July 13th, 2013. Renton Community Center. Mark your calendars! More to come in regards to the seminar schedule, hotel accommodations, souvenirs and more.
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Women in Kendo at the 5th US Nito Seminar
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!
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
Women’s Taikai Group Photo
4th PNKF Women’s Kendo Tournament Results
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