News

Volume 40, number 1/2/3

January/February/March

PNKF DATEBOOK

January 2026
1/10 – PNKF Board Meeting, 9-11am.
1/17 – BCKF Taikai
1/31 – FIK Shinpan Seminar, Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) Surrey Campus, 12666 72 Ave., Surrey, BC. Starts at 9am.

February 2026
2/1 – FIK Shinpan Seminar, McMath Secondary School, 4251 Garry St., Richmond, BC. 9am-12pm.
2/7 – PNKF Kendo Shinsa, Spartan Recreation Center Gym, 202 NE 185TH SE, Shoreline, WA 98155. Doors open at 12pm. 1:30pm start.
2/21 – 62nd Annual Steveston Taikai, McMath Secondary School, 4251 Garry St., Richmond, BC. Opening Ceremonies at 9am.

March 2026
3/14 – PNKF Board Meeting, 9-11am.
3/15 – 46th Annual Highline Kendo Taikai, Steve Cox Memorial Park, 1321 SW 102 nd St., Seattle, WA. Doors open at 9am. Opening ceremonies are at 10am.
3/21 – Torrance Open Team Taikai, Wilson Park, 2200 Crenshaw Blvd, Torrance, CA 90503, 8am.
3/21-22 – Harvard Shoryuhai (tentative), Harvard University’s Malkin Athletic Center, 39 Holyoke St, Cambridge, MA 02138.
3/28-29 – Iaido Spring Seminar and Shinsa, Meadowdale, 6500 168th St SW, Lynnwood, WA 98037.

April 2026
4/4 – Lilac City Kendo Club Dojo Warming and Seminar, 10am-5pm. Whitworth University, Graves Gym. 300 W Hawthorne Rd, Spokane, WA 99251.
4/10-12 – Seattle Cherry Blossom Festival.
4/11-12 – AUSKF Junior Nationals, Marina High School, 15871 Springdale St, Huntington Beach, CA.
4/18-19 – AUSKF Spring Board Meeting and Shinsa.
4/25 – UW Taikai, Details TBD
4/25 – Oregon Education Event, Details TBD
4/26 – Oregon Kendo Shinsa, Details TBD

May 2026
5/9 – PNKF Board Meeting, 9-11am.
5/9 – Bellevue Kendo Club Jodan Seminar, 9am-5pm. Broadview-Thompson K-8, 13052 Greenwood Ave N, Seattle, WA 09133.
5/16 – Bellevue Kendo Junior Taikai, Highland Community Center, 14224 Bel-Red Road, Bellevue WA 98007.
5/30 – Rose City Taikai, Opening ceremonies at 10am. Details TBD.

June 2026
TBD.

July 2026
7/3-5 – AUSKF National Kendo Championships, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV.
7/18 – PNKF Board Meeting, 9-11am.
7/22-26 – AUSKF Iaido Seminar and Shinsa

August 2026
8/15 – PNKF Kendo Shinsa, tentative.
8/?? AUSKF Kendo Summer Camp and Shinsa

September 2026
9/12 – PNKF Board Meeting, 9-11am.
9/25-27 – Iaido Fall Seminar and Shinsa

October 2026
10/11 – Northwest Junior Taikai
10/17 – Oregon Education Event, Details TBD
10/18 – Oregon Kendo Shinsa, Details TBD

November 2026
11/?? – PNKF Taikai
11/21 – PNKF Board Meeting and General Election, 9-11am.

December 2026
TBD.

PNKF KENDO SHINSA, February 7th, 2026, Shoreline, WA

6 KYU: Sana Lee (Cascade), Hugo Park (Kirkland), Kenichi Suehisa (Cascade), Bennett Nonaka (Northwest), Dylan Lee (Northwest), Catherine Shin (Cascade), Adrian Lee (Northwest), Sabin Breitling (Northwest)

5 KYU: Roy Shin (Cascade), Bohmi Park (Kirkland), Ryleigh McClellan (Kirkland), Peter Brammeier (Evergreen), Deklan McClellan (Kirkland), Brad Nonaka (Northwest)

4 KYU: Magnus Hayes (Kent), Philip Oh (Evergreen), Kanoa Park (Kirkland), Evan Oh (Evergreen), Luke Oh (Evergreen), Soki Sinex (Kirkland), Hajun Yun (Evergreen), Ethan Young (Evergreen), Duy Dao (Evergreen), Berdon Parsons (Seattle), Denise Mauldin (Highline), Athanasios Siopis (Highline), Makiko Hori (Seattle), Simone Wu (Kirkland)

3 KYU: Raven Lee (Bellevue), Violett Lapitan (Kirkland), Yusei Matsumoto (Lilac City), Jonathan Tao (UW), Charlie Wong (UW), Davon Belvin (Evergreen), Qing Chen (Kirkland), Yvette Phan (Federal Way), Alina Soto (Northwest), Rich Nakatsu (Seattle), Kwang Kim (Evergreen)

2 KYU: Cameron Ridler (Kirkland), Juubei Kiyohara (Federal Way), Asher Hansen (UW), Caitlin Dong (UW), Lucy Hwangbo (UW), Shin Wu (Northwest), Adya Sengupta (UW), Daniel Gugig (UW), Alex Blair (Lilac City), Jungtae Kim (Evergreen), Sam Winston (Idaho)

1 KYU: Kenji Rafael (Edmonds), Nathan Kim (Northwest), Seiji Lee (Bellevue), Tadeo Soper (Lilac City), Rowen Nollette (Lilac City), Malia Kubodera (UW), Moya Nollette (Lilac City), Heather OCorry-Crowe (UW), Toby Kodera (Bellevue), Jackson Songy (Kirkland), Lucas Naylor (Bellevue), Theo Leao Larrieux (Northwest), Evan Kirkpatrick (UW), Isabelle Martin (UW), Cassie LaDuke (Tacoma), Courtney Haney (Lilac City), Marcelo Cunningham (Seattle), Michael Fontana (Northwest)

