Volume 39, number 1/2/3

January/February/March 2025

PNKF DATEBOOK

January 2025
1/11 – PNKF Board Meeting, 9-11am.
1/25 – Torrance Dojo 50th Anniversary Taikai, 8am, West High School, 20401 Victor St, Torrance, CA 90503.

February 2025
2/8 – Steveston Taikai, McMath High School, 9am, 4251 Garry St, Richmond, BC.
2/15 – PNKF Kendo Shinsa, Spartan Recreation Center, Shoreline, WA. Doors open at 12:15pm. Shinsa starts at 1:45pm.
2/22-23 – FIK America Zone Shinpan Seminar in LA.

March 2025
3/1-2 – All Japan Champion Tour, Tetsuhiko Murakami. [CANCELLED]
3/15 – PNKF Board Meeting, 9-11am.
3/17-24 – AJKF Kendo Leaders Seminar, Katuura, Chiba, Japan.
3/23 – 45th Annual Highline Challenge Cup Kendo Taikai, White Center Community Center, Steve Cox Memorial Park, 1321 SW 102nd St, Seattle, WA, 10am, doors open 9am.
3/22-23 – Harvard Shoryuhai Taikai.
3/28-30 – PNKF Iaido Shinpan Seminar & Shinsa, Rain City Fencing Center, Bellevue, WA.

April 2025
4/?? – PNKF Kendo Shinsa in Oregon, TBD
4/11-13 – Seattle Cherry Blossom Festival.
4/12-13 – AUSKF Board Meeting and Shinsa.
4/19 – UW Taikai, UW Intramural Activities Building, Gym D, Seattle, WA. Doors open at 9am, Taikai starts at 10am.
4/26-27 – AUSKF Junior Open National Championships at Juanita High School, Kirkland, WA.

May 2025
5/10 – PNKF Board Meeting 9-11am.
5/17 – Bellevue Kendo Jr. Taikai, Highland Community Center, Bellevue, WA.
5/25 – Yuhihai Intercollegiate Taikai.
5/31 – Rose City Taikai.

June 2025
TBD.

July 2025
7/12 – PNKF Board Meeting, 9-11am.
7/17-20 – 13th US Nito Kendo Seminar, Meridian Idaho. Open to all levels of kenshi.
7/31-8/03 – AUSKF Iaido Seminar and Shinsa, Houston, TX.

August 2025
8/16 – PNKF Kendo Shinsa, Kent Commons, Kent, WA.
8/?? – AUSKF Kendo Summer Camp & Shinsa.

September 2025
9/13 – PNKF Board Meeting, 9-11am.
9/?? – Northwest Kendo Jr. Taikai, TBD.
9/?? – Iaido Fall Seminar and Shinsa.

October 2025
10/?? – PNKF Kendo Shinsa Oregon, TBD.
10/?? – Tacoma Kendo Taikai, TBD.

November 2025
11/1 – PNKF Taikai, Kent Commons, Kent, WA.
11/22 – PNKF Board Meeting and General Election, 9-11am.

December 2025
TBD.

BHSK Taikai, January 18th, 2025, Seattle, WA

Non Bogu Division                          Junior Division
1st – T. Takeuchi, Kirkland                1st – K. Sato, Kirkland
2nd – Y. Takeuchi, Kirkland                2nd – Y. Iwao, Bellevue

Adult Kyu                                          Young Dans
1st – B. Ridler, Kirkland                     1st – J. Marsten, Sno-King
2nd – L. Naylor, Bellevue                   2nd – R. Ramirez-Monroy, Sno-King
3rd – A. Perez, Kirkland
3rd – T. Ruppert, Kirkland

Top Gun                               
1st – L. Tsybert, Bellevue
2nd – J. Chen, Kirkland

Junior Team
1st – Team Viper (K. Sato, T. Kodera, E. Lau)
2nd – Team Payback (C. Ridler, J. Songy, L. Naylor)
3rd – Team Goose (S. Sinex, K. Sinex, Y. Iwao)

Team
1st – Team Payback (J. Songy, Y.C. Lee, N. Grimes, M. Rigler, J. Marsten)
2nd – Team Stinger (W. Le, J. Chen, K. Tohmon, J. Dobner, T. Patana)

