Volume 37, number 10/11/12
October/November/December 2023
PNKF DATEBOOK
October 2023
- 10/6-8: PNKF Fall Iaido Seminar and Shinsa with Shozo Kato Sensei, Fri-Sun, Rain City Fencing Center, Bellevue, WA.
- 10/15: Kyu Shinsa, IRCO Community Center, 10323 NE Glisan Street, Portland, OR 97220, 1:30pm
- 10/22: Junior Kendo Seminar, Sun 9am-1pm, Camas Community Center Ballroom 1718 SE Seventh Ave, Camas, WA 98607
- 10/28: PNKF Taikai, Sat, Kent Commons, 9am.
- Tacoma Taikai – CANCELLED
November 2023
- 11/11-12: AUSKF Board Meeting and Kendo Shinsa, Sat-Sun, Los Angeles, CA.
- * 11/18: PNKF Board meeting and General Election, 9-11am, Sat, via Zoom.
December 2023
- 12/2 PNKF Education Workshop, Camas Community Center, 1718 SE 7th Ave, Camas, WA 98607, 9am-5:30pm. Registration is required.
PNKF IAIDO SHINSA, October 8th, 2023, Bellevue, WA
3 KYU: Nicole Kabata (SCKF)
2 KYU: Jay Farrell (Idaho), Tien Vo (AiShinKai), Renjie Zhu (Seattle), Nathan Westlund (Spokane), Daniel Chen (NCKF), Alexander Wilmes (Shuukenkai), Eric Whitten (SCKF)
1 KYU: Amelia Wilson (RMKIF), Ryan Merrill (Shuukenkai), Anandhavel Nagendrakumar (Idaho)
1 DAN: James Thieu (Musokai), Lucy Yang (Seattle), Salvador Eng Deng (Musokai), Michael Mabale (Seattle), Thomas Laha (Musokai), Yuriko Lee (Shuukenkai), Yuichiro Baba (Idaho), Polly Brewington (NCKF)
2 DAN: Breanne Leach (RMKIF), Rae Podrebarac (AiShinKai), Teodoro Jose Boado (Musokai)
3 DAN: Shamina Kerstein (SUSKIF), Brian Burton (AiShinKai)
PNKF KENDO SHINSA, October 15th, 2023, Portland, OR
5 KYU: Shinichi Nakayama (Camas), Allen Kaufman (Portland)
4 KYU: Austin Anderson (Camas), Masato Ikuta (Camas), Alec Sun (UW), Andrew Lau (OSU), Emily Shima (Obukan), Chad Emerick (Portland)
3 KYU: Joe Takeuchi (Camas), Sunil Jain (OSU), Tak Yeung Shum (OSU), Zoe Stein (Obukan), Chunfei Huang (OSU), Taryn Gibbs (OSU), Patrick Frost (Idaho), Nghia Ngo (Obukan), Scott Fleishman (Portland), Johnna Loreen (Portland), Alexander Dumke (Portland), Hudson Hongo (Camas), Andrew Wright (Portland), Chikako McNutt (Idaho), Tamara Ia (Portland)
2 KYU: Ivan Wiley (Portland), Aiden Malone (Obukan), Mathew Prom (Obukan), Jacob Scavarelli (OSU), Evan Ho (Obukan), Sohma Cox (OSU), Quinn Takara (Obukan), Jordan Indrawan (OSU), Alexander Sakon (Obukan), Annaphon Burger (Obukan), Nhat Le (UW), Alex Leach (OSU), Nathan Williams (Obukan), Ziwen Chen (OSU), Tetsuro Takeuchi (Camas), Eric Wiley (Portland), Dan DiMatteo (Obukan), James Fadell (Portland)
1 KYU: Emi Wong (UW), Owen Kaufman (Portland), Kodee Soetamin (UW), Taisei Summerhays (Kenchikai), Yisa Wu (UW), Brandon Wied (OSU), Wenqian Liu (Portland), William Simpson (Obukan)
47th ANNUAL PNKF TAIKAI, October 28th, 2023, Kent, WA
10 and Under 11 – 12
1st – S. Harada, Renbu 1st – S. Ara, Renbu
2nd – T. Shirai, Youshinkan 2nd – N. Kim, Northwest
3rd – Y. Kobayashi, Youshinkan 3rd – I. Taguchi, Renbu
3rd – A. Kaufman, Portland 3rd – B. Liao, Renbu