1 DAN: Isaac Selle (Spokane), Clara Kim (Northwest), Jorin Kiyohara (Federal Way), Kirihiro Onishi (Obukan), Joey Matsuno (Obukan), William Le (UW), Kiana (Ai) Fukuda (UW), Emi Wong (UW), Anya-Rose Kelly (UW), Anson Choi (SCKF), Suji Jang (UW), Yisa Wu (UW), Andi Anderson (Seattle), Caleb Foster (Redmond), Joseph Bernal (Highline), Chad Emerick (Portland), Yoji Konno (Kirkland), Domonic Ceccarelli (Obukan), Creighton Don (Bellevue), Devon Harper (Lilac City), Jeoung Hee Ahn (Sno-King), Michiyo Okuhara (Camas)

2 DAN: Emerson Lau (Bellevue), Alexander Field (Federal Way), Taisei Summerhays (Kenchikai), Kaleb Borum (Lilac City), Majestik Remmu (Seattle), Byron Walker (Highline), Hsi-Hao Keng (Kent), Scott Fleishman (Portland), Jingyi Zhang (Northwest), Timothy Jaybush (Bellevue), Sean Wales (Northwest), Fumiko Munakata-Mergens (Edmonds)

3 DAN: Sean Kim (UW), Kyle Fukuda (Edmonds), Alec Yuen (UW), Chihiro Hayashi (Edmonds), Luiz Fernando Amorim Ribeiro (Idaho), Jin Pak (Evergreen)

4 DAN: Ian Yoshikawa (Tacoma), Ta-Shan Yao (Seattle)

Volume 39, number 10/11/12

October/November/December 2025

PNKF DATEBOOK

October 2025
10/5 – PNKF Kendo Shinsa, IRCO Community Center, 10323 NE Glisan Street, Portland, OR 97220. Doors open at 10am.
10/12 – NW Junior Taikai, The Snohomish Boys & Girls Club, 402 2nd St, Snohomish, WA 98290.
10/18 – Educational Shinpan/Shiai Seminar, Fulton Community Center, 68 SW Miles Street, Portland, OR 97219. Doors open at 11am.

November 2025
11/1 – PNKF Taikai, Kent Commons, Kent, WA.
11/9 – High Rank Shinsa, Fullerton Community Center, Fullerton, CA.
11/16 – All Japan Champion Tour, Glacier Middle School, 2450 S 142nd St, Burien, WA 98168, 10am-3pm, doors open 9am.
11/22 – PNKF Board Meeting and General Election, 9-11am.

December 2025
TBD.

PNKF KENDO SHINSA, October 5th, 2025, Portland, OR

6 KYU: Kepler Wu (Kirkland)

5 KYU: Martin Rodriguez (Camas), Rainier Eves (Camas)

4 KYU: Ayako Teraoka (Camas), Sydney Phanthamath (Camas)

3 KYU: Shinichi Nakayama (Camas), Christopher Lee (Obukan), Danielle Wilson (UW), Garrett Caffee (OSU), Cody Palmer-Furman (Redmond), Andrea Papi (Bellevue), Demian Mendez (Camas), Atsuko Teraoka (Camas), Steven Wishman (Kenchikai), Matt Dinsmore (Camas)

2 KYU: Allen Kaufman (Portland), Luca Guidi (Seattle), Sandor Cseh (Obukan), Tyus Morris (Obukan), Leonard Spivey (Kenchikai), Amy Howes (Redmond)

1 KYU: Braden Jack (OSU), Peter Konneker (Camas), Domonic Ceccarelli (Obukan)

49th ANNUAL PNKF TAIKAI, November 1st, 2025, Kent, WA

10 and Under                                      11-12
1st – Y. Kobayashi, Youshinkan            1st – T. Tanimura, Edmonds
2nd – R. Lee, Bellevue                          2nd – H. Johnson, Seattle
3rd – R. Shin, Cascade                         3rd – C. Goodin, HKF
3rd – B. Park, Kirkland                          3rd – S. Harada, Renbu

13-15                                                   0-4 Kyu
1st – L. Chen, NCKF                           1st – B. Parsons, Seattle
2nd – S. Johnson, Seattle                   2nd – A. Chhor, Bellevue
3rd – H. Someya, NCKF                     3rd – E. Young, Evergreen
3rd – T. Kodera, Bellevue                    3rd – D. McClellan, Kirkland

3-1 Kyu                                               Womens Kyu
1st – M. Lin, Steveston                       1st – A. Fukuda, UW
2nd – Ju. Kiyohara, Federal Way        2nd – Y. Wu, UW
3rd – L. Naylor, Bellevue                     3rd – H. O’Corry-Crowe, UW
3rd – B. Ridler, Kirkland                      3rd – M. Goodin, HKF

1-2 Dan                                                3 Dan
1st – Ke. Yoshimura, Renbu                1st – A. Mabale, Seattle
2nd – D. Buckham, U Vic                     2nd – C. Liao, Renbu
3rd – C. Robillard, Steveston               3rd – H. Hu, UW
3rd – V. Chen, NCKF                            3rd – H. Jewett, Spokane

4 Dan and Above                                  Womens Dan
1st – S. Miyashita, Renbu                     1st – N. Fracassi, Renbu
2nd – R. Asato, Vancouver                    2nd – B. Park, Edmonds
3rd – M. Yamashita, Renbu                   3rd – E. Marsten, Highline
3rd – T. Kugimiya, Renbu                      3rd – Y. Sugata, Tozenji

Masters
1st – H. Samkange, Bellevue
2nd – M. Suzuki, Sno-King
3rd – M. Nelson, Lilac City
3rd – F. Yoshimura, Renbu