North vs South Team Match:
1st – Team South (T. Kodera, E. Lau, W. Le, A. Yang, A. Gilmore, D. Shilov, L.Tsybert, T. Espinal, Y.C. Lee, J. Koplin)

PNKF KENDO SHINSA, February 15th, 2025, Shoreline, WA

6 KYU: Brad Nonaka (Northwest), Roy Shin (Tacoma), Bohmi Park (Kirkland), Eloise Sprague (Meadowbrook), Jonas Kelley (Tacoma)

5 KYU: Alina Soto (Northwest), Raven Lee (Bellevue), Kanoa Park (Kirkland), Sam Borillo (Bellevue), Enoch Chan (Kirkland), Corbin Clemente (Meadowbrook)

4 KYU: Violett Lapitan (Kirkland), Ryunoske Yokoo (Northwest), Jennifer Kikuchi (Cascade), Shin Wu (Northwest), Samuel Sim (Federal Way), Tomoko Johnson (Seattle), Rich Nakatsu (Seattle), Noah Gaines (Lilac City), Jess King (Edmonds)

3 KYU: Akira Schacht (Lilac City), Takumi Tanimura (Edmonds), Nathan Kim (Northwest), Kenji Rafael (Edmonds), Shaun Murray (Kirkland), Tadeo Soper (Lilac City), Toby Kodera (Bellevue), Omar Shakeel (Seattle), Juubei Kiyohara (Federal Way), Jackson Songy (Kirkland), Musashi Blair (Cascade), Asher Hansen (UW), Benjamin Hebert (UW), Tomo Kunz-Taguchi (UW), Marcelo Cunningham (Seattle), Cassie LaDuke (Tacoma), Sarah Grill (Tacoma), Timothy Speer (Bellevue), Michael Fontana (Northwest), Shawn Smith (Edmonds), Mandy Hsu (Bellevue), Joseph Dobner (Kirkland), Hani Shakeel (Seattle)

2 KYU: Kiki Sato (Kirkland), Seiji Lee (Bellevue), Koya Sinex (Kirkland), Clara Kim (Northwest), Ray Kawamoto (Bellevue), Seoyeoun Jeon (Bellevue), Evan Kirkpatrick (UW), Anya-Rose Kelly (UW), Malia Kubodera (UW), Lily Lashmet (UW), Heather OCorry-Crowe (UW), Isabelle Martin (UW), Patrick Larimer (Idaho), Andi Anderson (Seattle), Minjeong Ko (Seattle), Aaron Scull (Seattle), Devon Harper (Lilac City), Andrei Korostelev (Edmonds), Adam Gaines (Lilac City), Jeoung Hee Ahn (Sno-King), Creighton Don (Bellevue)

1 KYU: Connor Burke (Kent), Sora Tanaka (Edmonds), Filip Dumitrescu (Edmonds), Jorin Kiyohara (Federal Way), Marcus Borillo (Bellevue), Nurivan Gomez (Bellevue), Patrick Heller (UW), Benjamin Lonc (Seattle), Andrew McGinnis (Northwest), Brandon Ridler (Kirkland), Alex Derrick (Northwest), Nobi Konno (Cascade), Charles Dolera (Northwest)

1 DAN: Saiichi Johnson (Seattle), Ivan Wiley (Portland), Andrew Schacht (Lilac City), Aiden Malone (Obukan), Emerson Lau (Bellevue), Alexander Field (Federal Way), Kaleb Borum (Lilac City), Sunil Jain (OSU), Jordan Indrawan (OSU), Andrew Fan (UW), Taisei Summerhays (Kenchikai), Logan Lewis (Obukan), Majestik Remmu (Seattle), Alexander Rossi (Lilac City), Nghia Ngo (Obukan), Lucy Yang (Seattle), Scott Fleishman (Portland), Stephen Hsieh (Kirkland), Eric Wiley (Portland), Jingyi Zhang (Northwest), Alex Yang (Bellevue), Anastasia Kopcha (Tacoma), Patrick Lau (Bellevue), Sean Wales (Northwest)