13 – 15 0 – 4 Kyu
1st – C. Liao, Renbu 1st – Y. Engan, Vancouver
2nd – V. Chen, Oakland 2nd – S. Fleishman, Portland
3rd – M. Tanimura, Edmonds 3rd – R. Chen, Steveston
3rd – I. Hwang, Renbu 3rd – J. Leung, UBC
3 – 1 Kyu Women’s Mudansha
1st – N. Ngo, University of Oregon 1st – E. Chui, Steveston
2nd – E. Ho, University of Oregon 2nd – Y. Wu, UW
3rd – D. Terao, Cascade 3rd – N. Underhill, Northwest
3rd – A. Rossi, Spokane 3rd – I. Chen, Bellevue
1 – 2 Dan 3 Dan
1st – J. Yu, Northwest 1st – S. Nichols, Renfrew
2nd – K. Fukuda, Edmonds 2nd – I. So, Hawaii
3rd – Ke. Yoshimura, Renbu 3rd – Y. Chen, Tozenji
3rd – A. Mabale, Seattle 3rd – Y. Zhao, Seattle
Women’s Yudansha 4 Dan and Up
1st – J. Paik, Canada 1st – B. Kim, Renshin
2nd – A. Nakayama, Camas 2nd – R. Asato, Vancouver
3rd – A. Fukushima, Vancouver 3rd – M. Rose, Renfrew
3rd – R. Ono, Cascade 3rd – W. Blades, Renfrew
Masters
1st – F. Yoshimura, Renbu
2nd – M. Nelson, Spokane
3rd – B. S. Lee, Bellevue
3rd – S. Blechschmidt, Bellevue
Junior Team
1st – Renbu A (I. Hwang, H. Ara, N. Son, Ka. Yoshimura, C. Liao)
2nd – Renbu B (S. Harada, I. Taguchi, S. Ara, T. Inaoka Lee, R. Liao)
3rd – Edmonds (T. Tanimura, C. Dayao, S. Winters, S. Tanaka, M. Tanimura)
3rd – Mixed Team 3 (S. Nakayama, H. Johnson, Ju. Kiyohara, T. Taguchi, A. Norden)
Senior Team
1st – Hawaii (B. Matsumoto, I. So, E. Hill, K. Chun, S. Harris)
2nd – Renfrew (S. Nichols, T. Rounthwaite, W. Blades, A. Nakayama, M. Rose)
3rd – Seattle (S. Kim, D. Imanishi, A. Mabale, A. Yuen, G. Suzaka)
3rd – Cascade (J. Okada, R. Ono, H. Kiuchi, T. Imanishi, J. Yamauchi)
Shinpan Cho – Shinichi Koike
Taikai Chair – Sue Vanasouk and Tiarnan Marsten
Sportsmanship Pledge – Jonathan Yu
Shoji Inspirational Award – Alec Yuen, Seattle
President’s Award – Sandy Mizuno
AUSKF HIGH RANK SHINSA, November 12th, 2023
5 DAN: Richard Lei (Seattle), Michael Mabale (Seattle)
PNKF BOARD NEWS
At the November 18, 2023 Board meeting, the 2023/2024 Board members were seated and Officers were elected.
President – Doug Imanishi (Seattle), Vice President – An Giang (Northwest), Secretary – Sue Vanasouk (Cascade), Membership – Naoaki Tanimura (Edmonds), Treasurer – Stephen Ting (Northwest)
Other Board members are: Jonathan Bannister (AiShinKai), Masa Ando (Alaska), David Yotsuuye (Bellevue), Sean Blechschmidt (Bellevue), Alex Yang (Bellevue), George Nakayama (Camas), Jake Colter (Cascade), Vicki Marsten (Federal Way), Frank Wessbecher (Highline), Greg Vielhaber (Kenchikai), Kodee Soetamin (UW), Hanna Inoue (UW), Tiarnan Marsten (Kent), Julie Chen (Kirkland), Noelle Grimes (Kirkland), David Lau (Musokai), Jason Yu (Northwest), Scott Parkinson (Northwest), Motoya Nakamura (Obukan), Shun Wetlesen (Obukan), Steve Choi (Portland), Richard Lei (Seattle), David Huynh (Seattle), Michael Rigler (Sno-King), Russ Sinclair (Spokane), Chris Ruiz (Spokane), Karin Feddersen (Tacoma)