing art work from previous official WKC Brochure front pages. Victoria has a proud history of sending competitors to WKC and we wonder how many of you recognize these covers?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kendovictoria.asn.au\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/001-First-WKC-1970.png\" alt=\"1st World Kendo Championships 1970\" class=\"wp-image-433\" width=\"514\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kendovictoria.asn.au\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/001-First-WKC-1970.png 724w, https:\/\/www.kendovictoria.asn.au\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/001-First-WKC-1970-300x215.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 514px) 100vw, 514px\" \/><figcaption>1st World Kendo Championships 1970<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"404\" height=\"520\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kendovictoria.asn.au\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/002-Second-WKC-1973.png\" alt=\"2nd WKC 1973\" class=\"wp-image-434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kendovictoria.asn.au\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/002-Second-WKC-1973.png 404w, https:\/\/www.kendovictoria.asn.au\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/002-Second-WKC-1973-233x300.png 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" \/><figcaption>2nd World Kendo Championships 1973<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"370\" height=\"524\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kendovictoria.asn.au\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/003-Third-WKC-1976.png\" alt=\"3rd WKC 1976\" class=\"wp-image-435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kendovictoria.asn.au\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/003-Third-WKC-1976.png 370w, https:\/\/www.kendovictoria.asn.au\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/003-Third-WKC-1976-212x300.png 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 370px) 100vw, 370px\" \/><figcaption>3rd World Kendo Championships 1976<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"378\" height=\"527\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kendovictoria.asn.au\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/004-Fourth-WKC-1979.png\" alt=\"4th WKC 1979\" class=\"wp-image-436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kendovictoria.asn.au\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/004-Fourth-WKC-1979.png 378w, https:\/\/www.kendovictoria.asn.au\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/004-Fourth-WKC-1979-215x300.png 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 378px) 100vw, 378px\" \/><figcaption>4th World Kendo Championships 1979<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"381\" height=\"526\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kendovictoria.asn.au\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/005-Fifth-WKC-1982.png\" alt=\"5th WKC 1982\" class=\"wp-image-437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kendovictoria.asn.au\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/005-Fifth-WKC-1982.png 381w, https:\/\/www.kendovictoria.asn.au\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/005-Fifth-WKC-1982-217x300.png 217w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 381px) 100vw, 381px\" \/><figcaption>5th World Kendo Championships 1982<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"368\" height=\"521\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kendovictoria.asn.au\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/006-Sixth-WKC-1985.png\" alt=\"6th WKC 1985\" class=\"wp-image-451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kendovictoria.asn.au\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/006-Sixth-WKC-1985.png 368w, https:\/\/www.kendovictoria.asn.au\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/006-Sixth-WKC-1985-212x300.png 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 368px) 100vw, 368px\" \/><figcaption>6th World Kendo Championships 1985<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"377\" height=\"524\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kendovictoria.asn.au\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/007-Seventh-WKC-1988.png\" alt=\"7th WKC 1988\" class=\"wp-image-453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kendovictoria.asn.au\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/007-Seventh-WKC-1988.png 377w, https:\/\/www.kendovictoria.asn.au\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/007-Seventh-WKC-1988-216x300.png 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 377px) 100vw, 377px\" \/><figcaption>7th World Kendo Championships 1988<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"408\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kendovictoria.asn.au\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/008-Eighth-WKC-1991-1.png\" alt=\"8th World Kendo Championships 1991\" class=\"wp-image-456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kendovictoria.asn.au\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/008-Eighth-WKC-1991-1.png 408w, https:\/\/www.kendovictoria.asn.au\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/008-Eighth-WKC-1991-1-234x300.png 234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 408px) 100vw, 408px\" \/><figcaption>8th World Kendo Championships 1991<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"383\" height=\"524\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kendovictoria.asn.au\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/009-Ninth-WKC-1994.png\" alt=\"9th World Kendo Championships 1994\" class=\"wp-image-455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kendovictoria.asn.au\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/009-Ninth-WKC-1994.png 