PNKF Women's Kendo Tournament

July 2025

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Vendors at the Taikai

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We are pleased to notify everyone that in the gym we will have 3 vendors set up during the taikai:

Mazkiya –mazkiya.net
Maruyama Kendo Supply– offering 20% off your entire purchase of $125 or more during the taikai
PNKF- pick up or purchase taikai t-shirts, additional tenagui, programs and soak up good feelings.

And thank you to the following program sponsors!

Wuhao- wuhaonyc.com– makers of some very excellent tenagui
KendoStyle– 10% off online orders for their Kaguya and Rei lines of women’s shinais. Use coupon code “womens5th” at checkout!
Umai Do– Japanese Sweets- the only fresh manju/mochi shop in Washington
e-bogu.com located in Southern CA, running some great online specials now

Women’s Taikai T-Shirts On Sale Now!

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For the first time we are offering taikai t-shirts! Order yours today for pick up at the taikai.

$15 each, 7 sizes. Download the order form HERE. Orders are due by July 10th.

Don’t delay on ordering though, we only have so many in each size! Reserve yours today.

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Guests at the Women’s Seminar

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The title of “Women’s Seminar” pretty much gives it away, but for those that are of the male gender, it does mean that participation is for the paying ladies in attendance.

However, if you’d like to come watch and soak up Murayama Sensei’s wisdom from the sidelines, guests ARE welcome. It would be *really* nice if you did come, to make a donation to the cost of hosting the seminar relative to the frequency of your attendance. (It turns out that bringing over and hosting a top notch guest like Murayama Sensei isn’t in the “cheap” category.)

Filming of the seminar is NOT allowed, other than the occasional camera phone bit. If you do, you must stay out of the way and may not block the view or disrupt the seminar for any of the participants.

The PNKF women’s coach, Jeff Marsten Sensei, will be filming and anyone wishing to film more (like seminar attendees) will need to consult with him first. Any film taken on any device is NOT to be posted to any public video sharing sites. This is a private event for the ladies of the PNKF and their guests.

Overall, please just be cool about this. We want everyone to have a good time and learn a lot.

The seminar schedule and locations can be found here.

Thanks!

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.

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