PNKF Women's Kendo Tournament

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Looking for a team or roommate?

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All the single ladies! (Insert Beyonce song here.)

Need a team? Need a teammate?

Rather the ladies that need to fill a spot on their team or would like to play on a team and don’t have one — never fear, our team making matching making service is available. We’ll do our best to see that you get your slot filled or that you end up on a team. You made the trip after all!

Email: womenskendotaikai at gmail.com with what you need: be on a team or fill a slot and we’ll get your hooked up.
You won’t know for sure until June 26th, it’s just how taikais roll after all, but we’ll definitely do our best!

Need a hotel roomie?

Same goes if you’re from out of town looking for a roommate to fill that other hotel bed! Email womenskendotaikai at gmail.com and if another woman requests same, then we have a match and you’ll be able to split that hotel bill right down the middle.

Women’s Kendo Taikai Tenugui are Here

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Check it out! The prettiest purple and oh so chic design is what all the ladies will be wearing this summer. The cool ones anyway. The ones that signed up for the Women’s Taikai on June 26th! All participants receive one of these commemorative tenugui with their participation in the women’s taikai, so sign up now! (We had to use a male model, he’s the chairman of the taikai after all.)

womens-kendo-tournament-tenagui
womens-kendo-tenagui

Need more than one? Can’t make it? Can’t participate? (Out of town, too young or suffer from being a guy?) Tenugui are for sale! Fill out the comment box or email us and we’ll get you one! $10 each. Limited supply!

Competitors get first dibs, so if you’re competing and want to order more, let us know and we’ll set them aside for you to pick up at the taikai.

PNKF Women’s Kendo Tournament Invitation

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Need a full copy of the invitation and sign up form? No problem, click here to download the Women’s Kendo Taikai invitation and Sign Up Form.

The Highlights
Entry Fee: $40.00 (US) per person includes commerative tenugui and bento.
Please make one check payable to PNKF.

All entry fees and a list if participants and shinpan should be sent by May 26, 2010 to:
Jeffrey Marsten
616 SW 135th St
Burien, WA 98146

This is a team tournament followed by two individuals divisions (kyu and dan) and all participants should be about 16 years of age or older. (Participants younger than 16 years of age must be at least 2 Kyu or above.) Federations/dojos can enter up to two teams and after the taikai there will be a party at the hotel across the street. The party after the taikai at the hotel is free to all participants, dinner to be provided by the PNKF women. A collection will be taken up at the taikai for some of the beverages.

Please be sure to download and view the FULL invitation if you have any questions!

Women’s Kendo Seminar Sign Up Form

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Now available online, just print out, mail in or hand deliver to Jeff Marsten Sensei by May 26, 2010 to participate in the seminar with Marsten Sensei and Katsura Sensei during the week of June 19-June 25th. Click here to download the Women’s Kendo Seminar Form and Waiver.

Seminar Fee: $50 full seminar or $10 per day, age 13 years and up.
Please make check payable to PNKF.

All fees should be sent to:
Jeffrey Marsten
616 SW 135th St
Burien, WA 98146
USA

Seminar Schedule: At Bitterlake Community Center Annex (Sno-King Kendo Club)
Saturday June 19, 2010: Seminar 9:00AM-4:00PM with J. Marsten on individual development
Lunch is brown bag for June 19, 2010
Sunday June 20, 2010: seminar 10:00AM-1:00PM on individual development with J. Marsten
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

There is a WAIVER FORM attached to the pdf, please sign and RETURN with your seminar sign up.

Fall around Seattle

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If you’re into hiking and nature, yeah, we’ve got that. Nevermind that the tournament is literally right on the Green River and we’re the Evergreen state for a reason, cause we’ve got a couple of recommended out-of-Seattle waterfalls for you to visit!

Snoqualmie Falls– Hike around there or just go do the 1/4 mile hike down to the base. Just like any hike, flip flops are not recommended for this downhill adventure.
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