Kenyu – March/April 2012

Volume 26, number 3/4

March/April 2012

PNKF DATEBOOK

1. Apr 14, Cherry Blossom Demo, Sat, 1:30-2pm, Seattle Center.
2. Apr 28, PNKF Board, Sat, 3-5pm, Renton.
3. May 12, PNKF Iaido Shinpan Seminar, Sat, 9am-12noon; PNBA Iaido Taikai,
   1-3:30pm. Spartan Recreation Center, 202 N.E. 185th Street, Shoreline.

4. May 19, Bellevue Junior Taikai, Sat, 9:30am-3pm.
5. Jun 2, Rose City Taikai, Sat, 10am, doors open 9am, PCC Cascade Gym, 600
   North Killingsworth Street, Portland.

6. Jul 14, PNKF Junior Seminar (tentative).
7. Jul 14, PNKF Board, Sat, 3-5pm, Renton.
8. Aug 11, PNKF Shinsa, Sat, Iaido 9am-12noon; Kendo 12:30-4pm, open keiko 4-5pm, Kent.
9. Aug 18 or 25, Spokane Seminar and Taikai (tentative).
10. Sep 7/9, Annual Idaho Kendo Seminar and Umemura Cup, Fri,Sat,Sun, Boise.
11. Sep 15, PNKF Board, Sat, 3-5pm, Renton.
12. Oct 6, PNKF Shinpan Seminar, 12noon-4pm, open keiko 4-5pm, Kent.
13. Oct 20, Tacoma Taikai, Sat, 10am-4pm, Washington High School, 12420 Ainsworth Avenue
    South, Tacoma, WA (tentative).

14. Nov 3, PNKF Taikai, Sat, 9:30am, Kent.
15. Nov 10, PNKF Board, Sat, 3-5pm, Renton.
16. Nov 18, Kent Taikai, Sat, report time 9am, start 9:30am, Kent.

OTHER DATES

1. Apr 14, AUSKF Board meeting.
2. Apr 14, AUSKF open practice, Sat, 5:30-6:30pm, Tyee Educational Complex, 4424 S. 188th Street, SeaTac,
   located right off I-5 at S. 188th Street.

3. Apr 15, AUSKF Kodansha Shinsa, Sun, 12:30-4pm, Tyee Educational Complex, 4424 S. 188th Street, SeaTac,
   located right off I-5 at S. 188th Street.

4. Apr 21, 47th Annual Vancouver Kendo Tournament, Sat, 10am-4pm, gym open 9am, Byrne Creek
   Secondary School, 7777-18th Street Burnaby, BC V3N 5E5

5. May 5, Ito Cup, Denver.
6. May 6, SWIKF Shinsa, Denver.
7. May 25-27, 2012, 15WKC, Novara, Italy.

   http://www.15wkc-italy.org/.

8. Jun 20-24, 2012 AUSKF Iaido Summer Camp, Wed-Sun. Lodging available in campus dorms. June 20: Welcome
   Party. June 21-22: Iaido Seminar, June 23am: Taikai; June 23pm: Sayonara Party. June 24am: Iaido Shinsa.
   June 24pm: Jodo Workshop (Tentative). Contact iaido@tacomakendo.com
   http://www.tacomakendo.com. Pacific Lutheran University, 12180 Park Avenue S., Tacoma, WA 98447 (253) 531-6900.

9. Jun 29-Jul 1, 5th Annual US Nito Kendo Seminar, Fri/Sun, with Kendo 7th Dan, vice-chair/
   chief instructor of Musashi Kai, co-author of “Musashi no Ken” book, contributing author
   AJKF “Nito Guidebook” Sasaki Hirotsugu; Kendo Kyoshi 7th Dan Fuji Ryoichi, and Kendo 6th Dan
   Ishimura Ako. Open to kenshi of all levels, Ittoh and Nito practitioners alike. Linfield College, McMinnville, Oregon. Registration packet here:
   http://www.idaho-kendo.com/nito

35th ANNIVERSARY HIGHLINE MUDANSHA CHALLENGE CUP – March 3, 2012, White Center

Individuals
1st place - Shawn Stern, UW               2nd place - Tero Patana, Sno-King
3rd place - Harley Christianson, UW       3rd place - Terry McManus, Kent
4th place - Zachary Neale, UW             4th place - Hank Kim, UW
4th place - Jeremiah Sargent, Federal Way 4th place - Howard Hwa, Bellevue

Teams
1st place - UW, 43 points   2nd place - Sno-King, 17 points
3rd place - Kent, 9 points  4th place - Bellevue, 8 points

16th HARVARD/RADCLIFFE SHORYUHAI KENDO TOURNAMENT – March 24/25, 2012, Cambridge

Teams
1st place - UW (Y.Shim, H.Christianson, F.Wessbecher, N.Grimes, S.Stern)
2nd place - UCSD A (C.Ono, G.Okamura, S.Takahashi, Y.HaChouf, M.Ha)
3rd place - NYU A (Turner, Fallon, Yang, Svrcek, Ryu)
3rd place - Soka U (Okuda, Matsukura, Ryu, Nakagome, Kamimoto)

