Kenyu – October/November/December

Posted on 2024/10/13 by Sue Vanasouk

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, Camas              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

 

PNKF KENDO SHINSA, October 13th, 2024, Portland, OR

6 KYU: Lincoln Cowell (Redmond)

5 KYU: Ken Takeuchi (Camas), Benaiah Soriano (Camas)

4 KYU: Chris Kobata (Camas), Shinichi Nakayama (Camas), Hiro Johnson (Seattle), Ray Dinsmore (Camas), Luca Guidi (Seattle), Nolan Deschuytter (Camas), Valentina Velez (Portland)

3 KYU: Allen Kaufman (Portland), Julia Alexander (Obukan), Braden Jack (OSU), William Peacor (OSU), Amir Zinatulin (OSU), Samantha Barondyck (OSU), Keri Michalski (Portland), Peter Konneker (Camas), Amy Howes (Redmond), Domonic Ceccarelli (Obukan), Yoshie Sasaki (Portland)

2 KYU: Julianne Pho (Obukan), Kirihiro Onishi (Obukan), Joey Matsuno (Obukan), Jonathan King (Kenchikai), Xuanyu Bai (Obukan), Chad Emerick (Portland), Filip Alexandrov (Obukan), Chiharu Dinsmore (Camas), Perla Ibarra (Camas), Michiyo Okuhara (Camas), David Gage (Camas)

1 KYU: Joe Takeuchi (Camas), Saiichi Johnson (Seattle), Sunil Jain (OSU), Nghia Ngo (Obukan), Scott Fleishman (Portland), Johnna Loreen (Portland), Caleb Foster (Redmond), Chikako McNutt (Idaho)

 

INAUGURAL TACOMA WOMEN’S TAIKAI, October 12th, 2024, Tacoma, WA

18 and Above                               17 and Under
1st – N. Fracassi, Renbu               1st – H. Ara, Renbu
2nd – Y. Kamiya, Renbu                 2nd – R. Liao, Renbu
3rd – H. Tominaga, Renbu             3rd – C. Kim, Northwest
3rd – J. Zhu, HSSK

Teams      
1st – Sub Alpine Fir: H. Ara, Y. Hong, J. Kurahashi

 

48TH ANNUAL PNKF TAIKAI, November 2nd, 2024, Tacoma, WA

10 and Under                                  11-12
1st – T. Tanimura, Edmonds             1st – S. Ara, Renbu
2nd – I. Nakamura, Youshinkan        2nd – I. Taguchi, Renbu
3rd – Y. Kobayashi, Youshinkan        3rd – J. Etsumi, Hawaii
3rd – S. Nakayama, Camas              3rd – S. Harada, Renbu

13-15                                                 0-4 Kyu
1st – S. Johnson, Seattle                  1st – M. Fontana, Northwest
2nd – L. Chen, Oakland                    2nd – A. Hansen, UW
3rd – M. Tanimura, Edmonds            3rd – B. Hebert, UW
3rd – Ka. Yoshimura, Renbu             3rd – S. Stroud, Idaho

3-1 Kyu                                             1-2 Dan
1st – Y. Engen, Vancouver                1st – C. Liao, Renbu
2nd – A. Malone, Obukan                  2nd – N. Son, Renbu
3rd – A. Fan, UW                               3rd – Ke. Yoshimura, Renbu
3rd – P. Heller, UW                            3rd – I. Hwang, Renbu

3 Dan                                                 4 Dan and Above
1st – S. Nichols, Youshinkan              1st – R. Asato, Vancouver
2nd – S. Miyashita, Sturgeon              2nd – T. Hamanaka, Youshinkan
3rd – Y. C. Lee, Bellevue                    3rd – K. Kobayashi, Youshinkan
3rd – Y. Zhao, Seattle                         3rd – B. Fukutomi, Hawaii

Women’s Kyu                                    Women’s Dan
1st – N. Underhill, Northwest              1st – J. Paik, Tacoma
2nd – A. Fukuda, UW                          2nd – B. Park, Edmonds
3rd – Y. Wu, UW                                  3rd – H. Tominaga, Renbu
3rd – E. Wong, UW                             3rd – A. Fukushima, Vancouver

Master’s                                
1st – J. Kurahashi, Renbu
2nd – J. Y. Suk, UBC
3rd – M. Nelson, Spokane
3rd – M. Mabale, Seattle

Junior Team
1st – Oakland (K. Onishi, S. Nakayama, L. Chen, Ju. Kiyohara, V. Chen)
2nd – Renbu A (R. Liao, S. Ara, H. Ara, I. Taguchi, Ka. Yoshimura)
3rd – Youshinkan A (Y. Kobayashi, T. Shirai, M. Shirai, S. Tango, A. Kobayashi)
3rd – Steveston A (H. Bae, E. Tang, R. Kao, O. Chen, A. Chen)

