Volume 39, number 10/11/12

October/November/December 2025

PNKF DATEBOOK

October 2025
10/5 – PNKF Kendo Shinsa, IRCO Community Center, 10323 NE Glisan Street, Portland, OR 97220. Doors open at 10am.
10/12 – NW Junior Taikai, The Snohomish Boys & Girls Club, 402 2nd St, Snohomish, WA 98290.
10/18 – Educational Shinpan/Shiai Seminar, Fulton Community Center, 68 SW Miles Street, Portland, OR 97219. Doors open at 11am.

November 2025
11/1 – PNKF Taikai, Kent Commons, Kent, WA.
11/9 – High Rank Shinsa, Fullerton Community Center, Fullerton, CA.
11/16 – All Japan Champion Tour, Glacier Middle School, 2450 S 142nd St, Burien, WA 98168, 10am-3pm, doors open 9am.
11/22 – PNKF Board Meeting and General Election, 9-11am.

December 2025
TBD.

PNKF KENDO SHINSA, October 5th, 2025, Portland, OR

6 KYU: Kepler Wu (Kirkland)

5 KYU: Martin Rodriguez (Camas), Rainier Eves (Camas)

4 KYU: Ayako Teraoka (Camas), Sydney Phanthamath (Camas)

3 KYU: Shinichi Nakayama (Camas), Christopher Lee (Obukan), Danielle Wilson (UW), Garrett Caffee (OSU), Cody Palmer-Furman (Redmond), Andrea Papi (Bellevue), Demian Mendez (Camas), Atsuko Teraoka (Camas), Steven Wishman (Kenchikai), Matt Dinsmore (Camas)

2 KYU: Allen Kaufman (Portland), Luca Guidi (Seattle), Sandor Cseh (Obukan), Tyus Morris (Obukan), Leonard Spivey (Kenchikai), Amy Howes (Redmond)

1 KYU: Braden Jack (OSU), Peter Konneker (Camas), Domonic Ceccarelli (Obukan)

Volume 39, number 7/8/9

July/August/September 2025

PNKF DATEBOOK

July 2025
7/12 – PNKF Board Meeting, 9-11am.
7/12-13 – Women’s Seminar lead by Chinatsu Murayama, ages 15+, Broadview Thompson K-8, 13052 Greenwood Ave N, Seattle, WA 98133.
7/17-20 – 13th US Nito Kendo Seminar, Meridian Idaho. Open to all levels of kenshi. Guest instructors Ryoichi FUJII, kyoshi 8 dan; Yoshihiro UGAJIN, kyoshi 7 dan; Futoshi SATO, kyoshi 7 dan; Ako FUJII, kyoshi 7 dan. Special lecture by Prof. Alex Bennett, kyoshi 7 dan, Kansai University. AUSKF – PNKF Kendo Shinsa  (1 – 6 kyu). Contact Robert Stroud at Idaho Kendo Club for more information.
7/19 – Women’s Taikai, Spartan Recreation Center, 202 NE 185th St. Shoreline, WA.
7/31-8/03 – AUSKF Iaido Summer Camp, National Iaido Taikai and Shinsa. University of Houston Recreation Center, Houston, TX. Instructors from All Japan Kendo Federation TBD.

August 2025
8/16 – PNKF Kendo Shinsa, Kent Commons, Kent, WA.
8/23-24 – AUSKF Kendo Summer Camp & Shinsa, Las Vegas, NV.

September 2025
9/6 – Shinpan Seminar, 10.00am to 6:00pm kata, North Seattle Church, 2150 N. 122nd St., Seattle WA 98133
9/13 – PNKF Board Meeting, 9-11am.
9/20-21 – NCIF Iaido Seminar featuring Ito Tomoharu Sensei accompanied by Onikubo Nobuo Sensei and Suzuki Junko Sensei of Tokyo Metropolitan police. Details TBA.
9/26-28 – PNKF Iaido Fall Iaido Seminar, Taikai, Shinsa, and Annual Iaido banquet. Instructors and Location TBA. Join us for another fabulous PNKF Iaido event!
9/27 – Tacoma Women’s Taikai, Location TBD.

