Kenyu – August 2012

Volume 26, number 8

August 2012

PNKF DATEBOOK

1. Sep 6/9, Annual Idaho Kendo Seminar and Umemura Cup, Thu,Fri,Sat,Sun, with
   Cary Mizobe, 6th Dan, West LA; Rory Elliott, 5th Dan, Highline; Steve Choi,
   4th dan, Portland; Steve Uchida, 4th dan, Renma. Thu, 6:30-8:00pm, Nampa
   Rec Center; Fri, 6:30-8:30pm, West Boise YMCA; Sat, 10:00am-5:00pm,
   Treasure Valley Comm College, Ontario OR; Dinner Saturday night, Ontario
   OR; Sun, 9am-3pm, Treasure Valley Comm College, Shinsa 6 kyu up to Shodan;
   Taikai, Umemura Hai, Open Individual Cup Tater Taikai, Team Event.
   $30 flat fee.
   http://www.idaho-kendo.com/events/

2. Sep 15, PNKF Board, Sat, 3-5pm, Renton.
3. Sep 29/30, PNKF Iaido Seminar, Sat/Sun, with Iaido Kyoshi 8th Dan Noguchi Hideo, Iaido Kyoshi 7th Dan
   Aoki Shigehiro, and Iaido 6th Dan Suzuki Kaoru, Rain City Fencing Center, Bellevue.

4. Oct 6, PNKF Shinpan Seminar, 12noon-4pm, open keiko 4-5pm, Kent.
5. Oct 13, Tacoma Taikai, Sat, 10am-4pm, doors open 9am, Washington High School, 12420 Ainsworth Avenue South, Tacoma, WA.
6. Nov 3, PNKF Taikai, Sat, 9:30am, Kent.
7. Nov 10, PNKF Board, Sat, 3-5pm, Renton.
8. Dec 8, Kent Taikai, Sat, report time 9am, start 9:30am, Kent.
9. Jul 13, 2013, 5th PNKF North American Women’s Team Tournament, Sat, Renton Community Center.

OTHER DATES

1. Sep 8, McGill University Kendo Club Montreal Open Taikai, Sat, Montreal.
2. Sep 15, Ted Davis Memorial Seminar, Sat, 10am, University of Victoria, 380 Finnerty Road.
3. Sep 30, Case Western Reserve University Student Cup Kendo Tournament, Sun, 8am, Adelbert Gym.
4. Oct 20/21, 24th Annual MWKF Tournament and Test, Sat/Sun, with Kendo Kyoshi 8th Dan Hayashi
   Nobuo and Hayashi Tatsuo, Chicago.

5. Oct 27, Hawaii State Kendo Tournament, Sat, Kauai Island, Hawaii.
6. Apr 6, 2013, 25th Anniversary Cleveland Kendo Tournament/GNEUSKF Championships, Adelbert Gym.
7. Apr 2013, 25th European Kendo Championships, Berlin.

AUSKF 2nd JUNIOR OPEN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS – June 19, 2011, Marina High School, Huntington Beach, CA

9 Years                                   10-11 Years
1st place - K. Tateda, SCKO               1st place - A. Okikubo, SCKO
2nd place - J. Ko, SCKF                   2nd place - G. Takahashi, SCKO
3rd place - N. Suzuki, SCKF               3rd place - G. Sugino, NCKF
3rd place - K. Kim, SCKF                  3rd place - B. Wang, WKF
 Kantosho - A. Yu, NCKF                    Kantosho - E. Mohler, GNEUSKF
 Kantosho - M. Miyazato, SCKO              Kantosho - I. Kotake, SCKO
 Kantosho - K. Ariga, SCKO                 Kantosho - H. Jung, SCKO
 Kantosho - S. Lee, WKF                    Kantosho - N. Coleman, SCKF

12-13 Years                               14-15 Years
1st place - T. Horii, SCKF                1st place - K. Kobayashi, SCKF
2nd place - K. Kato, SCKO                 2nd place - Y. Suk, WKF
3rd place - B. Wi, WKF                    3rd place - K. Fujimoto, NCKF
3rd place - R. Okikubo, SCKO              3rd place - A. Yan, GNEUSKF
 Kantosho - H. Yamada, SCKO                Kantosho - S. Park, NCKF
 Kantosho - R. Sato, SCKF                  Kantosho - K. Mizobe, SCKF
 Kantosho - D. Kumagai, SCKF               Kantosho - S. Watanabe, SCKF
 Kantosho - D. Lee, WKF                    Kantosho - R. Choi, SCKF

