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Chinatsu Murayama Sensei – Special Guest

Womens Kendo · Jan 24, 2013 ·

The PNKF is proud to announce that 5 time All Japan Women’s Champion, Chinatsu Murayama Sensei will be joining us July 13th as our special guest at the 5th PNKF North American Women’s Kendo Taikai!

She will also be conducting seminars throughout the week at dojos around the PNKF, final schedule is TBA.

Mark your calendars! We are anticipating that the taikai format will be the same as the previous years, registration for both the taikai and the seminar will open up this spring.

Announcements will be made in both volume and quantity, so stay tuned here or with our Facebook event!

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Murayama Sensei’s BCKF visit in February 2010. Several of the PNKF ladies were fortunate enough to be invited and attend.

The PNKF Women’s Tournament – KendoWorld article

Womens Kendo · Aug 6, 2012 ·


This article was originally printed in KendoWorld, Volume 6.1, December, 2011 and appears here courtesy of KendoWorld.

The Pacific Northwest Kendo Federation’s North American Women’s Taikai is the official (and a mouthful of a title) tournament started in 2001 by Jeff Marsten Sensei (7dan, kyoshi) and is held every 3 years in the greater Seattle area. We in the PNKF lovingly refer to it as “chicks with sticks” or by “the women’s taikai.” [Read more…] about The PNKF Women’s Tournament – KendoWorld article

5th PNKF Women’s Taikai Date is Set

Womens Kendo · Jul 12, 2012 ·

July 13th, 2013. Renton Community Center. Mark your calendars! More to come in regards to the seminar schedule, hotel accommodations, souvenirs and more.

Women in Kendo at the 5th US Nito Seminar

Womens Kendo · Jul 9, 2012 ·

June 30th-July 1st, McMinnville, Oregon. 3 sensei from Musashi Kai in Japan, including Ako Ishimura sensei, 6dan (pictured below, center) who passed the kodansha exam doing nito! She will be in the women’s All Japan Taikai next month as well. Good luck Ishimura sensei!

We also had the pleasure of instruction from Hirotsugu Sasaki sensei, 7dan kyoshi and Ryoichi Fujii sensei, 7dan kiyoshi. Fantastic seminar-whether you’ve done nito before or not, if you get a chance to go in 2013, go!

Check out this news story on Ishimura sensei and Fujii sensei.

Congrats to the PNKF Women’s Team!

Womens Kendo · Aug 16, 2011 ·

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Amy Arsenault, Julie Chen, Hana Lee, Elizabeth Marsten, Noelle Grimes, Janelle Frazier-Day, Coach Jeff Marsten, Manager Jeff Marsten

2nd Place Finish at the 12th AUSKF National Championships
August 13, 2011, Atlanta, GA

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