KENYU
Volume 19, number 1
January 2005
PNKF DATEBOOK
1. Feb 26, PNKF Iaido and Kendo Shinsa, 8:30am-4:30pm, Bellevue,
Highland Park.
Iaido: Seminar at 8:30am, exam at 11am.
Kendo: check-in at 11:30am sharp in the small gym.
2. Mar 19, Highline Mudansha Taikai, Sat, 10am; all participants
must be ready by
the 9:45am roll call.
3. Mar 25/26/27, visit of Kamei Dojo to Obukan.
Mar 25, Fri, evening practice at Obukan.
Mar 26, Sat, seminar 1-5pm at Connestoga Community Center.
Mar 27, Sun, seminar 10am-2pm, dinner 3-5pm.
4. Apr 2, PNKF Board, Sat, 2:30-4:30pm, Kent.
5. Apr 8/9/10/11, visit of Kendo Hanshi 8th Dan Ota Tadanori.
Apr 9, Sat, Seminar.
Apr 10, Sun, Seminar.
6. Apr 23 or 30 (TENTATIVE POSSIBLE DATES), UW Taikai.
7. May 7, Bellevue Junior Taikai, Sat, 10am.
8. May 21, PNKF Board, Sat, 9-11am, Kent.
9. May 21, PNKF Shinpan Seminar, Sat, 12noon-5pm, Kent.
10. Jun 11, PNKF Board, Sat, 2:30-4:30pm, Kent.
11. Aug 13, PNKF Iaido and Kendo Shinsa, Sat, 9am-4pm, Kent.
12. Oct 1, PNKF Board, Sat, 9-11am, Kent.
13. Oct 1, PNKF Shinpan Seminar, 12noon-5pm, Kent.
14. Nov 12, PNKF Taikai, Sat, 9:30am, Renton.
15. Nov 19, PNKF Board, Sat, 2-4pm, Kent.
16. Dec 10, Renton Taikai, Sat, report time 9am, start 9:30am, Renton.
OTHER DATES
1. Feb 12, Steveston Taikai, Sat, 10am, at 4111 Moncton Street, Richmond,
B.C.
2. Feb 19/20, 7th Detroit Open Kendo Tournament, Sat/Sun, Seaholm High School
Gym, 2436 West
Lincoln, Birmingham, Michigan.
3. Feb 26/27, 5th Asian (Regional) Invitational Kendo Tournament, Sat/Sun,
Hong Kong
Park Indoor Games Hall Complex, Admiralty, Hong Kong. Open to kenshi of all
nations.
4. Mar 12/13, America Zone IKF Shinpan Seminar, Sat/Sun, Milpitas High School,
1285 Escuela
Parkway, Milpitas, California.
5. Apr 16/17, Cleveland Taikai, Sat, 9am, Woodling Gym, Cleveland State University.
6. May 14/16, ZNKR Iaido Seminar, Sat/Mon, taught by Iaido Hanshi 8th Dan
Yamazaki Sensei,
member of the ZNKR Iaido Committee, Shin Ken Kai Dojo, Vancouver BC.
7. May 20, California North/South Tournament, Sat, Leigh High School, San
Jose.
8. Jul 2/3, All US Championships, Sat/Sun, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
9. Jul 4, AUSKF Shinsa, Mon, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
10. Aug 5/6/7, NCKF Seminar.
11. Sep 29/Oct 2, AUSKF Iaido Seminar, Tournament and Shinsa, Thu/Fri/Sat/Sun,
Charles H. Wilson
Park Gym, 2200 Crenshaw Blvd, Torrance, California.
