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8th PNKF North American Women’s Taikai Results

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October 2, 2022

TEAMS
1st place – Pacific Northwest Kendo Federation- A
(V. Le, M.DeJong, N.Grimes, E.Marsten, A.Nakayama)
2nd place – Renbu
(M. Hashimoto, M. Tominaga, Y. Kawabe, A. Espiritu, Y. Lee)
3rd place – Pacific Northwest Kendo Federation B
(B. Park, J. Chen, J. Frazier-Day, E. Tam, M. Suzuki)
3rd place – Orange
(E. Ichimura, C. Tinder, K. De la Loza, E. Hill, P. De la Loza)

INDIVIDUAL 1D and BELOW
1st place – Hiyori Tominaga, Renbu
2nd place – Yura Kawabe, Renbu
3rd place – Sue Vanasouk, Cascade
3rd place – Yuka Lee, Renbu

INDIVIDUAL YUDANSHA
1st place – Elizabeth Marsten, PNKF
2nd place – Wendy Robillard, CKF
3rd place – Melanie DeJong, PNKF
3rd place – Noelle Grimes, PNKF

FIGHTING SPIRIT
1D and Below – Yuka Lee, Renbu
2D and Above – Ai Nakayama, PNKF
Team – Emi Ichimura, NCKF
Shimpan-Cho – Erika Hill, Hawaii

Check out the photos on Facebook with Kendo Photography!

 

We have Merch Available Now!

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It’s time! The official tenugui for the 8th PNKF North American Women’s Taikai has gone to production and will be here soon!

Pre-order now, pick up at the taikai. We will have ship to home options (coming post taikai.) Taikai participants receive one as part of their entry fee! We chose orange – color we haven’t done before and you don’t see many fun, bright orange tenugui out there. Also, it’s October! We chose the North Pacific giant octopus as our feature this year, as it is native to the PNW, it’s our 8th taikai and they are brilliant, like our ladies. Treat yourself today with what will clearly be the best kendo merch of the year!

Order Tenugui

This awesome design is also available on your everyday wearables, T-shirts and Hoodies are now available!

Early Bird Special: NOW through 9/20. Jump on this today and you can pick up at the taikai to avoid shipping fees! We’ll release new links after 9/20 for ship to home options.

Order T-shirts and Hoodies

 

 

7th PNKF North American Women’s Taikai Results

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July 13, 2019

TEAMS
1st place – Southern California Kendo Federation
(E. Kim, K. Tada, H. Dong, Liu, A. Shinada)
2nd place – Butokuden A
(K. Igarashi, J. Harasawa, H. Ariga, V. Kuo, H. Hsueh)
3rd place – Pacific Northwest Kendo Federation B
(V. Le, M. Blechschmidt, J. Higa, T. Imanishi, J. Frazier-Day)
3rd place – Microsoft
(N. Sakamoto, S. Hino, S. Uchino, S. Wakizono, M. Ohara)

INDIVIDUAL MUDANSHA
1st place – Krystal McIntosh, PNKF
2nd place – Sammi Cheung, Quebec
3rd place – Heidi Lin, Butokuden
3rd place – Kate Rice, PNKF

INDIVIDUAL YUDANSHA
1st place – Chigusa Takeuchi, Youshinkan
2nd place – Wendy Robillard, CKF
3rd place – Betty Park, PNKF
3rd place – Kianna Darbyshire, CKF
4th place – Ai Nakayama, PNKF
4th place – Jennifer DeJong, MWKF
4th place – Isabel Lorimer, SCKO
4th place – Rika Iketani, SCKO

Thank you all who have participated and made the taikai possible!

2016 Wrap-up

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Once again, thank you to all the competitors, coaches, and volunteers who participated in our event several weeks ago. The planning committee would also like to take a moment to again thank our sponsors again:

All Japan Budogu          Kinsho – Unique Kendo Tsuba

Aoi Budogu                   Kohtoku Enterprise, Inc

e-Bogu.com                  Maruyama Kendo Supply

e-Mudo.com                 Underhill Jewelers

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The tournament showcased some world class kendo and was an overall success! That being said, we know there is always room for improvement and as such, we would appreciate any feedback you may have! Please take a few minutes to fill out our survey and tell us how we can make the 7th North American Women’s Taikai even better!

We hope to see all of those who competed again in 2019 as well as some new faces. Start planning now and as always, if you have any questions, comments, or concerns, contact us at womenskendotaikai (a) gmail.com.

6th PNKF North American Women’s Taikai Results

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medals

Team
1st place – PNKF-1 (J.DeJong, E.DeJong, N.Grimes, E.Marsten, A.Nakayama)
2nd place – SWKIF-1 (H.Dang, A.Darrah, D.Verastigue, N.Arnal, A.Adachi)
3rd place – SCKO 1 (Y.Saito, J.Kuo, I.Lorimer, N.Harigai, H.Hsueh)
3rd place – PNKF-2 (M.Blechschmidt, M.DeJong, J.Frazier-Day, J.Chen, M.Rinaldi)

Individual Mudansha
1st place – Maya Blechschmidt
2nd place – Binah Yeung, PNKF
3rd place – Sizhou Zou, SCKO
3rd place – Lucy Tan, SWKIF

Individual Yudansha
1st place – Yuko Saito, SCKO
2nd place – Ai Nakayama, PNKF
3rd place – Wendy Robillard, CKF
3rd place – Minako Harigai, SCKO
4th place – Isabel Lorimer, SCKO
4th place – Noelle Grimes, PNKF
4th place – Juneko Kurahashi, CKF
4th place – Elizabeth Marsten, PNKF

View the FULL Excel results for match by match, point by point action here!
Team Round Robin, Single Elimination and Bracket
Mudansha Individuals
Yudansha Individuals

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