Announcements
* The 27th SEUSKF Championship & Promotional
Host: Knoxville Kendo Club Date: October 22nd (Sat) -- Tournament October 23rd (Sun) -- Promotional Testing Venue: Bearden High School 8352 Kingston Pile, Knoxvile, TN 37919 Deadline: September 30th |
* The Results of KY Tournament & Testing
Tournament: Kendal Mangrum --- 2nd in Mudansha division --- 3rd in Youth (age 13-18) division Gillian Castro -------- 3rd in Women division Promotional Testing: Noah Soriano ------- 4 kyu Junko Yonemoto --- 4 kyu Townsend Miller ---- 4 kyu Jon Marc Zaccaro --- 1 kyu Jakob Bailey --------- 1 kyu Kendal Mangrum --- 1 dan Congratulations!! Excellent Job! |
* 2016 ECUSKF Kentucky Tournament & Promotional Test
Date: March 12 (Sat) --- Tournament March 13 (Sun) --- Promotional Test Venue: Wever Gymnasium fo Eastern Kentucky University Time: Tournament 8 am --5 pm Promotional Test 10 am --3:30 pm Deadline: March 1 --- Tournament Registration February 29 ---- Promotional Application |
* 18th Annual Detroit Open Kendo Tournament, Seminar & Testing
Date: 2/13-14/2016 Venue: Novi Middle School, Novi, MI Deadline: 1/22/2016 Guest Instructors: Eiga Hideyuki Sensei Eiga Naoki Sensei |
2016Kendo & Iaido Seminar & Testing
Date: 1/22-24/2016 Venue: Florida International University, Miami, FL deadline: 1/13/2016 Guest Instructors: Shozo Kato Sensei Tatsuhiko Konnko Sensei Mark Uchida Sensei Shinobu Maeda Sensei |
* The Results of 26th SEUSKF Championship
Tournament: Gillian Castro ---- 3rd place (Youth B Division) Leon Stewart ---- 3rd place (Youth B Division) Promotional Testing: Jakob Bailey -------- 2 kyu Leon Stewart --------- 1 dan Kenichi Saito --------- 1 dan Daniel LaDue -------- 2 dan Miyuki Mangrum ---- 3 dan Big Congratulations!! Job well done!!! |
* 26th SEUSKF Championship
Date: Tournament --- Saturday, November 7, 2015 Promotional Testing --- Sunday, November 8, 2015 Venue: Carolina Courts 240 Chestnut Parkway Indian Trai, NC 28079 |
* The Results of 2015 Atlanta Tournament & Testing
Tournament: Julia Mangrum -- 3rd place (Youth A Division) Gillian Castro -- 2nd place (Youth B Division) Kendal Mangrum -- 3rd place (Youth B Division) Jakob Bailey -- 3rd place (Mudansha Division) NKC Team A --- 3rd Place Sun Wook Kim Iko Bullington Chris Bullington Hyoung Joo Lee Yoichi Kawarada Promotional Testing: Star Akhom --- 4-kyu Chris Gammill -- 4-kyu Jakob Bailey --- 3-kyu Kenichi Saito ------- 1-kyu Big Congratulations to Everyone!! Good job!! |
* 5th Annual GKA Taikai, Promotion, Seminar
Dear fellow Kenshi: GKA is pleased to announce and welcome you all to the 5th Annual GKA Taikai. In addition to the taikai, we will also host a promotion test event from kyu level to 3rd dan, as well as a seminar hosted by visiting guests from Japan. Visiting Guests: Masahiko Yamamoto Sensei (Hachi dan, Hanshi): Masahiko Yamamoto sensei is one of the coaches from Osaka Police department. He specializes in the Jo-dan style of kendo. He was the 3rd place winner at the 1991 8th World Kendo Championship for men’s individual in Toronto, Canada. He was also selected to compete in the 12th All Japan Hachi-dan Kendo tournament in 2014. Lastly, he is also the father of Mariko Yamamoto, the winner of the all Japan Women Kendo Championship in 2013, and a participating member in the World Kendo Championship. Nobuaki Kotake Sensei (Nana dan, Kyoshi): Kotake sensei will be joining Yamamoto sensei on the trip and will be helping to host the seminar. The seminar will cover Kendo basics, Debana waza, as well as introduction to jo-dan style kendo. The taikai, promotion, and seminar will be held on the weekend of July 3rd - 5th, 2015. For additional detail please see the attached application. The application deadline is June 15, 2015. Please have your dojo representative fill out the dojo form and email it to information.gka@gmail.com |
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