Senior Team
1st – Renbu (N. Son, C. Liao, N. Fracassi, H. Homma, Ke. Yoshimura)
2nd – Seattle (R. Lei, Y. Zhao, A. Mabale, A. Yuen, G. Suzaka)
3rd – Vancouver (Y. Engen, A. Fukushima, R. Asato, K. Akutsu, H. Kim)
3rd – Hawaii (J. Tanizaki, S. Etsumi, K. Chun, B. Fukutomi, S. Oh)

Shinpan Cho – Doug Imanishi
Taikai Co-Chairs – Tiarnan Marsten & Sue Vanasouk
Sportsmanship Pledge – Alec Yuen
Shoji Inspirational Award – Saiichi Johnson
President’s Award – Yuka Underhill

 

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Kenyu – July/August/September 2024

Posted on 2024/08/22 by Sue Vanasouk

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)

 

2024 PNKF IAIDO TAIKAI – September 28, 2024, Rain City Fencing Center, Bellevue, WA

0-1 Kyu
1st – Marlena Cote, Seattle Kendo Kai
2nd – Tien Vo, AiShinKai Fudo Myoo-ji Dojo
3rd – Ryan Merril, Shu Ken Kai
3rd – Chikako McNutt, Idaho Kendo Club

1-2 Dan
1st – Keita Tanabe, Salinas Kendo Club
2nd – Rae Podrebarac, AiShinKai Fudo Myoo-ji Dojo
3rd – Michael Mabale, Seattle Kendo Kai
3rd – Juan Pablo de Rivero Vaccari, Miami Budokan

3-4 Dan
1st – Thane Mittelstaedt, AiShinKai Fudo Myoo-ji Dojo
2nd – Frederick Fourie, AiShinKai Fudo Myoo-ji Dojo
3rd – Hiroyuki Maeda, Idaho Kendo Club

Sportsmanship Pledge – Tien Vo AiShinKai Fudo Myoo-ji Dojo

 

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)

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Kenyu – April/May/June 2024

Posted on 2024/04/16 by Sue Vanasouk

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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Kenyu – January/February/March 2024

Posted on 2024/01/22 by Sue Vanasouk

Volume 38, number 1/2/3

January/February/March 2024

BHSK TAIKAI, January 20th, 2024

Youth                                          Adult Kyu
1st – S. Faso, Bellevue               1st – G. Baski, Bellevue
2nd – E. Lau, Bellevue                2nd – J. Dobner, Kirkland
3rd – L. Naylor, Bellevue
3rd – Y. Iwao, Bellevue

Young Dans                                Top Gun
1st – R. Ramirez, Sno-King         1st – S. Day, Highline
2nd – L. Tsybert, Bellevue            2nd – S. Shilov, Bellevue

Junior Team
1st – Team Wolfman (C. Ridler, S. Murray, S. Faso)
2nd – Team Charlie (A. Dobner, R. Chowdhury, L. Naylor)

Senior Team
1st – Team Goose (G. Baski, T. Patana, L. Naylor, M. Suzuki, T. Espinal)
2nd – Team Iceman (D. Shilov, E. Lau, A. Yang, H. Iba, L. Tsybert)

 

17TH ANNUAL INTER-COLLEGIATE TAIKAI, January 27th, 2024, Seattle, Washington

Non-Bogu                                       0-4 Kyu
1st – E. Qiu, UBC                            1st – T. Kunz-Taguchi, UW
2nd – C. Lutz, UBC                          2nd – K. Okada, UW
3rd – H. Fan, UBC                           3rd – A. Sun, UW
3rd – J. Kannitho, UBC                    3rd – B. Vu, UBC

3-1 Kyu                                           Women’s
1st – K. Soetamin, UW                   1st – T. Huang, UBC
2nd – P. Heller, UW                         2nd – H. Izumi, UBC
3rd – A. Fan, UW                            3rd – M. Shimabukuro, UBC
3rd – E. Chen, SFU                        3rd – U. Tanaka, UBC

Dan
1st – R. Aoki, UBC
2nd – H. Hu, UW
3rd – K. Fukuda, UW
3rd – V. Hoang, UBC

Mixed Teams
1st – Shih Tzus (K. Soetamin, R. Aoki, G. Lee, B. Ng, P. Arce)
2nd – Corgis (M. Erdembayar, M. Cabilin, N. Le, K. Ramirez, H. Sumino)
3rd – Shiba Inus (B. Wong, S. Cox, V. Suwantaweechoat, L. Lashmet, V. Hoang)
3rd – Beagles (B. Lo, J. Leung, K. Fukuda, E. Chen, E. Kirkpatrick)