Junior Team
1st – Renbu A (S. Harada, T. Taguchi, R. Liao, H. Ara, I. Taguchi)
2nd – Youshinkan (Y. Kobayashi, R. Shin, S. Kobayashi, S. Kobayashi, A. Rothwell, A. Kobayashi)
3rd – Edmonds (T. Tanimura, D. McClellan, S. Winters, I. Wiley, M. Tanimura)
3rd – Northwest (J. Kelley, C. Kim, C. Goodin, R. Yokoo, N. Kim)

Senior Team
1st – Renbu (Ka. Yoshimura, Ke. Yoshimura, S. Miyashita, M. Yamashita, C. Liao)
2nd – NCKF (M. Goodin, M. Itome, V. Chen, F. Yamaryo, M. Someya)
3rd – Edmonds (A. Yuen, K. Fukuda, B. Park, F. Dumitrescu, N. Tanimura)
3rd – Seattle (M. Remmu, D. Huynh, R. Lei, D. Yao, G. Suzaka)

Shinpancho – Doug Imanishi
Taikai Co-Chairs – Sue Vanasouk, Tiarnan Marsten, Denise Quach
Head Scorekeeper – Conor Marsten
Sportsmanship Pledge – Saiichi Johnson
Shoji Award – Clara Kim, Northwest
President’s Award – David Yotsuuye

PNKF BOARD NEWS

At the November 22, 2025 Board meeting, the 2025/2026 Board members were seated and Officers were elected.

President – Doug Imanishi (Seattle), Vice President – An Giang (Northwest), Secretary – Sue Vanasouk (Cascade), Membership – Tiarnan Marsten (Kent), Treasurer – Stephen Ting (Northwest)

Other Board members are: Jonathan Bannister (AiShinKai), David Yotsuuye (Bellevue), Sean Blechschmidt (Bellevue), George Nakayama (Camas), Zachary Grant (Camas), Jake Colter (Cascade), Naoaki Tanimura (Edmonds), Betty Park (Edmonds), Patrick Dunlap (Evergreen), Davon Belvin (Evergreen), Vicki Marsten (Federal Way), Tommy Espinal (Highline), Eric Marquart (Idaho), Greg Vielhaber (Kenchikai), Heather O’Corry-Crowe (UW), Julie Chen (Kirkland), Paul Chang (Kirkland), Chris Ruiz (Lilac City), Michael Rea (Lilac City), David Lau (Musokai), Sohma Cox (OSU), Steve Choi (Portland), Michael Mabale (Seattle), Richard Lei (Seattle), Michael Rigler (Sno-King), Russ Sinclair (Spokane), Karin Feddersen (Tacoma), and Hiroaki Fukumoto (Seattle)

Volume 39, number 7/8/9

July/August/September 2025

PNKF DATEBOOK

July 2025
7/12 – PNKF Board Meeting, 9-11am.
7/12-13 – Women’s Seminar lead by Chinatsu Murayama, ages 15+, Broadview Thompson K-8, 13052 Greenwood Ave N, Seattle, WA 98133.
7/17-20 – 13th US Nito Kendo Seminar, Meridian Idaho. Open to all levels of kenshi. Guest instructors Ryoichi FUJII, kyoshi 8 dan; Yoshihiro UGAJIN, kyoshi 7 dan; Futoshi SATO, kyoshi 7 dan; Ako FUJII, kyoshi 7 dan. Special lecture by Prof. Alex Bennett, kyoshi 7 dan, Kansai University. AUSKF – PNKF Kendo Shinsa  (1 – 6 kyu). Contact Robert Stroud at Idaho Kendo Club for more information.
7/19 – Women’s Taikai, Spartan Recreation Center, 202 NE 185th St. Shoreline, WA.
7/31-8/03 – AUSKF Iaido Summer Camp, National Iaido Taikai and Shinsa. University of Houston Recreation Center, Houston, TX. Instructors from All Japan Kendo Federation TBD.

August 2025
8/16 – PNKF Kendo Shinsa, Kent Commons, Kent, WA.
8/23-24 – AUSKF Kendo Summer Camp & Shinsa, Las Vegas, NV.

September 2025
9/6 – Shinpan Seminar, 10.00am to 6:00pm kata, North Seattle Church, 2150 N. 122nd St., Seattle WA 98133
9/13 – PNKF Board Meeting, 9-11am.
9/20-21 – NCIF Iaido Seminar featuring Ito Tomoharu Sensei accompanied by Onikubo Nobuo Sensei and Suzuki Junko Sensei of Tokyo Metropolitan police. Details TBA.
9/26-28 – PNKF Iaido Fall Iaido Seminar, Taikai, Shinsa, and Annual Iaido banquet. Instructors and Location TBA. Join us for another fabulous PNKF Iaido event!
9/27 – Tacoma Women’s Taikai, Location TBD.

October 2025
10/5 – PNKF Kendo Shinsa, IRCO Community Center, 10323 NE Glisan Street, Portland, OR 97220. Doors open at 10am.
10/12 – NW Junior Taikai, The Snohomish Boys & Girls Club, 402 2nd St, Snohomish, WA 98290.
10/18 – Educational Shinpan/Shiai Seminar, Fulton Community Center, 68 SW Miles Street, Portland, OR 97219. Doors open at 11am.

November 2025
11/1 – PNKF Taikai, Kent Commons, Kent, WA.
11/9 – High Rank Shinsa, Fullerton Community Center, Fullerton, CA.
11/22 – PNKF Board Meeting and General Election, 9-11am.

December 2025
TBD.