2 DAN: Salvatore Faso (Bellevue), Dan Terao (Cascade), Ju-ah Paik (Tacoma), Junsei Tanizaki (HKF), Xijian Wang (Cascade), Brandon Wied (OSU), Wenqian Liu (Portland), Molivan Tuy (Bellevue), Nathan Westlund (Lilac City), Patrick Dunlap (Evergreen), Kumi Abe (Edmonds)

3 DAN: Koji Tohmon (Sno-King), Suepapone Vanasouk (Cascade), Connor Mulcahy (Cascade), Hien Nguyen (Edmonds), Matt Miyamoto (Northwest)

4 DAN: Stephen Ting (Northwest), Yun Chung Lee (Bellevue)

Volume 38, number 10/11/12

October/November/December 2024

PNKF DATEBOOK

October 2024
10/6 – Northwest Kendo Junior Taikai, Sun, 1pm, North Seattle Church, 2150 N 122nd St. Seattle, WA 98133.
10/12 – Tacoma Women’s Kendo Taikai, 10am, Curtis Junior High School, 3725 Grandview Dr W, University Place, WA 98466.
10/12 – Kendo Seminar led by Shinichi Koike sensei, Saturday 1-6pm, Cedar Hills Recreation Center, 11640 SW Park Way, Portland, OR 97225.
10/13 – Kendo Shinsa up to 1 Kyu, Sunday, 10am Doors Open, 11:30am start, IRCO Community Center, 10323 NE Glisan St, Portland, OR 97220.

November 2024
11/2 – PNKF Kendo Taikai, Doors Open 8am, Opening Ceremonies 9:30am, Curtis Junior High School, 3725 Grandview Dr W, University Place, WA 98466.
11/9 – AUSKF Board Meeting and Shinsa.
11/10 – Kodansha Shinsa, Torrance, CA, Sunday, 12:10pm Start, West High School, 20401 Victor St, Torrance, CA 90503.
11/16 – PNKF Board Meeting and General Election, 9-11am.

December 2024
TBD

NORTHWEST JUNIOR TAIKAI, October 6th, 2024, Seattle, WA

10 and Under                                11-12
1st – T. Tanimura, Edmonds          1st – N. Kim, Northwest
2nd – S. Nakayama, Camas          2nd – S. Ara, Renbu
3rd – K. Lin, Steveston                   3rd – I. Taguchi, Renbu
3rd – K. Takeuchi, Camas              3rd – J. Takeuchi, Camas

13-15                                              Girls 13+
1st – S. Johnson, Seattle               1st – E. Chui, Steveston
2nd – M. Tanimura, Edmonds        2nd – H. Ara, Renbu
3rd – C. Kim, Northwest                 3rd – K. Sato, Kirkland
3rd – R. Yokoo, Northwest             3rd – N. Underhill, Northwest

16+                                 
1st – J. Yu, Northwest
2nd – C. Liao, Renbu
3rd – M. Lin, Steveston
3rd – N. Mabale, Seattle

Team
1st – H. Park (Kirkland), O. Chen (Steveston), S. Lee (Bellevue), H. Ara (Renbu), J. Yu (Northwest)
2nd – R. Shin (Tacoma), T. Tanimura (Edmonds), K. Sinex (Kirkland), L. Naylor (Bellevue), D. Terao (Cascade)
3rd – D. Takeuchi (Camas), V. Lapitan (Kirkland), H. Bae (Steveston), S. Johnson (Seattle), S. Faso (Bellevue)
3rd – K. Takeuchi (Camas), H. Johnson (Seattle), C. Kim (Northwest), A. Chen (Steveston), A. Yuen (Seattle)

Shinpan Cho – Ryuichi Shimizu
Taikai Chair – Tory Kim
Sportsmanship Pledge – Clara Kim
Future Star Spirit Award – Nina Underhill

PNKF KENDO SHINSA, October 13th, 2024, Portland, OR

6 KYU: Lincoln Cowell (Redmond)

5 KYU: Ken Takeuchi (Camas), Benaiah Soriano (Camas)

4 KYU: Chris Kobata (Camas), Shinichi Nakayama (Camas), Hiro Johnson (Seattle), Ray Dinsmore (Camas), Luca Guidi (Seattle), Nolan Deschuytter (Camas), Valentina Velez (Portland)

