Volume 40, number 4/5/6
April/May/June
PNKF DATEBOOK
April 2026
4/4 – Lilac City Kendo Club Dojo Warming and Seminar, 10am-5pm. Whitworth University, Graves Gym. 300 W Hawthorne Rd, Spokane, WA 99251.
4/10-12 – Seattle Cherry Blossom Festival.
4/11-12 – AUSKF Junior Nationals, Marina High School, 15871 Springdale St, Huntington Beach, CA.
4/18-19 – AUSKF Spring Board Meeting and Shinsa.
4/25 – UW Taikai, UW IMA, Seattle, WA
4/25 – Oregon Education Event, Details TBD
4/26 – Oregon Kendo Shinsa, IRCO Community Center. Doors open at 10am.
May 2026
5/9 – PNKF Board Meeting, 9-11am.
5/9 – Bellevue Kendo Club Jodan Seminar, 9am-5pm. Broadview-Thompson K-8, 13052 Greenwood Ave N, Seattle, WA 09133.
5/16 – Bellevue Kendo Junior Taikai, Highland Community Center, 14224 Bel-Red Road, Bellevue WA 98007.
5/30 – Rose City Taikai, PCC Cascade Gym, 600 N Killingsworth St, Portland, OR 97006, Opening ceremonies at 10am. Doors open 9am.
June 2026
6/6 – Vancouver Kendo Tournament, Byrne Creek Secondary School, 7777 18th Street, Burnaby, B.C. V3N 5E5
July 2026
7/3-5 – AUSKF National Kendo Championships, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV.
7/16-19 – 14th US Nito Kendo Seminar, Caldwell, Idaho. Open to all levels of kenshi.
7/18 – PNKF Board Meeting, 9-11am.
7/22-26 – AUSKF Iaido Seminar and Shinsa
August 2026
8/15 – PNKF Kendo Shinsa, tentative.
8/22-23 AUSKF Kendo Summer Camp and Shinsa, Las Vegas, NV.
September 2026
9/12 – PNKF Board Meeting, 9-11am.
9/25-27 – Iaido Fall Seminar and Shinsa
October 2026
10/11 – Northwest Junior Taikai
10/17 – Oregon Education Event, Details TBD
10/18 – Oregon Kendo Shinsa, Details TBD
November 2026
11/?? – PNKF Taikai
11/21 – PNKF Board Meeting and General Election, 9-11am.
December 2026
TBD.
2026 UW TAIKAI, April 25th, 2026, Seattle, WA
0-4 Kyu 3-1 Kyu
1st – M. Zhou, Cascade 1st – B. Ridler, Kirkland
2nd – A. Allen, Tacoma 2nd – L. Naylor, Bellevue
3rd – S. Shen, UW 3rd – J. Tao, UW
3rd – A. Siopsis, Highline 3rd – M. Fontana, Northwest
1-2 Dan 3 Dan
1st – V. Chen, NCKF 1st – A. Yuen, UW
2nd – S. Fleishman, Portland 2nd – A. Mabale, UW
3rd – M. Remmu, Seattle 3rd – D. Sakai, Edmonds
3rd – J. Tanizaki, UW 3rd – K. Fukuda, Edmonds
Women’s Open 4 Dan and up
1st – E. Ichimura, Sno-King 1st – T. Hamanaka, Tozenji
2nd – M. DeJong, Highline 2nd – T. Marsten, Kent
3rd – Y. Sugata, Tozenji 3rd – E. Marsten, Highline
3rd -N. Grimes-Perez, Kirkland 3rd – K. Unzei, Tozenji
Team (Elizabeth Marsten Cup)
1st – PNKF Men’s Team
2nd – Edmonds (K. Fukuda, V. Chen, D. Sakai, W. Yi, N. Tanimura)
3rd – Tozenji (J. Jeong, Y. Sugata, U. Tanaka, K. Unzei, T. Hamanaka)
3rd – PNKF Women’s Team
Shinpan Cho – David Yotsuuye
Shoji Inspirational Award – Daniel Gugig and Suji Jang
PNKF KENDO SHINSA, April 26th, 2026, Portland, OR
5 KYU: Colton Moon (Kenchikai)
4 KYU: Bryan Tjokro (Kenchikai), Cassidy Weston (Kenchikai), Martin Rodriguez (Camas)
3 KYU: Ayako Teraoka (Camas), Valentina Velez (Portland), Megan Craig (OSU), Guo Ye (Obukan), Adam Chhor (Bellevue), Alexander Shi (Camas), Terry Marshall (Kenchikai), Zachary Grant (Camas), Cydette Marshall (Kenchikai)
2 KYU: Takumi Tanimura (Edmonds), Christopher Lee (Obukan), Ray Dinsmore (Camas), Sean Lacson (Kenchikai), Cody Palmer-Furman (Redmond), Demian Mendez (Camas), John Lawes (Obukan), Matt Dinsmore (Camas)
1 KYU: Sandor Cseh (Obukan), Amy Howes (Redmond), Tyus Morris (Obukan)