PNKF KENDO SHINSA, July 18th, 2025, Meridian, ID

3 KYU: Macy Blessin (Idaho), Andrew Turner (Idaho), Mark Linam (Idaho)

1 KYU: Joshua Sevigny (Idaho), Patrick Frost (Idaho), Stephanie Sevigny (Idaho), Lawrence Sevigny (Idaho)

9th PNKF Women’s Team Kendo Championship Tournament, July 19th, 2025, Seattle, WA

Yudansha                                      1 Dan and Below
1st – Y. Sugata, Tozenji                  1st – Y. Wu, PNKF
2nd – N. Grimes-Perez, PNKF       2nd – A. Fukuda, PNKF
3rd – J. Paik, PNKF                        3rd – Y. Hong, NCKF
3rd – E. Tam, PNKF                        3rd – S. Jeon, PNKF
4th – M. Hill, MWKF
4th – S. Fukuda, Tozenji
4th – C. Tamura, SEUSKF
4th – E. DeJong, PNKF

Team
1st – Pacific Northwest Kendo Federation- A (E. Ichimura, M. DeJong, J, Paik, T. Imanishi, N. Grimes-Perez)
2nd – Tozenji (H. Nichols, H. Kaiden, S. Fukuda, S. Suzki, Y. Sugata)
3rd – Pacific Northwest Kendo Federation B (S. Jeon, V. Le, S. Wang, Y. Wu, E. DeJong)
3rd – Southeastern US Kendo Federation (J. Nguyen, C. Tamura, J. DeJong, L. Cherep, T. Kawamura)

Special Guest – Chinatsu Murayama, 7D
Shinpancho – Doug Imanishi
Sportsmanship Pledge – Taryn Imanishi

2025 AUSKF IAIDO TAIKAI, August 2nd, 2025, Houston, TX
2 Dan
1st – Wakako Maeda (Idaho Kendo Club)

4 Dan
3rd – Thane Mittelstaedt (AiShinKai Fudo Myoo-ji Dojo)

5 Dan
3rd – Karin Feddersen (Tacoma Kendo & Iaido Club)
3rd – Hiroaki Fukumoto (Seattle Kendo Kai)

KENDO 7TH DAN EXAMINATION, August 2, 2025, Fukuoka, Japan

7 DAN: Ai Nakayama (Camas)

AUSKF IAIDO SHINSA, August 3rd, 2025, Houston, TX

6 DAN: Hiroaki Fukumoto (Seattle Kendo Kai)

PNKF KENDO SHINSA, August 16th, 2025, Kent, WA

6 KYU: Yuri Takeuchi (Kirkland)

5 KYU: Magnus Hayes (Kent), Evan Oh (Evergreen), Jonas Kelley (Tacoma), Luke Oh (Evergreen), Eloise Sprague (Meadowbrook), Philip Oh (Evergreen), Soki Sinex (Kirkland), Hajun Yun (Evergreen), Lincoln Cowell (Redmond), Athanasios Siopis (Highline)

4 KYU: Cairen Moon (Federal Way), Raven Lee (Bellevue), Phoenix Van Luvan (Edmonds), Qing Chen (Kirkland), Alina Soto (Northwest), Davon Belvin (Evergreen), Billy Schroeder (Spokane), Tommy Zhao (UW), Sicheng Song (Bellevue), Matthew Allen (Tacoma), Emmanuel Obe (Edmonds), Dustin Cowell (Redmond), Bradford Fenton (Alaska)

3 KYU: Cameron Ridler (Kirkland), Ryunoske Yokoo (Northwest), Caitlin Dong (UW), Lucy Hwangbo (UW), Adya Sengupta (UW), Daniel Gugig (UW), Alex Blair (Lilac City), Shin Wu (Northwest), Trevor Davis (Lilac City), Timothy Ruppert (Kirkland), Alvaro Perez (Kirkland)

2 KYU: Nathan Kim (Northwest), Rowen Nollette (Lilac City), Kenji Rafael (Edmonds), Tadeo Soper (Lilac City), Jackson Songy (Kirkland), Toby Kodera (Bellevue), Moya Nollette (Lilac City), Lucas Naylor (Bellevue), Marcelo Cunningham (Seattle), Derick Salamanca (Kent), Sarah Grill (Tacoma), Cassie LaDuke (Tacoma), Michael Fontana (Northwest), Ryan Grill (Tacoma), Miki Sato (Kirkland), Michiko Sinex (Kirkland), Hideki Sato (Kirkland)

1 KYU: Kiki Sato (Kirkland), Clara Kim (Northwest), Koya Sinex (Kirkland), Showa Winters (Edmonds), Isaac Selle (Spokane), Anya-Rose Kelly (UW), Andi Anderson (Seattle), William Le (Bellevue), Minjeong Ko (Seattle), Joseph Bernal (Highline), Yoji Konno (Kirkland), Devon Harper (Lilac City), Creighton Don (Bellevue), Jeoung Hee Ahn (Sno-King)

1 DAN: Iori Ohashi (Obukan), Julianne Pho (Kenchikai), Seohee Jeon (Bellevue), Benjamin Lonc (Seattle), Andrew McGinnis (Northwest), Jeramy Gee (Tacoma), Alex Derrick (Northwest), Charles Dolera (Northwest), Lee Salkin (Lilac City)

2 DAN: Mifune Tanimura (Edmonds), Jeremy Lin (Seattle), Sohma Cox (OSU), Garrett Baski (Bellevue), Matthew Dircks (Lilac City), Wendy Graham (Lilac City), Paul Chang (Kirkland)

3 DAN: Aneurin Mabale (Seattle), Ye-hyun Paik (Cascade), Brian Wong (UW), Conrad Slater (Tacoma), Emilio Peralta (Obukan), Gerald Ham (Seattle)

4 DAN: Roberto Ramirez Monroy (Sno-King), Shun Wetlesen (Obukan), Blake Sprenger (Obukan)

AUSKF KENDO PROMOTIONAL EXAM, August 24th, 2025, Las Vegas, NV

6 DAN: Noelle Grimes-Perez (Kirkland)

7 DAN: Elizabeth Marsten (Highline)

2025 PNKF Iaido Taikai – September 27, 2025, Spartan Recreation Center, Shoreline, WA

Competitor’s Pledge: Rae Podrebarac (AiShinKai Fudo Myoo-ji Dojo)

