4th PNKF Women’s Kendo Tournament Results
TEAMS
1st place – Pacific Northwest Kendo Federation A
(N. Grimes, J. Chen, T. Ying, E. Marsten, N. Ton)
2nd place – British Columbia Kendo Federation
(B. Lin, M. Taguchi, W. Robilliard, M. Kobayashi, L. Murao)
3rd place – Gardena Kendo Dojo
(S.Sugeta, S.Segawa, Y.Miura, Y.Hoshina, K.Matsushita)
3rd place – Southeast US Kendo Federation
(H. Koike, Y. DeSouza, S. Lane, R. Barr, H. Robinson)
INDIVIDUAL MUDANSHA
1st place – S. Sugeta, Gardena
2nd place – L. Kem, NCKF
3rd place – M. Kobayashi, BCKF
3rd place – J. Leung, UBC
INDIVIDUAL YUDANSHA
1st place – M. Taguchi, BCKF
2nd place – E. Marsten, PNKF
3rd place – W. Robilliard, BCKF
3rd place – C.F. Huang, PNKF
4th place – J. Chen, PNKF
4th place – M. Hamanaka, UBC
4th place – Y. Hayashi, Vancouver
4th place – H. Yamada, Vancouver
Thanks for a Great Tournament!
Thanks to all of our competitors who came from all over the US and Canada to make this the largest PNKF Women’s Taikai yet! At 78 competitors, we were just short of the 83 that entered the 2008 US Nationals and we plan on growing that even more, so be sure to join us again in 2013!
Thank you to all the shimpan and Katsura sensei for donating their Saturday to judge and of course, last but not least our huge group of volunteers!
J. Marsten sensei- taikai chair, ride giver/coordinator, hotel arranger, food and trophy arranger and basically anything you don’t see listed else here.
Maruyama Bogu Supply
JAE Awards (John & Polly Shigaki)
Shimpan: R. Murao, C. Marsten, Y. Taguchi, D. Imanishi, M. Katsura, D. Yotsuuye, C. Tanouye, I. Sato, H. Goh, H. Samkange, D. DeJong, R. Elliott, S. Harris, V. Marsten, J. Scherer, J. Marsten, M. Mizuuchi
T. Bolling sensei- head scorekeeper
Amy Arsenault- court coordinator
Leonid Tsybert- court coordinator
Darrick Lew- website design and banquet coordination
Merrisa Mocchia- banquet and lunch coordinator
Yumiko Shinoda- translating/hosting
Mayumi Maddy- hosting
Court volunteers: Sharon Blomquist, Yury Bogucharov, Melanie and Jennifer DeJong, Ken Eguro, Tony Zee, Damon Tsai, Frank Wessbecher, Young Shim, Shawn Stern, Ken Loeu, James O’Donnell, Bert Tsutakawa, CJ Chaney.
Full taikai results and pictures coming soon!
Updated Seminar Schedule
At Bitterlake Community Center Annex (Sno-King Kendo Club) aka Thompson Broadview Elementary.
Drive all the way to the back where the playground/toys are.
Monday June 21, 2010: seminar on teaching kendo 6:30-9:30 PM with J. Marsten.
Wednesday June 23, 2010: Sno-King 6:30-9:30 PM on shiai with Katsura sensei
Thursday June 24, 2010: Sno-King 6:30-9:30 PM on shiai with Katsura sensei
Friday June 25, 2010: Godo Keiko for Women at Bellevue Kendo Club with Katsura sensei
You have to have signed up for the seminar or bring the waiver form and fees with you!
Maruyama Kendo Supply
Jeff Chen of Maruyama Kendo Supply will have a booth at the PNKF Women’s Taikai and is one of our official sponsors! Maruyama has generously offered prize donations for the top players of the tournament. So please stop by and check out the booth!
Women’s Taikai Tenagui
We’ve got more! So if you’d like to order one (or many), pre-order and pick up at the taikai or have one shipped, check out this post for pictures and details!
Fill out the comment box or email us and we’ll get you one! $10 each. $1 each for shipping (What a deal!) Orders larger than 6 will get a custom shipping rate.