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, Steveston 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
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)
PNKF IAIDO SHINSA, September 29th, 2024, Bellevue, WA
3 KYU: Karma Walker III (Shuukenkai), Lauren Woods (Alaska), Alexia Symeonidou (Seattle), Daniel Anders (AUSKF)
2 KYU: Jonathan Binick (AiShinKai), Matthew Krueger (Alaska)
1 KYU: Maurice Benas (Tonbo), Marlena Cote (Seattle), Juan Rafael Guzman Diaz (SEUSKF)
1 DAN: Renjie Zhu (Seattle), Ryan Merrill (Shuukenkai)
2 DAN: James Thieu (Musokai), Lucy Yang (Seattle), Salvador Eng Deng (Musokai), Michael Mabale (Seattle), Thomas Laha (Musokai), Yuriko Lee (Camas), Marek Nelson (Spokane)
3 DAN: Keita Tanabe (NCKF), Juan Pablo de Rivero Vaccari (SEUSKF), Andy Webster (RMKIF), Derek Reynolds (Alaska)
The PNKF Iaidō Committee cordially invites you . . .
 
2024 PNKF Iaidō Fall Seminar, Taikai (0 Kyu to 4 Dan), and Shinsa (Kyu to 3 Dan)
September 27 (Friday) – 29 (Sunday)
Rain City Fencing Center in Bellevue, Washington
Guest Instructor – Shozo Kato Sensei, AUSKF Iaido Advisor, Kyoshi 7 Dan
Tatsuhiko Konno Sensei, Kyoshi 7 Dan
Robert Stroud Sensei, Renshi 6 Dan
Jonathan Bannister Sensei, Renshi 6 Dan
Click here to see the event information and registration. We sincerely hope you will join us!
Respectfully,
Pacific Northwest Kendo Federation, Iaidō Committee
The Pacific Northwest Kendo Federation is honored to welcome back Shozo Kato Sensei (Iaido Kyoshi 7 Dan) for our Fall Iaido Seminar, Shinsa, and Taikai from September 27-29, 2024. Online registration will open soon, so please mark your calendars now. If you have questions in advance of registration, you may email the event team at pnkfiaidoevent@gmail.com
We look forward to seeing you in September!
Volume 38, number 4/5/6
April/May/June 2024
PNKF IAIDO SHINSA, April 7th, 2024, Bellevue, WA
3 KYU: Tylor Tsao (NCKF), Patrick Frost (Idaho), Chikako McNutt (Idaho), Jonathan Binick
2 KYU: Nicole Kabata (SCKF), Marlena Cote (Seattle)
1 KYU: Alexander Wilmes (Shuukenkai), Tien Vo (AiShinKai), Renjie Zhu (Seattle), Nathan Westlund (Spokane)
1 DAN: Wrennik Andrus (AiShinKai), Anandhavel Nagendrakumar (Idaho), Kelvin Lau
2 DAN: Wakako Maeda (Idaho)
PNKF KENDO SHINSA, April 7th, 2024, Portland, OR
4 KYU: Lydia Mushkevych (Obukan), Julia Alexander (Obukan), Allen Kaufman (Portland), Matthew Thomure (Camas)
3 KYU: Xuanyu Bai (Obukan), Anthony Holmgren (OSU), Jonathan King (Kenchikai), Chad Emerick (Portland), Perla Ibarra (Camas), Filip Alexandrov (Obukan), Chiharu Dinsmore (Camas), David Gage (Camas), Michiyo Okuhara (Camas), John Lawes (Obukan), Juli Hiramatsu (Obukan), Kirihiro Onishi (Obukan), Julianne Pho (Obukan), Lorolei Busser (Portland), Alec Sun (UW)