0-1 Kyu
1st Place: Valerie Perkins, Zen Bu Kan
2nd Place: Jon Binick, AiShinKai Fudo Myoo-ji Dojo
3rd Place: Chikako McNutt, Idaho Kendo Club
3rd Place: Alexander Wilmes, Shu Ken Kai

1-2 Dan
1st Place: Rae Podrebarac, AiShinKai Fudo Myoo-ji Dojo
2nd Place: Breanne Leach, Zen Bu Kan
3rd Place: Wakako Maeda, Idaho Kendo Klub
3rd Place: Marlena Cote, Seattle Kendo Kai

3-4 Dan
1st Place: Thane Mittelstaedt, AiShinKai Fudo Myoo-ji Dojo [Noguchi Cup]
2nd Place: Paul Maeda, Idaho Kendo Club
3rd Place: Christopher Parkins, Shu Ken Kai
3rd Place: Jared Bowler, Zen Bu Kan

5-6 Dan
Winner: Robert Stroud, Idaho Kendo Club

PNKF IAIDO SHINSA, September 28th, 2025, Bellevue, WA
3 KYU: Yihan Wang (Seattle), Valerie Perkins (SWKIF), Ivana Bowler (SWKIF), Hochan Yi (Tacoma), Devon Harper (Lilac City), Becca Jubie (AiShinKai)

1 KYU: Karma Walker III (Shuukenkai), Robert Wright (Tacoma)

1 DAN: Alexander Wilmes (Shuukenkai), Jonathan Binick (AiShinKai), Jay Farrell (Idaho)

2 DAN: Wrennik Andrus (AiShinKai)

3 DAN: Breanne Leach (SWKIF), Rae Podrebarac (AiShinKai), Teodoro Jose Boado (Musokai)

4 DAN: Nathan Williams (SCKF), Christopher Parkins (Shuukenkai)

Volume 39, number 4/5/6

April/May/June 2025

UW Taikai, April 19th, 2025, Seattle, WA

Women’s Open                           0-4 Kyu
1st – J. Paik, Canada                   1st – Y. Ng, NYU
2nd – B. Park, Canada                 2nd – R. Ting, NYU
3rd – A. Kobayashi, Canada         3rd – L. Qiu, UBC
3rd – N. Fracassi, Canada            3rd – S. Yang, NYU

3-1 Kyu                                        1-2 Dan
1st – N. Underhill, Northwest        1st – V. Chen, Oakland
2nd – R. Nguyen, Edmonds          2nd – A. Mabale, Seattle
3rd – A. Mcginnis, Northwest        3rd – J. Paik, Canada
3rd – L. Naylor, Bellevue               3rd – J. Yu, Northwest

3 Dan                                           4 Dan and Up
1st – B. Park, Canada                  1st – C. Liao, Canada
2nd – N. Fracassi, Canada           2nd – S. Miyashita, Canada
3rd – B. Sprenger, Obukan           3rd – R. Asato, Canada
3rd – E. Chui, Steveston               3rd – K. Yoshimura, Canada

Team
1st – Team Canada Prospects (C. Liao, K. Yoshimura, R. Asato, T. Hamanaka, S. Miyashita)
2nd – PNKF High School Boys (J. Dueck, D. Terao, A. Yuen, D. Shilov, J. Yu)

Shoji Inspirational Award – Yisa Wu

PNKF KENDO SHINSA, April 20th, 2025, Portland, OR

4 KYU: Christopher Lee (Obukan), Benaiah Soriano (Camas), Shawn Kalmykov (Seattle), Steven Wishman (Kenchikai)

3 KYU: Ray Dinsmore (Camas), Luca Guidi (Seattle), Nolan Deschuytter (Camas), Lane Woods (Lilac City), Maya Yoshihara (Obukan), Sandor Cseh (Obukan), Jayden Waggoner (OSU), Frank Fahrer (OSU), Alder Bailey-Conklin (Portland), Tyus Morris (Obukan), Keith Virgin (Camas), Chris Kobata (Camas), Leonard Spivey (Kenchikai)

2 KYU: Braden Jack (OSU), Samantha Barondyck (OSU), Adrienne Kinsey (Northwest), Peter Konneker (Camas), Domonic Ceccarelli (Obukan)

1 KYU: Iori Ohashi (Obukan), Kirihiro Onishi (Obukan), Julianne Pho (Obukan), Joey Matsuno (Obukan), Jonathan King (Kenchikai), Chad Emerick (Portland), Chiharu Dinsmore (Camas), Michiyo Okuhara (Camas)

AUSKF Junior Open Nationals, April 26-27, 2025, Kirkland, WA

9 and Under                                10-11
1st – H. Miyake, MWKF               1st – S. Miyake, MWKF
2nd – K. Han, WKF                      2nd – Y. Sato, SCKO
3rd – M. Sato, SCKO                   3rd – H. Miyamoto, SCKO
3rd – E. Peoples, SCKO              3rd – H. Johnson, PNKF
Kantosho:                                    Kantosho:
A. Yu, NCKF                                T. Tanimura, PNKF
S. Byun, GNEUSKF                     A. Kaufman, PNKF
R. Watanabe, SCKO                    A. Akaike, SCKO
R. Kim, WKF                                A. Kim, WKF

12-13                                           14-15
1st – E. Miyamoto, SCKO          1st – L. Ido, SCKO
2nd – H. Someya, NCKF            2nd – K. Romero, SCKF
3rd – K. Tsuruta, SCKF               3rd – S. Johnson, PNKF
3rd – T. Yeo, WKF                       3rd – E. Choo, SCKF
Kantosho:                                    Kantosho:
J. Segawa, SCKF                        S. Ueno, SWKIF
A. Banos, SCKO                         T. Hoshino, GNEUSKF
S. Yang, SCKF                            A. Suwa, ECUSKF
L. Chen, NCKF                           V. Chen, NCKF