3 KYU: Allen Kaufman (Portland), Julia Alexander (Obukan), Braden Jack (OSU), William Peacor (OSU), Amir Zinatulin (OSU), Samantha Barondyck (OSU), Keri Michalski (Portland), Peter Konneker (Camas), Amy Howes (Redmond), Domonic Ceccarelli (Obukan), Yoshie Sasaki (Portland)

2 KYU: Julianne Pho (Obukan), Kirihiro Onishi (Obukan), Joey Matsuno (Obukan), Jonathan King (Kenchikai), Xuanyu Bai (Obukan), Chad Emerick (Portland), Filip Alexandrov (Obukan), Chiharu Dinsmore (Camas), Perla Ibarra (Camas), Michiyo Okuhara (Camas), David Gage (Camas)

1 KYU: Joe Takeuchi (Camas), Saiichi Johnson (Seattle), Sunil Jain (OSU), Nghia Ngo (Obukan), Scott Fleishman (Portland), Johnna Loreen (Portland), Caleb Foster (Redmond), Chikako McNutt (Idaho)

INAUGURAL TACOMA WOMEN’S TAIKAI, October 12th, 2024, Tacoma, WA

18 and Above                               17 and Under
1st – N. Fracassi, Renbu               1st – H. Ara, Renbu
2nd – Y. Kamiya, Renbu                 2nd – R. Liao, Renbu
3rd – H. Tominaga, Renbu             3rd – C. Kim, Northwest
3rd – J. Zhu, HSSK

Teams      
1st – Sub Alpine Fir: H. Ara, Y. Hong, J. Kurahashi

48TH ANNUAL PNKF TAIKAI, November 2nd, 2024, Tacoma, WA

10 and Under                                  11-12
1st – T. Tanimura, Edmonds             1st – S. Ara, Renbu
2nd – I. Nakamura, Youshinkan        2nd – I. Taguchi, Renbu
3rd – Y. Kobayashi, Youshinkan        3rd – J. Etsumi, Hawaii
3rd – S. Nakayama, Camas              3rd – S. Harada, Renbu

13-15                                                 0-4 Kyu
1st – S. Johnson, Seattle                  1st – M. Fontana, Northwest
2nd – L. Chen, Oakland                    2nd – A. Hansen, UW
3rd – M. Tanimura, Edmonds            3rd – B. Hebert, UW
3rd – Ka. Yoshimura, Renbu             3rd – S. Stroud, Idaho

3-1 Kyu                                             1-2 Dan
1st – Y. Engen, Vancouver                1st – C. Liao, Renbu
2nd – A. Malone, Obukan                  2nd – N. Son, Renbu
3rd – A. Fan, UW                               3rd – Ke. Yoshimura, Renbu
3rd – P. Heller, UW                            3rd – I. Hwang, Renbu

3 Dan                                                 4 Dan and Above
1st – S. Nichols, Youshinkan              1st – R. Asato, Vancouver
2nd – S. Miyashita, Sturgeon              2nd – T. Hamanaka, Youshinkan
3rd – Y. C. Lee, Bellevue                    3rd – K. Kobayashi, Youshinkan
3rd – Y. Zhao, Seattle                         3rd – B. Fukutomi, Hawaii

Women’s Kyu                                    Women’s Dan
1st – N. Underhill, Northwest              1st – J. Paik, Tacoma
2nd – A. Fukuda, UW                          2nd – B. Park, Edmonds
3rd – Y. Wu, UW                                  3rd – H. Tominaga, Renbu
3rd – E. Wong, UW                             3rd – A. Fukushima, Vancouver

Master’s                                
1st – J. Kurahashi, Renbu
2nd – J. Y. Suk, UBC
3rd – M. Nelson, Spokane
3rd – M. Mabale, Seattle