October 2025
10/5 – PNKF Kendo Shinsa, IRCO Community Center, 10323 NE Glisan Street, Portland, OR 97220. Doors open at 10am.
10/12 – NW Junior Taikai, The Snohomish Boys & Girls Club, 402 2nd St, Snohomish, WA 98290.
10/18 – Educational Shinpan/Shiai Seminar, Fulton Community Center, 68 SW Miles Street, Portland, OR 97219. Doors open at 11am.

November 2025
11/1 – PNKF Taikai, Kent Commons, Kent, WA.
11/9 – High Rank Shinsa, Fullerton Community Center, Fullerton, CA.
11/22 – PNKF Board Meeting and General Election, 9-11am.

December 2025
TBD.

PNKF KENDO SHINSA, July 18th, 2025, Meridian, ID

3 KYU: Macy Blessin (Idaho), Andrew Turner (Idaho), Mark Linam (Idaho)

1 KYU: Joshua Sevigny (Idaho), Patrick Frost (Idaho), Stephanie Sevigny (Idaho), Lawrence Sevigny (Idaho)

9th PNKF Women’s Team Kendo Championship Tournament, July 19th, 2025, Seattle, WA

Yudansha                                      1 Dan and Below
1st – Y. Sugata, Tozenji                  1st – Y. Wu, PNKF
2nd – N. Grimes-Perez, PNKF       2nd – A. Fukuda, PNKF
3rd – J. Paik, PNKF                        3rd – Y. Hong, NCKF
3rd – E. Tam, PNKF                        3rd – S. Jeon, PNKF
4th – M. Hill, MWKF
4th – S. Fukuda, Tozenji
4th – C. Tamura, SEUSKF
4th – E. DeJong, PNKF

Team
1st – Pacific Northwest Kendo Federation- A (E. Ichimura, M. DeJong, J, Paik, T. Imanishi, N. Grimes-Perez)
2nd – Tozenji (H. Nichols, H. Kaiden, S. Fukuda, S. Suzki, Y. Sugata)
3rd – Pacific Northwest Kendo Federation B (S. Jeon, V. Le, S. Wang, Y. Wu, E. DeJong)
3rd – Southeastern US Kendo Federation (J. Nguyen, C. Tamura, J. DeJong, L. Cherep, T. Kawamura)

Special Guest – Chinatsu Murayama, 7D
Shinpancho – Doug Imanishi
Sportsmanship Pledge – Taryn Imanishi

2025 AUSKF IAIDO TAIKAI, August 2nd, 2025, Houston, TX
2 Dan
1st – Wakako Maeda (Idaho Kendo Club)

4 Dan
3rd – Thane Mittelstaedt (AiShinKai Fudo Myoo-ji Dojo)

5 Dan
3rd – Karin Feddersen (Tacoma Kendo & Iaido Club)
3rd – Hiroaki Fukumoto (Seattle Kendo Kai)

KENDO 7TH DAN EXAMINATION, August 2, 2025, Fukuoka, Japan

7 DAN: Ai Nakayama (Camas)

AUSKF IAIDO SHINSA, August 3rd, 2025, Houston, TX

6 DAN: Hiroaki Fukumoto (Seattle Kendo Kai)

PNKF KENDO SHINSA, August 16th, 2025, Kent, WA

6 KYU: Yuri Takeuchi (Kirkland)

5 KYU: Magnus Hayes (Kent), Evan Oh (Evergreen), Jonas Kelley (Tacoma), Luke Oh (Evergreen), Eloise Sprague (Meadowbrook), Philip Oh (Evergreen), Soki Sinex (Kirkland), Hajun Yun (Evergreen), Lincoln Cowell (Redmond), Athanasios Siopis (Highline)