16-18                                           13 Years and Under Girls
1st – J. Yu, PNKF                        1st – B. Kim, WKF
2nd – A. Hotta, ECUSKF             2nd – K. Ahn, WKF
3rd – D. Roh, SCKF                    3rd – E. Ueng, NCKF
3rd – L. Onitsuka, NCKF             3rd – S. Winters, AEUSKF
Kantosho:                                     Kantosho:
J. Huh, SCKF                               I. Chen, SCKF
R. Ido, SCKO                               K. Sato, PNKF
T. Matsuura, MWKF                     L. Tanabe, NCKF
N. Park, WKF                               I. Park, WKF

14-18 Girls                                     
1st – R. Yoon, AEUSKF
2nd – J. Paik, PNKF
3rd – K. Choi, MWKF
3rd – B. Shinada, SCKF
Kantosho:
C. Shih, SCKF
E. Hoshi, SCKO
L. Uemoto, AEUSKF
S. Kim, SCKO

Junior Team
1st – MWKF (H. Miyake, S. Tanaka, S. Miyake)
2nd – SCKO – A (H. Miyamoto, S. Chen, Y. Sato)
3rd – PNKF – A (S. Nakayama, H. Johnson, T. Tanimura)
3rd – NCKF – A (N. Ueng, K. Someya, N. Choudhury)

Girl’s Team
1st – SCKF B – (A. Yamamoto, C. Chang, M. Miyashiro)
2nd – PNKF – A (C. Kim, N. Underhill, J. Paik)
3rd – WKF – B (S. Kim, B. Kim, H. Hong)
3rd – SCKO – A (K. Sawabe, E. Hoshi, M. Sakamoto)

Boy’s Team
1st – SCKO – A (E. Miyamoto, K. Ghodgaonkar, L. Ido, R. Ido, T. Ariga)
2nd – SCKF – A (S. Yang, K. Romero, E. Choo, D. Roh, J. Huh)
3rd – PNKF – A (N. Kim, S. Johnson, R. Yokoo, A. Yuen, J. Yu)
3rd – ECUSKF (S. Lane, A. Suwa, J. Ringler, H. Suwa, A. Hotta)

33rd Annual Bellevue Junior Taikai, May 17th, 2025, Bellevue, WA

Non-Bogu                                  10 and Under
1st – C. Shin, Tacoma                 1st – S. Nakayama, Camas
2nd – A. Lee, Northwest              2nd – R. Shin, Tacoma
3rd – A. Mullins, Tacoma             3rd – B. Park, Kirkland
3rd – D. Lee, Northwest              3rd – R. Lee, Bellevue

11-12                                           13-15
1st – T. Tanimura, Edmonds        1st – C. Kim, Northwest
2nd – N. Kim, Northwest              2nd – R. Yokoo, Northwest
3rd – A. Kaufman, Portland          3rd – S. Lee, Bellevue
3rd – H. Johnson, Seattle            3rd – T. Kodera, Bellevue

16 and Above           
1st – J. Dueck, Federal Way
2nd – Jo. Kiyohara, Federal Way
3rd – D. Shilov, Bellevue
3rd – S. Faso, Bellevue

Junior Team
1st – Northwest (N. Kim, S. Lee, C. Kim, K. Suehisa, R. Yokoo)
2nd – Tacoma (R. Shin, J. Kelley, M. Mcclaren, A. Kaufman, I. Wiley)

Senior Team
1st – Federal Way (J. Dueck, Jo. Kiyohara)
2nd – Obukan (M. Pho, D. Terao, K. Onishi)

Thomas Bolling Awesome Spirit Award – V. Lapitan, Kirkland

Centurion Youth Leadership Award – D. Shilov, Bellevue

Rose City Taikai, May 31st, 2025, Portland, OR

10 and Under                                    11-13
1st – S. Nakayama, Camas               1st – H. Johnson, Seattle
2nd – R. Shin, Tacoma                       2nd – A. Kaufman, Portland
3rd – B. Park, Kirkland                       3rd – N. Kim, Northwest
3rd – R. Lee, Bellevue                        3rd – C. Lee, Obukan

14-15                                                  4 Dan and Up 
1st – S. Johnson, Seattle                   1st – I. Morgan, Kenchikai
2nd – O. Kaufman, Portland               2nd – Y. Shim, Kirkland
3rd – I. Ohashi, Obukan                     3rd – N. Tanimura, Edmonds
3rd – C. Kim, Northwest                     3rd – R. Lei, Seattle

3 Dan                                                 1-2 Dan
1st – S. Wetlesen, Obukan                1st – J. Huh, Cascade
2nd – J. Paik, Cascade                       2nd – M. Remmu, Seattle
3rd – B. Sprenger, Obukan                 3rd – A. Yuen, Seattle
3rd – D. Yao, Seattle                           3rd – K. Underhill, Northwest

Women’s Dan                                    Women’s Kyu
1st – J. Paik, Cascade                         1st – N. Underhill, Northwest
2nd – E. Marsten, Highline                  2nd – A. Fukuda, UW
3rd – M. DeJong, Highline                   3rd – A. Bailey-Conklin, Portland
3rd – N. Grimes-Perez, Kirkland          3rd – M. Pho, Obukan

1-2 Kyu                                                0-3 Kyu
1st – B. Ridler, Kirkland                       1st – T. Morris, Obukan
2nd – C. Dolera, Northwest                 2nd – T. Davis, Lilac City
3rd – B. Jack, OSU                              3rd – L. Spivey, Kenchikai
3rd – A. Anderson, Seattle                   3rd – D. Cowell, Redmond