Individuals
1st place - Yannis Hachouf, UCSD
2nd place - Melvana Gemici, Cornell U
3rd place - Matthew Yang, Rutgers U
3rd place - Tomoyuki Fujiyama, Columbia U

24th CLEVELAND KENDO TOURNAMENT – March 31, 2012

Junior A                                  Junior B
1st place - Reika Tsuchiya, Battle Creek  1st place - Izzak Niksan, JCCC
2nd place - Kei Suyama, JCCC              2nd place - Alistair Faghani, ShidoDC
3rd place - Saaya Morton, Cleveland       3rd place - Mei Niwa, Detroit
3rd place - Allen Barnhart, S. Ohio       3rd place - Thomas Koizumi, Miami Valley


Junior C                                  Mudansha
1st place - Ryoko, Kambe, Keio            1st place - Reika Tsuchiya, Battle Creek
2nd place - Dunkin Adams, ShidoCT         2nd place - Daniel Kim, Virginia Tech
3rd place - Fumitaka Nakayama, Keio       3rd place - Andrew Yoo, Purdue
3rd place - Yunosuke Nonaka, GKA          3rd place - Galen Yasumura, Case Western Reserve

1-2 Dan                                   Women
1st place - Funitaka Nakayama, Keio       1st place - Ryoko Kambe, Keio
2nd place - Ryoko Kambe, Keio             2nd place - Ayaka Sugiyama, Etobicoke
3rd place - Takashi Ohashi, Cornell       3rd place - Bree Yang, Jungko
3rd place - Adam Waterreus, N. Virginia   3rd place - Arisa Nakamori, ShidoDC

3 Dan Up                                  Junior Team         Team
1st place - Kenichi Hatakeyama, Choyokan  1st place - Keio B  1st place - Canada A
2nd place - Ryo Tamaru, JCCC              2nd place - ShidoDC 2nd place - GKA
3rd place - Shigemitsu Kamata, Etobicoke  3rd place - Keio C  3rd place - U. Cincinnati
3rd plcae - Yutaro Matsuura, Battle Creek 3rd place - JCCC    3rd place - Cornell

36th ANNUAL UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON INVITATIONAL KENDO TOURNAMENT – April 7, 2011

4 Dan and Above                        Women's Open
1st place - M. Zo, Cascade             1st place - W. Robillard, Steveston
2nd place - B. Imanishi, Cascade       2nd place - A. Fukushima, Vancouver
3rd place - N. Fukushima, Vancouver    3rd place - E. Marsten, Highline
3rd place - W. Robillard, Steveston    3rd place - A. Sugiyama, Etobicoke

0-4 Kyu                                1-3 Kyu
1st place - J. Yamauchi, Cascade       1st place - T. Patana, Sno-King
2nd place - R. Oda, Tozenji            2nd place - L. Wang, SFU
3rd place - Z. Neale, UW               3rd place - B. Hsu, SFU
3rd place - S. Asano, Tozenji          3rd place - D. Lin, Steveston

1-2 Dan                                3 Dan
1st place - R. Murao, Steveston        1st place - A. Fukushima, Vancouver
2nd place - F. Wessbecher, UW          2nd place - H. Yamada, Vancouver
3rd place - D. Sinclair, Spokane       3rd place - S. Jung, Vancouver
3rd place - J. Duplain, Spokane        3rd place - M. Hamanaka, UBC

Teams
1st place - Team Canada (M.Hamanaka, M.Ma, H.Yamada, A.Fukushima, M.Taguchi)
2nd place - Steveston A (D.Yao, Ryan Murao, P.Nishikihama, S.O'Sullivan, Ray Murao)

Taikai Chair - Ted Tagami

Sportsmanship Pledge - Noelle Grimes
Kazuo and Tomo Shoji Inspirational Award - Frank Wessbecher

UCLA YUHIHAI INTERCOLLEGIATE KENDO TOURNAMENT – April 8, 2012

Kyu Individuals                        Dan Individuals
1st place - S. Ujiie, East LA CC       1st place - I. Lorimer, UC Riverside
2nd place - J. Chan, UCLA              2nd place - S. Amano, UC Irvine
3rd place - A. Kim, UCLA               3rd place - S. Takahashi, UCSD
3rd place - A. Pham, UC Davis          3rd place - T. Suzuki, UCLA


Teams
1st place - UCSD A
2nd place - Touwan A
3rd place - UCLA A
3rd place - UC Riverside A

THE LAST WORD

This incredibly grueling training regime forced the student to come face-to-face with his
absolute physical and mental limits, and then breaking through his perceived boundaries with with an
‘indomitable heart’. The point was not how many matches the student was able to win. Instead it was a
means for self-cultivation in which the student developed his mental strength and virtuous traits…

–Sakai Toshinobu, A Bilingual Guide to the History of Kendo, Alexander Bennett,
trans., Kendo Nippon Books, Heisei 22 [2010], p. 207.

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