4 KYU: Cairen Moon (Federal Way), Raven Lee (Bellevue), Phoenix Van Luvan (Edmonds), Qing Chen (Kirkland), Alina Soto (Northwest), Davon Belvin (Evergreen), Billy Schroeder (Spokane), Tommy Zhao (UW), Sicheng Song (Bellevue), Matthew Allen (Tacoma), Emmanuel Obe (Edmonds), Dustin Cowell (Redmond), Bradford Fenton (Alaska)

3 KYU: Cameron Ridler (Kirkland), Ryunoske Yokoo (Northwest), Caitlin Dong (UW), Lucy Hwangbo (UW), Adya Sengupta (UW), Daniel Gugig (UW), Alex Blair (Lilac City), Shin Wu (Northwest), Trevor Davis (Lilac City), Timothy Ruppert (Kirkland), Alvaro Perez (Kirkland)

2 KYU: Nathan Kim (Northwest), Rowen Nollette (Lilac City), Kenji Rafael (Edmonds), Tadeo Soper (Lilac City), Jackson Songy (Kirkland), Toby Kodera (Bellevue), Moya Nollette (Lilac City), Lucas Naylor (Bellevue), Marcelo Cunningham (Seattle), Derick Salamanca (Kent), Sarah Grill (Tacoma), Cassie LaDuke (Tacoma), Michael Fontana (Northwest), Ryan Grill (Tacoma), Miki Sato (Kirkland), Michiko Sinex (Kirkland), Hideki Sato (Kirkland)

1 KYU: Kiki Sato (Kirkland), Clara Kim (Northwest), Koya Sinex (Kirkland), Showa Winters (Edmonds), Isaac Selle (Spokane), Anya-Rose Kelly (UW), Andi Anderson (Seattle), William Le (Bellevue), Minjeong Ko (Seattle), Joseph Bernal (Highline), Yoji Konno (Kirkland), Devon Harper (Lilac City), Creighton Don (Bellevue), Jeoung Hee Ahn (Sno-King)

1 DAN: Iori Ohashi (Obukan), Julianne Pho (Kenchikai), Seohee Jeon (Bellevue), Benjamin Lonc (Seattle), Andrew McGinnis (Northwest), Jeramy Gee (Tacoma), Alex Derrick (Northwest), Charles Dolera (Northwest), Lee Salkin (Lilac City)

2 DAN: Mifune Tanimura (Edmonds), Jeremy Lin (Seattle), Sohma Cox (OSU), Garrett Baski (Bellevue), Matthew Dircks (Lilac City), Wendy Graham (Lilac City), Paul Chang (Kirkland)

3 DAN: Aneurin Mabale (Seattle), Ye-hyun Paik (Cascade), Brian Wong (UW), Conrad Slater (Tacoma), Emilio Peralta (Obukan), Gerald Ham (Seattle)

4 DAN: Roberto Ramirez Monroy (Sno-King), Shun Wetlesen (Obukan), Blake Sprenger (Obukan)

AUSKF KENDO PROMOTIONAL EXAM, August 24th, 2025, Las Vegas, NV

6 DAN: Noelle Grimes-Perez (Kirkland)

7 DAN: Elizabeth Marsten (Highline)

2025 PNKF Iaido Taikai – September 27, 2025, Spartan Recreation Center, Shoreline, WA

Competitor’s Pledge: Rae Podrebarac (AiShinKai Fudo Myoo-ji Dojo)

0-1 Kyu
1st Place: Valerie Perkins, Zen Bu Kan
2nd Place: Jon Binick, AiShinKai Fudo Myoo-ji Dojo
3rd Place: Chikako McNutt, Idaho Kendo Club
3rd Place: Alexander Wilmes, Shu Ken Kai

1-2 Dan
1st Place: Rae Podrebarac, AiShinKai Fudo Myoo-ji Dojo
2nd Place: Breanne Leach, Zen Bu Kan
3rd Place: Wakako Maeda, Idaho Kendo Klub
3rd Place: Marlena Cote, Seattle Kendo Kai