2 KYU: Joe Takeuchi (Camas), Iori Ohashi (Obukan), Ren Gionet (Kenchikai), Sunil Jain (OSU), Zoe Stein (Obukan), Charles Immendorf (UW), Nghia Ngo (Obukan), Scott Fleishman (Portland), Johnna Loreen (Portland), Alexander Dumke (Portland), Tamara Ia (Portland), Hudson Hongo (Camas)
1 KYU: Ivan Wiley (Portland), Sohma Cox (OSU), Jordan Indrawan (OSU), Evan Ho (Obukan), Quinn Takara (Obukan), Alexander Sakon (Obukan), Annaphon Burger (Obukan), Logan Lewis (Obukan), Nhat Le (UW), Nathan Williams (Obukan), Alex Leach (OSU), Linnea Palmstrom (Obukan), Tetsuro Takeuchi (Camas), Eric Wiley (Portland)
AUSKF KODANSHA SHINSA, April 13th, 2024, Houston, Texas
5 DAN: Tiarnan Marsten (Kent), Jaered Croes (Kenchikai), Ethan Waln (Kenchikai)
UW TAIKAI, April 27th, 2024, Seattle, WA
0-4 Kyu 3-1 Kyu
1st – T. Kunz-Taguchi, UW 1st – V. Chen, Oakland
2nd – A. Kelly, UW 2nd – M. Remmu, Seattle
3rd – R. Zhu, Seattle 3rd – K. Soetamin, UW
3rd – L. Naylor, Bellevue 3rd – N. Le, UW
1-2 Dan Women’s Open
1st – J. Yu, Northwest 1st – J. Paik, Team Canada
2nd – C. Liao, Renbu 2nd – B. Park, Team Canada
3rd – J. Paik, Team Canada 3rd – N. Fracassi, Team Canada
3rd – A. Mabale, Seattle 3rd – U. Tanaka, UBC
3 Dan 4 Dan and Above
1st – Y. Chen, Tozenji 1st – H. Yano, Renbu
2nd – B. Park, Team Canada 2nd – K. Kim, Team Canada
3rd – H. Sumino, Obukan 3rd – R. Asato, Team Canada
3rd – Y. Nakano, UCLA 3rd – T. Hamanaka, UBC
Team
1st – Renbu (R. Himeda, C. Liao, K. Yoshimura, H. Homma, H. Yano)
2nd – PNKF Jr (S. Kim, D. Shilov, J. Yu, A. Yuen, A. Mabale)
Shinpan Cho – David Yotsuuye
Taikai Chair – Hanna Inoue
Sportsmanship Pledge – Kodee Soetamin
Shoji Inspirational Award – Kodee Soetamin
BELLEVUE JUNIOR TAIKAI, May 18th, 2024, Bellevue, WA
10 & Under 11-12
1st – T. Tanimura, Edmonds 1st – H. Johnson, Seattle
2nd – A. Kaufman, Portland 2nd – N. Kim, Northwest
3rd – R. Lee, Bellevue 3rd – K. Sato, Kirkland
3rd – S. Nakayama, Camas 3rd – S. Lee, Bellevue
13-14 15 & Above
1st – L. Chen, Oakland 1st – A. Yuen, Seattle
2nd – S. Johnson, Seattle 2nd – D. Terao, Cascade
3rd – M. Tanimura, Edmonds 3rd – D. Shilov, Bellevue
3rd – S. Fruchter, Spokane 3rd – S. Faso, Bellevue
Girls
1st – C. Kim, Northwest
2nd – A . Fruchter, Spokane
3rd – S. Jeon , Bellevue
3rd – K. Sato, Kirkland
Junior Team
1st – Northwest (S. Nakayama, N. Kim, C. Kim, R. Yokoo, L. Chen)
2nd – Seattle (H. Johnson, A. Kaufman, O. Shakeel, A. Schacht, S. Johnson)
