PNKF Women's Kendo Tournament

July 2025

Tournament History

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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5th PNKF North American Women’s Taikai Results

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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

Watch some of the team action on YouTube.

TEAMS
1st place – Pacific Northwest Kendo Federation 1
(A. Kikkawa, J. Chen, N. Grimes, J. Frazier-Day, A. Takado)
2nd place – Butokuden
(V.Kuo, Y.Saito, L.Gibbons, M.Harigai, H.Nohara)
3rd place – Southern California Kendo Federation
(Y.Kil, C.Tada, E.Kim, C.Yoon, N.Sano)
3rd place – Southwest Kendo & Iaido Federation – 1
(H.Dang, S.Mizukami, A.Darrah, A.Premprajaks, S. Sugimoto)
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The PNKF Women’s Tournament – KendoWorld article

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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

4th PNKF Women’s Kendo Tournament Results

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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