3-4 Dan
1st Place: Thane Mittelstaedt, AiShinKai Fudo Myoo-ji Dojo [Noguchi Cup]
2nd Place: Paul Maeda, Idaho Kendo Club
3rd Place: Christopher Parkins, Shu Ken Kai
3rd Place: Jared Bowler, Zen Bu Kan

5-6 Dan
Winner: Robert Stroud, Idaho Kendo Club

PNKF IAIDO SHINSA, September 28th, 2025, Bellevue, WA
3 KYU: Yihan Wang (Seattle), Valerie Perkins (SWKIF), Ivana Bowler (SWKIF), Hochan Yi (Tacoma), Devon Harper (Lilac City), Becca Jubie (AiShinKai)

1 KYU: Karma Walker III (Shuukenkai), Robert Wright (Tacoma)

1 DAN: Alexander Wilmes (Shuukenkai), Jonathan Binick (AiShinKai), Jay Farrell (Idaho)

2 DAN: Wrennik Andrus (AiShinKai)

3 DAN: Breanne Leach (SWKIF), Rae Podrebarac (AiShinKai), Teodoro Jose Boado (Musokai)

4 DAN: Nathan Williams (SCKF), Christopher Parkins (Shuukenkai)

Volume 39, number 4/5/6

April/May/June 2025

UW Taikai, April 19th, 2025, Seattle, WA

Women’s Open                           0-4 Kyu
1st – J. Paik, Canada                   1st – Y. Ng, NYU
2nd – B. Park, Canada                 2nd – R. Ting, NYU
3rd – A. Kobayashi, Canada         3rd – L. Qiu, UBC
3rd – N. Fracassi, Canada            3rd – S. Yang, NYU

3-1 Kyu                                        1-2 Dan
1st – N. Underhill, Northwest        1st – V. Chen, Oakland
2nd – R. Nguyen, Edmonds          2nd – A. Mabale, Seattle
3rd – A. Mcginnis, Northwest        3rd – J. Paik, Canada
3rd – L. Naylor, Bellevue               3rd – J. Yu, Northwest

3 Dan                                           4 Dan and Up
1st – B. Park, Canada                  1st – C. Liao, Canada
2nd – N. Fracassi, Canada           2nd – S. Miyashita, Canada
3rd – B. Sprenger, Obukan           3rd – R. Asato, Canada
3rd – E. Chui, Steveston               3rd – K. Yoshimura, Canada

Team
1st – Team Canada Prospects (C. Liao, K. Yoshimura, R. Asato, T. Hamanaka, S. Miyashita)
2nd – PNKF High School Boys (J. Dueck, D. Terao, A. Yuen, D. Shilov, J. Yu)

Shoji Inspirational Award – Yisa Wu

PNKF KENDO SHINSA, April 20th, 2025, Portland, OR

4 KYU: Christopher Lee (Obukan), Benaiah Soriano (Camas), Shawn Kalmykov (Seattle), Steven Wishman (Kenchikai)

3 KYU: Ray Dinsmore (Camas), Luca Guidi (Seattle), Nolan Deschuytter (Camas), Lane Woods (Lilac City), Maya Yoshihara (Obukan), Sandor Cseh (Obukan), Jayden Waggoner (OSU), Frank Fahrer (OSU), Alder Bailey-Conklin (Portland), Tyus Morris (Obukan), Keith Virgin (Camas), Chris Kobata (Camas), Leonard Spivey (Kenchikai)

2 KYU: Braden Jack (OSU), Samantha Barondyck (OSU), Adrienne Kinsey (Northwest), Peter Konneker (Camas), Domonic Ceccarelli (Obukan)

1 KYU: Iori Ohashi (Obukan), Kirihiro Onishi (Obukan), Julianne Pho (Obukan), Joey Matsuno (Obukan), Jonathan King (Kenchikai), Chad Emerick (Portland), Chiharu Dinsmore (Camas), Michiyo Okuhara (Camas)

