Membership
Application and Fees (New as of 2020)
Shofukan
Kendo Dojo is an affiliated sister of Gedatsu Kendo Dojo under the
Southern California Kendo Federation and All United States Kendo
Federation. To join us as a member, the following 3-part requirements
for payments applies: (Forms are available
on bottom of this page for download).
- Annual Federation
Dues
- Dojo Dues
- Facility
Use Fee/Tuition
Part
1. Federation Dues.
SCKF
and AUSKF Dues are collected by Shofukan Kendo Dojo, but are paid
to SCKF and AUSKF. This fee is required for insurance coverage.
Additionally, federation membership is also required whenever participating
in rank testing and competitions.
AGE
|
SCKF+AUSKF
DUES
|
17
and under |
$44
|
18
years and over and full-time student |
$56
|
18
and over and not full-time student |
$86
|
AUSKF
New Member Registration
|
$10
One Time Fee (New Members Only)
|
(Federation membership period runs from 1st of April on the current
year until the end of March the following year. Fees are not pro-rated).
Part
2. Dojo Dues.
Dojo
Membership Dues are collected once a year for those who are official
members of Shofukan Kendo Dojo. Membership period runs concurrent
with SCKF and AUSKF from 1st of April until the end of March the
following year. Dojo dues are not pro-rated.
AGE
|
SHOFUKAN
KENDO DOJO DUES
|
All
ages |
$25
per year
|
Part
3. Facilities use fee/Tuition
Facility
Use Fees applies to the rental of the practice facility at JCC and
other overhead expenses. The same rate is used for both Shofukan
Kendo Dojo members, youth program members, as well as visitors alike.
JCC picture ID will be provided to all fee paying participants.
Students of the youth program will also receive regular dedicated
youth-specific kendo instruction from our volunteer instructor until
they are authorized to transition to the regular open-practice portion
by the head instructor.
Facility
Use Fee/Tuition
|
Cost
|
Quarterly
Pass
|
$78
|
Annual
Pass (Best Value)
|
$280
(Only $2.80
Per Hour)
|
If starting practice mid-quarter or mid-year, Facility Use Fee
and Tuition will be pro-rated.
*Full
time students participating only in the adult open practice
(Excluding those in the youth instructional program) will receive
a student discount for facilities use and tuition on a quarterly
basis. AUSKF affiliated federation membership required.
Use
Fee/Tuition for Full Time Students
|
Cost
|
Quarterly
Open Practice Pass
|
$45
per quarter
|
Sign-Up
Forms:
If you would
like to join, print and complete the following forms and submit
(by mail or in-person), along with your payment prior to your
first day of practice. Forms are available for download here
(PDF):
FULL
REGISTRATION PACKET (Contains AUSKF waiver, dojo waiver,
payment form, membership agreement, dojo rules, beginner information).
If you only
need the individual forms and not entire packets, they are available
for download here:
Please excuse
any incomplete areas of our website. Our site is still under contruction
and photographs are still being collected and sorted. We expect
sections of our site will be updated gradually over the next few
weeks. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
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