PNKF Women's Kendo Tournament

July 2025

Tournament Updates

Chinatsu Murayama Sensei – Special Guest

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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.

Thanks for a Great Tournament!

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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

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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!