Kendo Club: Junior Captain

I started to practice kendo during this academic year. I had no idea about kendo when I first participated in the taster session. Fortunately, the committee and senior members provide a lot of help for us, including running the beginner sessions, answering questions, and so on. Due to their effort, I started to have a deeper understanding of kendo and fit into the society. This experience makes me realise the importance of committees in our society. I really appreciate what they did and have a desire to contribute to our Kendo Society. Therefore, I am standing to nominate the junior captain position.

In my opinion, the role of junior captain is indispensable. It is not only responsible for managing the beginner sessions but also plays an important role in answering questions, solving problems, and acting as a bridge between members and the committee in order to provide them with an enjoyable practice experience. Patience, responsibility, coordination, and communication skills are the essential abilities needed for this position. I am experienced in managing activities and communicating with others. I used to be the captain of the school orchestra during high school. My coordination skills were improved by helping teacher to manage the practices. As a recent class representative of the language module of CLIE, I have become experienced in communicating with other classmates and collecting feedback. I believe my experiences and skills could help me be competent in this job.

Basically, I love kendo and I am putting huge effort in practicing it. I attended most of beginner session since the start of this academic year, and started attending senior practice half way in term 2. I have made great progress with the training I had.

I am currently in year 1 so I have at least two more years here which means I have potential to do a lot works for kendo club and also make myself progressed. I think with more training in the future, I could be able to lead the junior practice with such progress.

I believe I can fullfil the obligation of this position because I have been doing similar job for past few years. I was the president of drama club, also president of student union of my high school. These experiences enabled me to organise events very well in communicating with people and collaborating with teammates

In conclusion, I am very enthusiastic in kendo and able to organise the training well. I trust I can take the responsibility to lead the junior team. I won't let anyone disappointed.