16-18 Years                               13 and Under Girls
1st place - T. Nagatani, SCKF             1st place - E. Kim, SCKF
2nd place - R. Eguchi, NCKF               2nd place - M. Sasaki, SCKO
3rd place - T. Kato, GNEUSKF              3rd place - C. Lyu, NCKF
3rd place - G. Owaki, SCKF                3rd place - Y. Kil, SCKF
 Kantosho - H. Komiyama, SCKF              Kantosho - H. Kiuchi, SCKO
 Kantosho - J. Williams, CCKF              Kantosho - T. Moon, SCKO
 Kantosho - K. Takahashi, GNEUSKF          Kantosho - M. Kanamori, SCKF
 Kantosho - K. Kamimoto, SCKO              Kantosho - D. Hahn, SCKF

14-18 Girls                               Boys Team
1st place - M. Cabral, NCKF               1st place - SCKF A (Horii,Offutt,Kobayashi,Nagatani,Owaki)
2nd place - S. Kwon, SCKO                 2nd place - SCKO A (Ogikubo,Kotake,McNeil,Sugeta,Ogikubo)
3rd place - M. Hutchison, SCKO            3rd place - SCKF B
3rd place - M. Cabral, NCKF               3rd place - SCKO B
 Kantosho - M. Kato, GNEUSKF
 Kantosho - Y. Arima, SCKF                Girls Team
 Kantosho - H. Ariga, SCKO                1st place - SCKO A (Sugeta,Ariga,Sasaki)
 Kantosho - A. Shibata, SCKF              2nd place - GNEUSKF A (Kato,Adams,Kambe)
                                          3rd place - SCKF B
                                          3rd place - NCKF A

AUSKF 3rd JUNIOR OPEN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS – August 4, 2012, Kent Meridian High School, Kent, WA

9 Years                                   10-11 Years
1st place - T. Katayama, ECUSKF           1st place - A. Ogikubo, SCKO
2nd place - M. Liu, SCKO                  2nd place - B. Yoo, WKF
3rd place - H. Allen, PNKF                3rd place - M. Katayama, NCKF
3rd place - A. Fujiwara, SCKO             3rd place - S. Yoo, WKF
 Kantosho - K. Kotake, SCKO                Kantosho - N. Suzuki, SCKF
 Kantosho - S. Kato, SCKO                  Kantosho - S. Kelly, PNKF
 Kantosho - S. Hsu, SCKO                   Kantosho - A. Fujiwara, SCKO
                                           Kantosho - K. Tateda, SCKO

12-13 Years                               14-15 Years
1st place - T. Horii, SCKF                1st place - D. Kumagai, SCKF
2nd place - B. Wang, WKF                  2nd place - K. Choi, WKF
3rd place - I. Kotake, SCKO               3rd place - K. Jo, WKF
3rd place - T. Marsten, PNKF              3rd place - L. Suzuki, SCKF
 Kantosho - G. Takahashi, SCKO             Kantosho - Kotaro Kato, SCKO
 Kantosho - J. Wilson, PNKF                Kantosho - B. Wi, WKF
 Kantosho - G. Sugino, NCKF                Kantosho - A. Sinclair, PNKF
 Kantosho - D. Lin, PNKF                   Kantosho - M. Uto, NCKF

16-18 Years                               13 and Under Girls
1st place - D. Williams, CCKF             1st place - Y. Kil, SCKF
2nd place - K. Kobayashi, SCKF            2nd place - C. Yoon, SCKF
3rd place - K. Fujimoto, NCKF             3rd place - J. DeJong, PNKF
3rd place - N. Nogimura, SCKF             3rd place - B. Park, PNKF
 Kantosho - A. Yan, GNEUSKF                Kantosho - A. Hii, SCKO
 Kantosho - Y.J. Suk, WKF                  Kantosho - K. McManus, PNKF
 Kantosho - T. Makiuchi, SCKF              Kantosho - M. Blechschmidt, PNKF
 Kantosho - T. Nagatani, SCKF              Kantosho - K. Ariga, SCKO