Junior Team
1st – Oakland (K. Onishi, S. Nakayama, L. Chen, Ju. Kiyohara, V. Chen)
2nd – Renbu A (R. Liao, S. Ara, H. Ara, I. Taguchi, Ka. Yoshimura)
3rd – Youshinkan A (Y. Kobayashi, T. Shirai, M. Shirai, S. Tango, A. Kobayashi)
3rd – Steveston A (H. Bae, E. Tang, R. Kao, O. Chen, A. Chen)

Senior Team
1st – Renbu (N. Son, C. Liao, N. Fracassi, H. Homma, Ke. Yoshimura)
2nd – Seattle (R. Lei, Y. Zhao, A. Mabale, A. Yuen, G. Suzaka)
3rd – Vancouver (Y. Engen, A. Fukushima, R. Asato, K. Akutsu, H. Kim)
3rd – Hawaii (J. Tanizaki, S. Etsumi, K. Chun, B. Fukutomi, S. Oh)

Shinpan Cho – Doug Imanishi
Taikai Co-Chairs – Tiarnan Marsten & Sue Vanasouk
Sportsmanship Pledge – Alec Yuen
Shoji Inspirational Award – Saiichi Johnson
President’s Award – Yuka Underhill

Volume 38, number 7/8/9

July/August/September 2024

PNKF DATEBOOK

July 2024
7/4-7 – World Kendo Championships, Milan, Italy.
7/20 – PNKF Board Meeting, 9-11am.
7/27 – Kata Seminar 11am-4pm and Godo Keiko 4-5pm, Kent Commons Community Center 525 4th Ave N, Kent, WA 9803.

August 2024
8/16-18 – AUSKF Summer Camp and Shinsa, Las Vegas, Nevada.
8/24 – PNKF Kendo Shinsa, Kent Commons.
8/24-26- Iaido 7 Dan examination, Recreation Centre at BC Institute of Technology, Building SE16, 3700 Willingdon Avenue, Burnaby, BC V5G 3H2.

September 2024
9/4-7 – Seattle Kendo Kai 100 Year + Taikai, Mercer Island Community & Event Center, 8236 SE 24th St, Mercer Island, WA, 98040.
9/21 – PNKF Board Meeting, 9-11am.
9/27-29 – Iaido Fall Seminar, Taikai and Shinsa.
9/28 – Seattle Education Shinpan Seminar (tentative).

October 2024
10/6 – Northwest Kendo Junior Taikai, Sun, 1pm, North Seattle Church, 2150 N 122nd St. Seattle, WA 98133.
10/12 – Tacoma Women’s Kendo Taikai, 10am, Curtis Junior High School, 3725 Grandview Dr W, University Place, WA 98466.
10/12 – Kendo Seminar led by Shinichi Koike sensei, Saturday 1-6pm, Cedar Hills Recreation Center, 11640 SW Park Way, Portland, OR 97225.
10/13 – Kendo Shinsa up to 1 Kyu, Sunday, 10am Doors Open, 11:30am start, IRCO Community Center, 10323 NE Glisan St, Portland, OR 97220.

November 2024
11/2 – PNKF Kendo Taikai, Curtis Junior High School, 3725 Grandview Dr W, University Place, WA 98466.
11/9 – AUSKF Board Meeting and Shinsa.
11/10 – Kodansha Shinsa, Torrance, CA, Sunday, 12:10pm Start, West High School, 20401 Victor St, Torrance, CA 90503.
11/16 – PNKF Board Meeting and General Election, 9-11am.

December 2024
TBD

AUSKF KODANSHA SHINSA, August 18th, 2024, Houston, Texas

5 DAN: Steve Guidi (Seattle)

6 DAN: Motoya Nakamura (Obukan)

PNKF KENDO SHINSA, August 24th, 2024, Kent, Washington

6 KYU: Magnus Hayes (Kent), Corbin Clemente (Meadowbrook), Alina Soto (Northwest)

4 KYU: Takumi Tanimura (Edmonds), Akira Schacht (Spokane), Cameron Ridler (Kirkland), Omar Shakeel (Seattle), Jack Brower (Kent), Toby Kodera (Bellevue), Jackson Songy (Kirkland), Marcelo Cunningham (Seattle), Raymond Pitka (Seattle), Michael Fontana (Northwest), Hani Shakeel (Seattle), Kwang Kim (Evergreen)