Junior Team
1st – Team 4 (S. Nakayama [Camas] C. Moon [Kenchikai], C. Kim [Northwest])
2nd – Team 2 (K. Nakayama [Camas], N. Kim [Northwest], O. Kaufman [Portland])
3rd – Team 1 (R. Shin [Tacoma], H. Johnson [Seattle], L. Cowell [Redmond])
3rd – Team 6 (R. Lee [Bellevue], A. Kaufman [Portland], I. Wiley [Portland])

Adult Team
1st – Cascade (J. Paik, T. Okamura, J. Huh, J. Paik , J. Okada)
2nd – Kirkland A  (N. Smith, B. Ridler, N. Grimes-Perez, Y. Shim, T. Patana)
3rd – Seattle (M. Remmu, D. Quach, A. Yuen, D. Yao, R. Lei)
3rd – Bellevue (D. Shilov, M. Tuy, G. Baski, A. Epilepsea, L. Tsybert)

Shinpan Cho – Shinichi Koike
Guests of Honor – Sadao Sasaki and Keiji Iwata

Volume 39, number 1/2/3

January/February/March 2025

PNKF DATEBOOK

January 2025
1/11 – PNKF Board Meeting, 9-11am.
1/25 – Torrance Dojo 50th Anniversary Taikai, 8am, West High School, 20401 Victor St, Torrance, CA 90503.

February 2025
2/8 – Steveston Taikai, McMath High School, 9am, 4251 Garry St, Richmond, BC.
2/15 – PNKF Kendo Shinsa, Spartan Recreation Center, Shoreline, WA. Doors open at 12:15pm. Shinsa starts at 1:45pm.
2/22-23 – FIK America Zone Shinpan Seminar in LA.

March 2025
3/1-2 – All Japan Champion Tour, Tetsuhiko Murakami. [CANCELLED]
3/15 – PNKF Board Meeting, 9-11am.
3/17-24 – AJKF Kendo Leaders Seminar, Katuura, Chiba, Japan.
3/23 – 45th Annual Highline Challenge Cup Kendo Taikai, White Center Community Center, Steve Cox Memorial Park, 1321 SW 102nd St, Seattle, WA, 10am, doors open 9am.
3/22-23 – Harvard Shoryuhai Taikai.
3/28-30 – PNKF Iaido Shinpan Seminar & Shinsa, Rain City Fencing Center, Bellevue, WA.

April 2025
4/11-13 – Seattle Cherry Blossom Festival.
4/12-13 – AUSKF Board Meeting and Kodansha Shinsa, Duluth High School Gym, Duluth, GA.
4/19 – UW Taikai, UW Intramural Activities Building, Gym D, Seattle, WA. Doors open at 9am, Taikai starts at 10am.
4/20 – PNKF Kendo Shinsa in Oregon, IRCO Community Center.
4/26-27 – AUSKF Junior Open National Championships at Juanita High School, Kirkland, WA.

May 2025
5/10 – PNKF Board Meeting 9-11am.
5/17 – Bellevue Kendo Jr. Taikai, Highland Community Center, Bellevue, WA.
5/17 – PNKF Iaido 2 Dan and higher test preparation training event. 9am-4pm, Shoreline Spartan Center Dance Room. A free event to provide personal help to those planning to test for higher Dan in the next year or two. Instructed by PNKF Iaido Committee Co-Chair Jonathan Bannister, Renshi 7 Dan and Robert Stroud Sensei, Renshi 6 Dan. A free training opportunity sponsored by the PNKF Iaido Committee. Registration opening soon.
5/25 – Yuhihai Intercollegiate Taikai.
5/31 – Rose City Taikai, Portland Community College Cascade Gymnasium, 600 N. Killingsworth St. Portland OR 97217, 10am.

June 2025
6/14 – Kata Seminar, Kent Commons Community Center, 525 4th Ave N, Kent, WA 98030, 1:15pm-4:50pm
6/21-22 – Spokane Valley Yudansha Shinsa Seminar, West Valley City School, 8920 E Valleyway Ave, Spokane Valley, WA 99212.

July 2025
7/12 – PNKF Board Meeting, 9-11am.
7/12-13 – Women’s Seminar lead by Chinatsu Murayama, ages 15+, Broadview Thompson K-8, 13052 Greenwood Ave N, Seattle, WA 98133.
7/17-20 – 13th US Nito Kendo Seminar, Meridian Idaho. Open to all levels of kenshi.
7/19 – Women’s Taikai, Spartan Recreation Center, 202 NE 185th St. Shoreline, WA.
7/31-8/03 – AUSKF Iaido Summer Camp, National Iaido Taikai and Shinsa. University of Houston Recreation Center, Houston, TX. Instructors from All Japan Kendo Federation TBD.

August 2025
8/16 – PNKF Kendo Shinsa, Kent Commons, Kent, WA.
8/?? – AUSKF Kendo Summer Camp & Shinsa.

September 2025
9/13 – PNKF Board Meeting, 9-11am.
9/?? – Northwest Kendo Jr. Taikai, TBD.
9/20-21 – NCIF Iaido Seminar featuring Ito Tomoharu Sensei accompanied by Onikubo Nobuo Sensei and Suzuki Junko Sensei of Tokyo Metropolitan police. Details TBA.
9/26-28 – PNKF Iaido Fall Iaido Seminar, Taikai, Shinsa, and Annual Iaido banquet. Instructors and Location TBA. Join us for another fabulous PNKF Iaido event!

October 2025
10/?? – PNKF Kendo Shinsa Oregon, TBD.
10/25 – Tacoma Women’s Taikai, TBD.

November 2025
11/1 – PNKF Taikai, Kent Commons, Kent, WA.
11/22 – PNKF Board Meeting and General Election, 9-11am.

December 2025
TBD.