14-18 Girls                               12 and Under Team
1st place - S. Sugeta, SCKO               1st place - SCKO A (A.Ogikubo,I.Kotake,G.Takahashi)
2nd place - E. DeJong, PNKF               2nd place - SCKO B (K.Tateda,S.Kato,A.Fujiwara)
3rd place - Y. Matsuyama, GNEUSKF         3rd place - PNKF A (B.Park,M.Blechschmidt,K.McManus)
3rd place - B. Lin, PNKF                  3rd place - PNKF B (H.Kim,B.Liao,D.Lin)
 Kantosho - M. Abe, PNKF
 Kantosho - M. DeJong, PNKF               Girls Team
 Kantosho - R. Kambe, GNEUSKF             1st place - SCKO (S.Sugeta,H.Ariga,M.Sasaki)
 Kantosho - Mieko Cabral, NCKF            2nd place - NCKF A (MinaeCabral,C.Lyu,MiekoCabral)
                                          3rd place - PNKF B (B.Lin,E.DeJong,M.DeJong)
                                          3rd place - GNEUSKF (Y.Matsuyama,M.Kato,R.Kambe)

Boys Team
1st place - SCKO A (KotaroKato,S.Sugeta,K.Kamimoto,R.Ogikubo,K.Yada)
2nd place - WKF (K.Jo,Y.J.Suk,D.Lee,K.Choi,B.Wi)
3rd place - SCKF A (T.Horii,Y.Nogimura,K.Kobayashi,T.Nagatani,H.Komiyama)
3rd place - SCKF B (Y.Kil,L.Suzuki,D.Kumagai,S.Kil,T.Makiuchi)

SHINKYU SHINSA

5TH DAN: Chun-fang Huang (National Taiwan University Kendo Alumni Association).

5TH DAN: Jonathan Katsushi Chinen (Gedatsu), Isabella Church (Shidogakuin), Roger Lanoue Jr. (NYC).

7TH DAN: Tomoji Kato (Covina), Ken Sakamoto (Choyokan).

PNKF IAIDO SHINSA, August 11, 2012, Kent

4TH KYU: Anthony Hill (Tonbo). 3RD KYU: Richard Milde (Tonbo), Adam Remesnik (Everett). 2ND KYU: Masami Hill (Tonbo), Tsz Pang Lui (OSU), Garrit Pillie (AiShinKai), Kathleen Shipley (Tonbo), Lynda Shipley (Tonbo), Gina Taylor (Tonbo), Korhan Tekin (SCKF Norwalk), Ahn Trieu (AiShinKai). 1ST KYU: Narbeh Bagdasarian (Pasadena), U-Seong Hank Kim (UW), Sarah Moore (Everett), Levon Sukiassyan (SCKF San Fernando Valley). 1ST DAN: Jared Burns (Ren Ma), Sam Wilkins (Everett). 2ND DAN: Matthew Gaylord (Seattle).

PNKF KENDO SHINSA, August 11, 2012, Kent

6TH KYU: Emily Cho (Cascade), Martin McDermott (Bellevue). 5TH KYU: Haven Allen (Bellevue), Trinh Ho (Northwest), Sung-Joon Im (Cascade), Soohmin Lee (Cascade), Dylan Ma (Cascade). 4TH KYU: Seth Mulhausen (Tacoma), Betty Park (Bellevue), Nancy Tang (UW). 3RD KYU: Jane Higa (Bellevue), Allison Kojima (Bellevue), Alick Law (Sno-King), Jaeyoon Lee (Obukan), David Lin (Bellevue), Jeff Mianowski (Seattle), Andrew Nagasawa (Bellevue), Tenma Rollins (Federal Way). 2ND KYU: Michael Alfonso (Obukan), Eric Chesley (Seattle), Howard Hwa (Bellevue), Ryan Kim (Cascade), U-Seong Hank Kim (UW), Kenny Lee (Cascade), Camille Nagasawa (Bellevue), Junha Park (Obukan). 1ST KYU: Eric Chesley (Seattle), Jennifer DeJong (Highline), Tsukasa Ito (Seattle), Kenta Kato (Alaska), Changmin Park (Obukan), Dan Park (Bellevue), Yuriko Phancenek (Northwest), Renee Zhang (Northwest). 1ST DAN: Rebecca Cook (Idaho), Andrew Kato (Obukan), Christian Kim (Bellevue), John Kliem (Tacoma), Kurt Kuniyasu (Cascade), Richard Lei (Seattle), Hogyun Park (Portland), Tero Patana (Sno-King). 2ND DAN: David Cheng (UW), Erica DeJong (Highline), Mary DeJong (Highline), Masafumi Iwama (Kent), Yoshito Kanamori (Alaska), Yang-Li Ou (Northwest), Katalin Plummer (Idaho), Nick Shiosaki (Pocatello), Mark Verrey (Sno-King), Sandy Wong (Highline), Dean Yamada (Cascade). 3RD DAN: Austen Samkange (NCKF Palo Alto), Alfred Tan (Northwest).

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