Volume 40, number 7/8/9
July/August/September
PNKF DATEBOOK
July 2026
7/3-5 – AUSKF National Kendo Championships, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV.
7/16-19 – 14th US Nito Kendo Seminar, Caldwell, Idaho. Open to all levels of kenshi.
7/18 – PNKF Board Meeting, 9-11am.
7/22-26 – AUSKF Iaido Seminar and Shinsa
August 2026
8/8 – PNKF Competition Seminar, Curtis Junior High School, University Place, WA. 9am-4pm
8/15 – PNKF Kendo Shinsa, Kent Commons Community Center, 525 4th Avenue N, Kent, WA 98030. Doors open 11am. 12:30pm start.
8/22-23 AUSKF Kendo Summer Camp and Shinsa, Las Vegas, NV.
September 2026
9/12 – PNKF Board Meeting, 9-11am.
October 2026
10/3 – PNKF Shinpan Seminar led by D. Imanishi sensei, Curtis Junior High School, 12-6pm.
10/3-4 – Iaido Fall Seminar and Shinsa
10/11 – Northwest Junior Taikai
10/17 – Oregon Education Event, Details TBD
10/18 – Oregon Kendo Shinsa, Details TBD
10/31 – PNKF Taikai – Seminar
November 2026
11/1 – 50th Annual PNKF Taikai, Kent Commons Community Center, 525 4th Avenue N, Kent, WA 98030
11/21 – PNKF Board Meeting and General Election, 9-11am.
December 2026
TBD.
2026 AUSKF IAIDO TAIKAI, July 25, 2026, McMinnville, OR
3 Dan
2nd – Alden Vanderspek (AiShinKai Fudo Myoo-ji Dojo)
3rd – Brian Burton (AiShinKai Fudo Myoo-ji Dojo)
4 Dan
1st – Hiroyuki Paul Maeda (Idaho Kendo Club)
2nd – Thane Mittelstaedt (AiShinKai Fudo Myoo-ji Dojo)
AUSKF IAIDO SHINSA, July 26, 2026, McMinnville, OR
3 KYU
Rich Nakatsu (Seattle Kendo Kai)
2 DAN
Marlena Cote (Seattle Kendo Kai)
6 DAN
Aniceto Seto (Musokai)
Masayaku Ando (Alaska Kendo Club)
Renshi
Robert Stroud (Idaho Kendo Club)
Jonathan Bannister (AiShinKai Fudo Myoo-ji Dojo)
Hiroaki Fukumoto (Seattle Kendo Kai)
PNKF KENDO SHINSA, April 26th, 2026, Portland, OR
5 KYU: Colton Moon (Kenchikai)
4 KYU: Bryan Tjokro (Kenchikai), Cassidy Weston (Kenchikai), Martin Rodriguez (Camas)
3 KYU: Ayako Teraoka (Camas), Valentina Velez (Portland), Megan Craig (OSU), Guo Ye (Obukan), Adam Chhor (Bellevue), Alexander Shi (Camas), Terry Marshall (Kenchikai), Zachary Grant (Camas), Cydette Marshall (Kenchikai)
2 KYU: Takumi Tanimura (Edmonds), Christopher Lee (Obukan), Ray Dinsmore (Camas), Sean Lacson (Kenchikai), Cody Palmer-Furman (Redmond), Demian Mendez (Camas), John Lawes (Obukan), Matt Dinsmore (Camas)
1 KYU: Sandor Cseh (Obukan), Amy Howes (Redmond), Tyus Morris (Obukan)
16th All United States Kendo Championships, Las Vegas, Nevada, July 3, 2026 – July 5, 2026
Mens
1st Branden Wang (WKF)
2nd Satoshi Kubo (AEUSKF)
3rd Alistair Faghani (GNEUSKF), Taiyo Ariga (SCKO)
Kantosho Kei Takahashi (AEUSKF), Arashi Steele (SCKF), Riku Ido (SCKO), Travis Hill (MWKF)
Womens
1st Kanon Saito (SCKF)
2nd Ai Matsumoto (MWKF)
3rd Yukiko Miura (SCKO), Allyson Dong (SCKF)
Kantosho Rika Iketani (SCKO), Isabel Lorimer (SCKO), Zidi Allison (SCKF), Eri Kosakaya (AEUSKF)
Mudansha
1st Daisuke Hanaoka (SCKF)
2nd Sharif Saeed (SEUSKF)
3rd Ryan Tokumoto (SCKF), Mori Fukunaga-Taylor (SCKF)
Kantosho Eriz Sartiga (NCKF), Timur Sukhanov (MWKF), Michael Fontana (PNKF), Daniel Chae (GNEUSKF)
Senior Men
1st Hayato Okawa (SCKO)
2nd Hajime Sugawara (MWKF)
3rd Yutaro Matsuura (MWKF), Taro Ariga (SCKO)
Kantosho InMyung Song (SWKIF), Kazunori Kobayashi (SCKF), Joshua Caroll (AEUSKF), Kenichi Hatakeyama (SWKIF)
Senior Women
1st Akiyo Kawamura (NCKF)
2nd Joyce Hwang (WKF)
3rd Satoko Kurosaki (SWKIF), Miyun Kang (NCKF)
Kantosho Misao Kono-Grivas (AEUSKF), Noriko Towata (SCKF), Stefani Lee (WKF), Shinobu Hashimoto (NCKF)
Senior Youth Girls Individual
1st Lynn Uemoto (AEUSKF)
2nd Bailey Shinada (SCKF)
3rd Alba Ueno (SCKO), Erena Hoshi (SCKO)
Kantosho Mai Sakamoto (SCKO), Colleene Chang (SCKF), Abigail Westblade (SEUSKF), Kanon Sawabe (SCKO)
Senior Youth Boys Individual
1st Luke Ido (SCKO)
2nd Nathan Park (WKF)
3rd Yuta Onitsuka (NCKF), Taichi Matsuura (MWKF)
Kantosho Mooyong Kim (WKF), Geonhee Lee (SEUSKF), Ken Uemoto (AEUSKF), Yoshihiko Shimada (SCKO)
Junior Youth Girls
1st Clara Kim (PNKF)
2nd Siwoo Kim (WKF)
3rd Zoey Shinada (SCKF), Kathleen Ahn (WKF)
Kantosho Isla Park (WKF), Suzuha Noelle Winters (AEUSKF), Abigail Tenn (SCKF), Emma Ueng (NCKF)
Junior Youth Boys
1st Kai Romero (SCKF)
2nd Musashi Yang (SCKF)
3rd Jack Segawa (SCKF), Enzo Musashi Miyamoto (SCKO)
Kantosho Ethan Choo (SCKF), Owen Kang (WKF), Haruhide Someya (NCKF), Hayato Hoshi (SCKO)
Mens Team
1st SCKF
2nd SCKO
3rd SWKIF, AEUSKF
Womens Team
1st PNKF
2nd MWKF
3rd SCKF, AEUSKF
Senior Team
1st MWKF
2nd SCKO
3rd SEUSKF, AEUSKF
Mudansha Team
1st SCKF
2nd SEUSKF
3rd NCKF, PNKF
Senior Youth Boys Team
1st SCKF
2nd MWKF
3rd SCKO, NCKF
Senior Youth Girls Team
1st SCKF
2nd SCKO
3rd WKF, MWKF
Junior Youth Girls Team
1st WKF
2nd NCKF
3rd SCKF, PNKF
Junior Youth Boys Team
1st SCKO
2nd SCKF
3rd GNEUSKF, WKF