383w, https:\/\/www.kendovictoria.asn.au\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/009-Ninth-WKC-1994-219x300.png 219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 383px) 100vw, 383px\" \/><figcaption>9th World Kendo Championships 1994<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"387\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kendovictoria.asn.au\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/010-Tenth-WKC-1997.png\" alt=\"10th World Kendo Championships 1997\" class=\"wp-image-457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kendovictoria.asn.au\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/010-Tenth-WKC-1997.png 387w, https:\/\/www.kendovictoria.asn.au\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/010-Tenth-WKC-1997-218x300.png 218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 387px) 100vw, 387px\" \/><figcaption>10th World Kendo Championships 1997\nBrochure front page<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"412\" height=\"526\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kendovictoria.asn.au\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/011-Eleventh-WKC-2000.png\" alt=\"11th World Kendo Championships 2000\" class=\"wp-image-458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kendovictoria.asn.au\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/011-Eleventh-WKC-2000.png 412w, https:\/\/www.kendovictoria.asn.au\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/011-Eleventh-WKC-2000-235x300.png 235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 412px) 100vw, 412px\" \/><figcaption>11th World Kendo Championships 2000\nBrochure front page\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"367\" height=\"521\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kendovictoria.asn.au\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/013-Thirteenth-WKC-2006.png\" alt=\"13th World Kendo Championships 2006\" class=\"wp-image-459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kendovictoria.asn.au\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/013-Thirteenth-WKC-2006.png 367w, https:\/\/www.kendovictoria.asn.au\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/013-Thirteenth-WKC-2006-211x300.png 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 367px) 100vw, 367px\" \/><figcaption>13th World Kendo Championships 2006\nBrochure front page<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"389\" height=\"526\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kendovictoria.asn.au\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/014-Fourteenth-WKC-2009.png\" alt=\"14th World Kendo Championships 2009\" class=\"wp-image-461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kendovictoria.asn.au\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/014-Fourteenth-WKC-2009.png 389w, https:\/\/www.kendovictoria.asn.au\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/014-Fourteenth-WKC-2009-222x300.png 222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 389px) 100vw, 389px\" \/><figcaption>14th World Kendo Championships 2009<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"495\" height=\"702\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kendovictoria.asn.au\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/015-Fifteenth-WKC-2012.png\" alt=\"15th World Kendo Championships 2012\" class=\"wp-image-462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kendovictoria.asn.au\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/015-Fifteenth-WKC-2012.png 495w, https:\/\/www.kendovictoria.asn.au\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/015-Fifteenth-WKC-2012-212x300.png 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><figcaption>15th World Kendo Championships 2012<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"504\" height=\"702\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kendovictoria.asn.au\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/016-Sixteenth-WKC-2015.png\" alt=\"16th World Kendo Championships 2015\" class=\"wp-image-463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kendovictoria.asn.au\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/016-Sixteenth-WKC-2015.png 504w, https:\/\/www.kendovictoria.asn.au\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/016-Sixteenth-WKC-2015-215x300.png 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><figcaption>16th World Kendo Championships 2015<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 18th World Kendo Championships were due to be held in Paris in May 2021. Due to COVID-19, the event was cancelled. The VKR recently found the AKR&#8217;s brochure supporting the Australian team heading to Korea in 2018. The brochure contained a number of articles on WKC events where the Australian Kendo teams took part.&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kendovictoria.asn.au\/main\/historical-posters-of-events\/\" class=\"themebutton2\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-historical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kendovictoria.asn.au\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kendovictoria.asn.au\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kendovictoria.asn.au\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kendovictoria.asn.au\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kendovictoria.asn.au\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=432"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.kendovictoria.asn.au\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":549,"href":"https:\/\/www.kendovictoria.asn.au\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432\/revisions\/549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kendovictoria.asn.au\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kendovictoria.asn.au\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kendovictoria.asn.au\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}