Senior Team
1st – Federal Way (Ju. Kiyohara, D. Terao, Jo. Kiyohara)
2nd – Bellevue Red (Y. Iwao, S. Faso, D. Shilov)
Shinpan Cho – David Yotsuuye
Taikai Chair – Jinho Jeon
Thomas Bolling Awesome Spirit Award – S. Fruchter, Spokane
Centurion Youth Leadership Award -Daniel Shilov
2024 AUSKF JUNIOR OPEN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS, May 25-26th, 2024, Huntington Beach, CA
9 & Under 10-11
1st – T. Yang, SCKF 1st – S. Chen, SCKO
2nd – A. Yeu, WKF 2nd – Y. Sato, SCKO
3rd – N. Ueng, NCKF 3rd – A. Yu, NCKF
3rd – G. Muniz, SCKO 3rd – N. Kim, PNKF
4th – S. Nakayama, PNKF 4th – Z. Shinada, SCKF
4th – M. Sato, SCKO 4th – E. Han, WKF
4th – A. Kim, WKF 4th- M. Nguyen, SCKO
4th – D. Nagai, SCKO 4th – A. Tenn, SCKF
12-13 13 & Under Girls
1st – M. Yang, SCKF 1st – E. Ueng, NCKF
2nd – K. Romero, SCKF 2nd – S. Kim, WKF
3rd – S. Johnson, PNKF 3rd – M. Toguchi, SCKO
3rd – E. Muniz, SCKO 3rd – B. Kim, WKF
4th – S. Otsuru, GNEUSKF 4th – M. Kim, WKF
4th – S. Yang, SCKF 4th – K. Han, WKF
4th – H. Hoshi, SCKO 4th- R. Wong, NCKF
4th – K. Ghodgaonkar, SCKO 4th – E. Nacher, SCKO
14-15 14-18 Girls
1st – L. Ido, SCKO 1st – R. Yoon, AEUSKF
2nd – V. Chen, NCKF 2nd – A. Ueno, SCKO
3rd – Y. Onitsuka, NCKF 3rd – B. Shinada, SCKF
3rd – T. Matsuura, MWKF 3rd – K. Choi, MWKF
4th – K. Horiguchi, MWKF 4th – R. Paek, SCKF
4th – M. Kim, WKF 4th – W. Yamashita, SCKF
4th – Y. Shimada, SCKO 4th- L. Uemoto, AEUSKF
4th – W. Chung, SCKO 4th – K. Saito, SCKF
16-18
1st – H. Mizuhashi, SCKF
2nd – S. Chung, GNEUSKF
3rd – E. Burgei, ECUSKF
3rd – A. Hotta, ECUSKF
4th – J. Huh, SCKF
4th – D. Roh, SCKF
4th – T. Ariga, SCKO
4th – K. Hoshino, GNEUSKF
Boy’s Team
1st – SCKO A (K. Ghodgaonkar, L. Ido, Y. Shimada, R. Ido, T. Ariga)
2nd – SCKF A (M. Yang, C. Kawano, K. Romero, H. Mizuhashi, J. Huh)
3rd – ECUSKF (A. Suwa, J. Ringler, H. Suwa, A. Hotta, E. Burgei)
3rd – SCKO B (H. Hoshi, E. Chen, E. Muniz, W. Chung, Y. Sugawara)
Girl’s Team
1st – SCKF A (B. Shinada, M. Miyashiro, K. Saito)
2nd – AEUSKF (S. Winters, L. Uemoto, R. Yoon)
3rd – SCKF B (C. Chang, C. Shih, K. Miyashiro)
3rd – SCKO A (E. Hoshi, K. Sawabe, I. Kim)
Youth Team
1st – SCKO A (G. Muniz, S. Chen, Y. Sato)
2nd – PNKF (T. Tanimura, H. Johnson, N. Kim)
3rd – SCKF A (Z. Shinada, K. Yamamoto, J. Segawa)
3rd – WKF B (J. Kim, B. Kim, A. Yeu)
PNKF JODO SHINSA, June 15th, 2024, Portland, OR
1 KYU: Stuart Hagler (Hoshu Portland), Toshiaki Shinoda (SWKIF), Anthony Sgherzi (SCKF), Cliff Asai (SCKF)
1 DAN: Crystal Kapihe (Hoshu Portland), Olga Vazquez (CKF), Orlando Vazquez (CKF)
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