AUSKF Junior Open Nationals, April 26-27, 2025, Kirkland, WA

9 and Under                                10-11
1st – H. Miyake, MWKF               1st – S. Miyake, MWKF
2nd – K. Han, WKF                      2nd – Y. Sato, SCKO
3rd – M. Sato, SCKO                   3rd – H. Miyamoto, SCKO
3rd – E. Peoples, SCKO              3rd – H. Johnson, PNKF
Kantosho:                                    Kantosho:
A. Yu, NCKF                                T. Tanimura, PNKF
S. Byun, GNEUSKF                     A. Kaufman, PNKF
R. Watanabe, SCKO                    A. Akaike, SCKO
R. Kim, WKF                                A. Kim, WKF

12-13                                           14-15
1st – E. Miyamoto, SCKO          1st – L. Ido, SCKO
2nd – H. Someya, NCKF            2nd – K. Romero, SCKF
3rd – K. Tsuruta, SCKF               3rd – S. Johnson, PNKF
3rd – T. Yeo, WKF                       3rd – E. Choo, SCKF
Kantosho:                                    Kantosho:
J. Segawa, SCKF                        S. Ueno, SWKIF
A. Banos, SCKO                         T. Hoshino, GNEUSKF
S. Yang, SCKF                            A. Suwa, ECUSKF
L. Chen, NCKF                           V. Chen, NCKF

16-18                                           13 Years and Under Girls
1st – J. Yu, PNKF                        1st – B. Kim, WKF
2nd – A. Hotta, ECUSKF             2nd – K. Ahn, WKF
3rd – D. Roh, SCKF                    3rd – E. Ueng, NCKF
3rd – L. Onitsuka, NCKF             3rd – S. Winters, AEUSKF
Kantosho:                                     Kantosho:
J. Huh, SCKF                               I. Chen, SCKF
R. Ido, SCKO                               K. Sato, PNKF
T. Matsuura, MWKF                     L. Tanabe, NCKF
N. Park, WKF                               I. Park, WKF

14-18 Girls                                     
1st – R. Yoon, AEUSKF
2nd – J. Paik, PNKF
3rd – K. Choi, MWKF
3rd – B. Shinada, SCKF
Kantosho:
C. Shih, SCKF
E. Hoshi, SCKO
L. Uemoto, AEUSKF
S. Kim, SCKO

Junior Team
1st – MWKF (H. Miyake, S. Tanaka, S. Miyake)
2nd – SCKO – A (H. Miyamoto, S. Chen, Y. Sato)
3rd – PNKF – A (S. Nakayama, H. Johnson, T. Tanimura)
3rd – NCKF – A (N. Ueng, K. Someya, N. Choudhury)

Girl’s Team
1st – SCKF B – (A. Yamamoto, C. Chang, M. Miyashiro)
2nd – PNKF – A (C. Kim, N. Underhill, J. Paik)
3rd – WKF – B (S. Kim, B. Kim, H. Hong)
3rd – SCKO – A (K. Sawabe, E. Hoshi, M. Sakamoto)

Boy’s Team
1st – SCKO – A (E. Miyamoto, K. Ghodgaonkar, L. Ido, R. Ido, T. Ariga)
2nd – SCKF – A (S. Yang, K. Romero, E. Choo, D. Roh, J. Huh)
3rd – PNKF – A (N. Kim, S. Johnson, R. Yokoo, A. Yuen, J. Yu)
3rd – ECUSKF (S. Lane, A. Suwa, J. Ringler, H. Suwa, A. Hotta)

33rd Annual Bellevue Junior Taikai, May 17th, 2025, Bellevue, WA

Non-Bogu                                  10 and Under
1st – C. Shin, Tacoma                 1st – S. Nakayama, Camas
2nd – A. Lee, Northwest              2nd – R. Shin, Tacoma
3rd – A. Mullins, Tacoma             3rd – B. Park, Kirkland
3rd – D. Lee, Northwest              3rd – R. Lee, Bellevue