College Teams
1st – UBC B (W. Yen, H. Izumi, V. Hoang, U. Tanaka, R. Aoki)
2nd – UBC A (J. Leung, B. Lo, C. Ma. M. Shimabukuro, T. Huang)

 

PNKF KENDO SHINSA, February 10th, 2024, Seattle, WA

6 KYU: Raven Lee (Bellevue)

5 KYU: Cairen Moon (Federal Way), Ian Santos (Kent), Takumi Tanimura (Edmonds), Akira Schacht (Spokane), Cameron Ridler (Kirkland), Filipp Korostelev (Edmonds), Ryunoske Yokoo (Northwest), Xuan Liu (Northwest), Shin Wu (Northwest), Michael Fontana (Northwest)

4 KYU: Isaac Santos (Kent), Nathan Kim (Northwest), Kenji Rafael (Edmonds), Kiki Sato (Kirkland), Shaun Murray (Kirkland), Koya Sinex (Kirkland), Musashi Blair (Cascade), Andi Anderson (Seattle), Minjeong Ko (Seattle), Derick Salamanca (Kent), Timothy Speer (Bellevue), Ryan Grill (Alaska), Cary Carlson (Bellevue), Shawn Smith (Edmonds), Andrei Korostelev (Edmonds)

3 KYU: Isaac Selle (Spokane), Seiji Lee (Bellevue), Showa Winters (Edmonds), Clara Kim (Northwest), Ray Kawamoto (Bellevue), Filip Dumitrescu (Edmonds), Yuki Kuge (Bellevue), Yuki Iwao (Bellevue), Cian Smith (Edmonds), Kotaro Okada (UW), Malia Kubodera (UW), Heather OCorry-Crowe (UW), Evan Kirkpatrick (UW), Isabelle Martin (UW), Lily Lashmet (UW), Micaela Adam (UW), Wanhui Han (Bellevue), Sarah Grill (Alaska), Brandon Ridler (Kirkland), Alex Derrick (Northwest), Charles Dolera (Northwest), Adam Gaines (Spokane), Creighton Don (Bellevue), Hideki Sato (Kirkland)

2 KYU: Saiichi Johnson (Seattle), Andrew Schacht (Spokane), Connor Burke (Kent), Sebastian Fruchter (Spokane), Emerson Lau (Bellevue), Tyler Lee (Spokane), Nina Underhill (Northwest), Kaleb Borum (Spokane), Hanna Inoue (UW), Kostyantyn Ryzhkov (UW), William Le (UW), Garrett Lee (UW), Patrick Heller (UW), Andrew McGinnis (UW), Stephen Hsieh (Kirkland), Jingyi Zhang (Northwest), Sean Wales (Northwest)

1 KYU: Mifune Tanimura (Edmonds), James Dueck (Federal Way), Jeremy Lin (Seattle), Alexander Field (Federal Way), Andrew Fan (UW), Kyle Huynh (Cascade), Majestik Remmu (Seattle), Garrett Baski (Bellevue), Lucy Yang (Seattle), Matthew Dircks (Spokane), Christopher Johnson (Seattle), Lee Salkin (Spokane), Alex Yang (Bellevue), Patrick Lau (Bellevue), Wendy Graham (Spokane)

1 DAN: Salvatore Faso (Bellevue), Dan Terao (Cascade), Norman Thompson (Spokane), Xijian Wang (Cascade), Brandon Wied (OSU), Wenqian Liu (Portland), Molivan Tuy (Bellevue), Nathan Westlund (Spokane), Kumi Abe (Edmonds), Tory Kim (Northwest), Sandra Mizuno (Seattle)

2 DAN: Jonathan Yu (Northwest), Sean Kim (Seattle), Daniel Shilov (Bellevue), Neo Smith (Kirkland), Alec Yuen (Seattle), TJ Okamura (Cascade), Aaron Rowell (RMKIF), Jin Pak (Evergreen)

3 DAN: Betty Park (Edmonds)

4 DAN: Andrew Yuen (Edmonds)

 

HIGHLINE TAIKAI, March 23rd, 2024

Individuals                                         
1st – M. Remmu, Seattle
2nd – P. Heller, UW
3rd – J. Lin, Seattle
3rd – G. Lee, UW
4th – C. Dolera, Northwest
4th – R. Nguyen, Bellevue
4th – K. Soetamin, UW
4th – S. Fleishman, Portland

Team                             
1st – Kendo Club at UW
2nd – Seattle Kendo Kai

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Kenyu – October/November/December 2023

Posted on 2023/10/16 by Sue Vanasouk

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)

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