NEW NAGINATA GROUP IN THE SEATTLE AREA
A new naginata group has started up in the Seattle area. Lead
by Kurt and Karen Schmucker who
recently relocated from California, this new group is associated with
the Mercer Island Parks and
Recreation Department (like the Cascade Kendo Kai). The group meets Tuesday
evenings from 8:15 to 10pm at
the Boys and Girls Club on Mercer Island. For more info, contact Schmucker
Sensei at kurts@naginata.org. Beginners welcome. Kurt Schmucker Home
Phone: (425) 401-5046
Vice-President Home Fax: (425) 614-3556
United States Naginata Federation e-mail: webmaster@naginata.org web:
http://www.naginata.org
15th
SOUTH EASTERN US KENDO CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT - November 6, 2004,
Wingate Univ, North Carolina
Junior Youth Senior Youth
1st place - Eamon Felton-Curtice, TMG 1st place - Yuki DeSouza, GKA
2nd place - Eun Park, GKA 2nd place - Eric Gaddis, N.Raleigh
3rd place - Hayato DeSouza, GKA 3rd place - G. Park, GKA
3rd place - Ah, Koryo 3rd place - Justin Moon, DC
Kantosho - Matsushita
Mudansha 1-2 Dan
1st place - Jason Lane, Orlando 1st place - Valera Vulfson, Memphis
2nd place - Daryl Weade, Koryo 2nd place - Chang Suk Oh, GKA
3rd place - Gendo Yokote, Charlotte 3rd place - Nobuiro Sekita, TMG
3rd place - Tae Young Park, GKA 3rd place - Herman Uehara, Triangle
Kantosho - Karina Vas, Orlando Kantosho - Katalin Nieves, S.Florida
3rd Dan and Above Teams
1st place - Masaru Shimada, Charlotte 1st place - Charlotte
2nd place - Shinobu Maeda, TMG 2nd place - Triangle
3rd place - Frank Nieves, S.Florida 3rd place - Charleston
3rd place - William Collazo, ShidoMiami 3rd place - TMG
Kantosho - Ryoko Barr, GKA
41st
ANNUAL VANCOUVER KENDO TOURNAMENT - January 22, 2005, Capilano College
9 Years and Under 10 to 12 Years
1st place - K. Fujii, Kogakukan 1st place - T. Hamanaka, UBC
2nd place - C. Lam, Steveston 2nd place - Ja. TuBajon, Steveston
3rd place - Z. Greene, Tacoma 3rd place - S. Fujita, Renbu
3rd place - Jo. TuBajon, Steveston 3rd place - R. Kim, Bellevue
13 to 15 Years 16 to 20 Years
1st place - J. Nunokawa, Bellevue 1st place - K. Kobayashi, Youshinkan
2nd place - G. Mizutani, Renbu 2nd place - J. Marsten, Highline
3rd place - S. Chen, Renbu 3rd place - M. Honda, Cascade
3rd place - L. Murao, Steveston 3rd place - R. Campbell, Steveston
21 to 30 Years 31 to 40 Years
1st place - T. Masukawa, Sunrise 1st place - D. Hayashi, UVictoria
2nd place - D. Taguchi, Sunrise 2nd place - D. Ara, Renbu
3rd place - S. Okada, Covina 3rd place - N. Nakano, Steveston
3rd place - Y. Suwa, UVictoria 3rd place - D. Imanishi, Seattle
41 Years and Over Women's 16 and Over
1st place - D. Yotsuuye, Bellevue 1st place - K. Kitamura, UBC
2nd place - K. Kagami, UBC 2nd place - M. Taguchi, Sunrise
3rd place - M. Hasegawa, Sunrise 3rd place - A. Kobayashi, Youshinkan
3rd place - H. Samkange, Cascade 3rd place - Y. Hayashi, Renbu
Junior Team
1st place - Bellevue (C. Blomquist, R. Kim, J. Vafaeezadeh, R. Henderson,
J. Nunokawa)
2nd place - Vancouver (K. Wu, B. Hwang, H. Saito, M. Hamanaka, H. Yamada)
Senior Team Flaming Spirit Award
1st place - Covina Z. Greene, Tacoma
2nd place - Renbu M. Hamanaka, UBC
3rd place - Youshinkan
3rd place - Sunrise
Yamada Hironori Cup Kodansha Kohaku Match
1st place - USA (Ks. Chinen, Ka. Chinen, R. Elliott, H. Goh, M. Moscoso,
H. Samkange, S. Okada,
D. Imanishi, C. Marsten, D. Yotsuuye, S. Koike, R. Shimizu)
2nd place - Canada (D. Taguchi, T. Masukawa, K. Takata, M. Kagami, T.
Davis, M. Asaoka, D. Hayashi,
D. Ara, S. Shiono, Y. Taguchi, A. Hayashi, H. Okusa)
SOME
BEAUTIFUL KENDO WEBSITES - CORRECTED URL's for CASCADE AND IDAHO
Cascade Kendo Kai corrected url is http://www.cascadekendokai.org/
Idaho Kendo and Iaido Resource corrected url is http://www.idaho-kendo.com/
THE LAST WORD
There were, however, no special secrets of swordsmanship passed
on to special students. Thus, while The Book of Five Rings
and The Thirty-five Articles of the Martial Arts
were given as gifts and mementos to the Terao brothers, what Musashi
really passed on to each student was his own spiritual resolution
to solve the matter of life and death.
With such a legacy, a true school with rules, degrees and diplomas
could not be founded. Musashi could teach his techniques and give
advice, but in the end each disciple
was required to assess his own strength, find his own Way, and
make that Way truly his own. So while the "Musashi
style" is still taught today, the actual lineage of the Niten
Ichi-ryu died with its founder. It could have been no other way.
As Yagyu Hyogononsuke observed
when he was
teaching
in Owari: "Musashi's sword is for himself alone; it is not
something that could be taught to other people." --William
Scott Wilson, The Lone Samurai: The Life of Miyamoto Musashi.
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