PNKF Women's Kendo Tournament

July 2025

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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

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!

Volunteering at the Women’s Taikai

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Dying to be surrounded by beautiful women that can beat you into a pulp? And outside of a Quentin Tarantino movie? With less blood?

Then you should volunteer for the Women’s Taikai! Act fast though, because believe it or not, we will actually fill up on volunteers and might actually have to turn some away. (There are more guys than gals in kendo after all.)

Which would mean you can’t go to the after party! (No slackers allowed- unless they bring something really good to eat in bulk. And no, we’re not kidding.)

Here are a list of duties we are currently seeking volunteers for:

  • After Party Chair- coordinate food/pot luck/drinks
  • Program Designer
  • Court Coordinators (x2)
  • Court Staff- ribbons, scorekeeping, brackets, timing (x8)
  • Lunch Room Team- pick up bentos, pick up drinks, set up and take down of room (x3)
  • Airport pick up/drop offs – Friday, Saturday, Sunday
  • Friday Night Practice pick up/drop off and return to hotel
  • Court Set up/Take Down Coordinator (x1)

Spaces are going fast….email jmarsten at comcast.net to volunteer (and if you’ve got a specific job in mind, include that in the email.)