11-12                                           13-15
1st – T. Tanimura, Edmonds        1st – C. Kim, Northwest
2nd – N. Kim, Northwest              2nd – R. Yokoo, Northwest
3rd – A. Kaufman, Portland          3rd – S. Lee, Bellevue
3rd – H. Johnson, Seattle            3rd – T. Kodera, Bellevue

16 and Above           
1st – J. Dueck, Federal Way
2nd – Jo. Kiyohara, Federal Way
3rd – D. Shilov, Bellevue
3rd – S. Faso, Bellevue

Junior Team
1st – Northwest (N. Kim, S. Lee, C. Kim, K. Suehisa, R. Yokoo)
2nd – Tacoma (R. Shin, J. Kelley, M. Mcclaren, A. Kaufman, I. Wiley)

Senior Team
1st – Federal Way (J. Dueck, Jo. Kiyohara)
2nd – Obukan (M. Pho, D. Terao, K. Onishi)

Thomas Bolling Awesome Spirit Award – V. Lapitan, Kirkland

Centurion Youth Leadership Award – D. Shilov, Bellevue

Rose City Taikai, May 31st, 2025, Portland, OR

10 and Under                                    11-13
1st – S. Nakayama, Camas               1st – H. Johnson, Seattle
2nd – R. Shin, Tacoma                       2nd – A. Kaufman, Portland
3rd – B. Park, Kirkland                       3rd – N. Kim, Northwest
3rd – R. Lee, Bellevue                        3rd – C. Lee, Obukan

14-15                                                  4 Dan and Up 
1st – S. Johnson, Seattle                   1st – I. Morgan, Kenchikai
2nd – O. Kaufman, Portland               2nd – Y. Shim, Kirkland
3rd – I. Ohashi, Obukan                     3rd – N. Tanimura, Edmonds
3rd – C. Kim, Northwest                     3rd – R. Lei, Seattle

3 Dan                                                 1-2 Dan
1st – S. Wetlesen, Obukan                1st – J. Huh, Cascade
2nd – J. Paik, Cascade                       2nd – M. Remmu, Seattle
3rd – B. Sprenger, Obukan                 3rd – A. Yuen, Seattle
3rd – D. Yao, Seattle                           3rd – K. Underhill, Northwest

Women’s Dan                                    Women’s Kyu
1st – J. Paik, Cascade                         1st – N. Underhill, Northwest
2nd – E. Marsten, Highline                  2nd – A. Fukuda, UW
3rd – M. DeJong, Highline                   3rd – A. Bailey-Conklin, Portland
3rd – N. Grimes-Perez, Kirkland          3rd – M. Pho, Obukan

1-2 Kyu                                                0-3 Kyu
1st – B. Ridler, Kirkland                       1st – T. Morris, Obukan
2nd – C. Dolera, Northwest                 2nd – T. Davis, Lilac City
3rd – B. Jack, OSU                              3rd – L. Spivey, Kenchikai
3rd – A. Anderson, Seattle                   3rd – D. Cowell, Redmond

Junior Team
1st – Team 4 (S. Nakayama [Camas] C. Moon [Kenchikai], C. Kim [Northwest])
2nd – Team 2 (K. Nakayama [Camas], N. Kim [Northwest], O. Kaufman [Portland])
3rd – Team 1 (R. Shin [Tacoma], H. Johnson [Seattle], L. Cowell [Redmond])
3rd – Team 6 (R. Lee [Bellevue], A. Kaufman [Portland], I. Wiley [Portland])

Adult Team
1st – Cascade (J. Paik, T. Okamura, J. Huh, J. Paik , J. Okada)
2nd – Kirkland A  (N. Smith, B. Ridler, N. Grimes-Perez, Y. Shim, T. Patana)
3rd – Seattle (M. Remmu, D. Quach, A. Yuen, D. Yao, R. Lei)
3rd – Bellevue (D. Shilov, M. Tuy, G. Baski, A. Epilepsea, L. Tsybert)

Shinpan Cho – Shinichi Koike
Guests of Honor – Sadao Sasaki and Keiji Iwata