3 KYU: Kiki Sato (Kirkland), Rowen Nollette (Spokane), Raiyan Bin Toufiq Chowdhury (Bellevue), Koya Sinex (Kirkland), Levi Gaines (Spokane), Moya Nollette (Spokane), Alex Ge (Bellevue), Lucas Naylor (Bellevue), Anya-Rose Kelly (UW), Asa Valdovinos (Bellevue), Takara Truong (Edmonds), Renjie Zhu (Seattle), Derick Salamanca (Kent), Andi Anderson (Seattle), Aaron Scull (Seattle), Minjeong Ko (Seattle), Cary Carlson (Bellevue), Andrei Korostelev (Edmonds), Miki Sato (Kirkland), Devon Harper (Spokane), Michiko Sinex (Kirkland)

2 KYU: Showa Winters (Edmonds), Isaac Selle (Spokane), Filip Dumitrescu (Edmonds), Sora Tanaka (Edmonds), Yuki Iwao (Bellevue), Wanhui Han (Bellevue), Benjamin Lonc (Seattle), Jonathan Pfefferle (Federal Way), Brandon Ridler (Kirkland), Michael Barrington (Bellevue), Alex Derrick (Northwest), Clifford Lee (Bellevue), Charles Dolera (Northwest), Michelle Yip (Bellevue)

1 KYU: Andrew Schacht (Spokane), Emerson Lau (Bellevue), Sebastian Fruchter (Spokane), Aiden Malone (Obukan), Kaleb Borum (Spokane), Truman Lau (Bellevue), Tyler Lee (Spokane), Kostyantyn Ryzhkov (UW), Stephen Hsieh (Kirkland), Khoi-Nguyen Mac (Northwest), Jingyi Zhang (Northwest), Anastasia Kopcha (Tacoma), Shelly Aber (Bellevue), Sean Wales (Northwest), Jim Fadell (Portland)

1 DAN: Mifune Tanimura (Edmonds), Owen Kaufman (Portland), Jeremy Lin (Seattle), Alexander Sakon (Obukan), Sohma Cox (OSU), Quinn Takara (Obukan), Evan Ho (Obukan), Nathan Williams (Obukan), Alex Leach (OSU), Garrett Baski (Bellevue), Hsi-Hao Keng (Kent), Russel McLaren (Kent), Matthew Dircks (Spokane), Christopher Johnson (Seattle), Wendy Graham (Spokane)

2 DAN: Abigail Tan (Cascade), Aidan Chervin (Portland), Dennis Hill (Cascade), Denise Quach (Seattle), Wesley American Horse (Evergreen), Brian Shin (Tacoma), Asuka Iijima (Obukan), Rebecca Roland (Portland)

3 DAN: Kailun Hu (UW), Tommy Espinal (Highline), Eric Marquart (Idaho), Michael Rea (Spokane), Yuriko Lee (Camas), James Faulkner (Edmonds)

IAIDO SHINSA, August 26th, 2024, Vancouver, Canada

4 DAN: David Lau (Musokai)

2024 PNKF IAIDO TAIKAI – September 28, 2024, Rain City Fencing Center, Bellevue, WA

0-1 Kyu
1st – Marlena Cote, Seattle Kendo Kai
2nd – Tien Vo, AiShinKai Fudo Myoo-ji Dojo
3rd – Ryan Merril, Shu Ken Kai
3rd – Chikako McNutt, Idaho Kendo Club

1-2 Dan
1st – Keita Tanabe, Salinas Kendo Club
2nd – Rae Podrebarac, AiShinKai Fudo Myoo-ji Dojo
3rd – Michael Mabale, Seattle Kendo Kai
3rd – Juan Pablo de Rivero Vaccari, Miami Budokan

3-4 Dan
1st – Thane Mittelstaedt, AiShinKai Fudo Myoo-ji Dojo
2nd – Frederick Fourie, AiShinKai Fudo Myoo-ji Dojo
3rd – Hiroyuki Maeda, Idaho Kendo Club

Sportsmanship Pledge – Tien Vo AiShinKai Fudo Myoo-ji Dojo