BHSK Taikai, January 18th, 2025, Seattle, WA

Non Bogu Division                          Junior Division
1st – T. Takeuchi, Kirkland                1st – K. Sato, Kirkland
2nd – Y. Takeuchi, Kirkland                2nd – Y. Iwao, Bellevue

Adult Kyu                                          Young Dans
1st – B. Ridler, Kirkland                     1st – J. Marsten, Sno-King
2nd – L. Naylor, Bellevue                   2nd – R. Ramirez-Monroy, Sno-King
3rd – A. Perez, Kirkland
3rd – T. Ruppert, Kirkland

Top Gun                               
1st – L. Tsybert, Bellevue
2nd – J. Chen, Kirkland

Junior Team
1st – Team Viper (K. Sato, T. Kodera, E. Lau)
2nd – Team Payback (C. Ridler, J. Songy, L. Naylor)
3rd – Team Goose (S. Sinex, K. Sinex, Y. Iwao)

Team
1st – Team Payback (J. Songy, Y.C. Lee, N. Grimes, M. Rigler, J. Marsten)
2nd – Team Stinger (W. Le, J. Chen, K. Tohmon, J. Dobner, T. Patana)

North vs South Team Match:
1st – Team South (T. Kodera, E. Lau, W. Le, A. Yang, A. Gilmore, D. Shilov, L.Tsybert, T. Espinal, Y.C. Lee, J. Koplin)

PNKF KENDO SHINSA, February 15th, 2025, Shoreline, WA

6 KYU: Brad Nonaka (Northwest), Roy Shin (Tacoma), Bohmi Park (Kirkland), Eloise Sprague (Meadowbrook), Jonas Kelley (Tacoma)

5 KYU: Alina Soto (Northwest), Raven Lee (Bellevue), Kanoa Park (Kirkland), Sam Borillo (Bellevue), Enoch Chan (Kirkland), Corbin Clemente (Meadowbrook)

4 KYU: Violett Lapitan (Kirkland), Ryunoske Yokoo (Northwest), Jennifer Kikuchi (Cascade), Shin Wu (Northwest), Samuel Sim (Federal Way), Tomoko Johnson (Seattle), Rich Nakatsu (Seattle), Noah Gaines (Lilac City), Jess King (Edmonds)

3 KYU: Akira Schacht (Lilac City), Takumi Tanimura (Edmonds), Nathan Kim (Northwest), Kenji Rafael (Edmonds), Shaun Murray (Kirkland), Tadeo Soper (Lilac City), Toby Kodera (Bellevue), Omar Shakeel (Seattle), Juubei Kiyohara (Federal Way), Jackson Songy (Kirkland), Musashi Blair (Cascade), Asher Hansen (UW), Benjamin Hebert (UW), Tomo Kunz-Taguchi (UW), Marcelo Cunningham (Seattle), Cassie LaDuke (Tacoma), Sarah Grill (Tacoma), Timothy Speer (Bellevue), Michael Fontana (Northwest), Shawn Smith (Edmonds), Mandy Hsu (Bellevue), Joseph Dobner (Kirkland), Hani Shakeel (Seattle)

2 KYU: Kiki Sato (Kirkland), Seiji Lee (Bellevue), Koya Sinex (Kirkland), Clara Kim (Northwest), Ray Kawamoto (Bellevue), Seoyeoun Jeon (Bellevue), Evan Kirkpatrick (UW), Anya-Rose Kelly (UW), Malia Kubodera (UW), Lily Lashmet (UW), Heather OCorry-Crowe (UW), Isabelle Martin (UW), Patrick Larimer (Idaho), Andi Anderson (Seattle), Minjeong Ko (Seattle), Aaron Scull (Seattle), Devon Harper (Lilac City), Andrei Korostelev (Edmonds), Adam Gaines (Lilac City), Jeoung Hee Ahn (Sno-King), Creighton Don (Bellevue)

1 KYU: Connor Burke (Kent), Sora Tanaka (Edmonds), Filip Dumitrescu (Edmonds), Jorin Kiyohara (Federal Way), Marcus Borillo (Bellevue), Nurivan Gomez (Bellevue), Patrick Heller (UW), Benjamin Lonc (Seattle), Andrew McGinnis (Northwest), Brandon Ridler (Kirkland), Alex Derrick (Northwest), Nobi Konno (Cascade), Charles Dolera (Northwest)

1 DAN: Saiichi Johnson (Seattle), Ivan Wiley (Portland), Andrew Schacht (Lilac City), Aiden Malone (Obukan), Emerson Lau (Bellevue), Alexander Field (Federal Way), Kaleb Borum (Lilac City), Sunil Jain (OSU), Jordan Indrawan (OSU), Andrew Fan (UW), Taisei Summerhays (Kenchikai), Logan Lewis (Obukan), Majestik Remmu (Seattle), Alexander Rossi (Lilac City), Nghia Ngo (Obukan), Lucy Yang (Seattle), Scott Fleishman (Portland), Stephen Hsieh (Kirkland), Eric Wiley (Portland), Jingyi Zhang (Northwest), Alex Yang (Bellevue), Anastasia Kopcha (Tacoma), Patrick Lau (Bellevue), Sean Wales (Northwest)

2 DAN: Salvatore Faso (Bellevue), Dan Terao (Cascade), Ju-ah Paik (Tacoma), Junsei Tanizaki (HKF), Xijian Wang (Cascade), Brandon Wied (OSU), Wenqian Liu (Portland), Molivan Tuy (Bellevue), Nathan Westlund (Lilac City), Patrick Dunlap (Evergreen), Kumi Abe (Edmonds)

3 DAN: Koji Tohmon (Sno-King), Suepapone Vanasouk (Cascade), Connor Mulcahy (Cascade), Hien Nguyen (Edmonds), Matt Miyamoto (Northwest)

4 DAN: Stephen Ting (Northwest), Yun Chung Lee (Bellevue)

Jonathan Bannister Sensei awarded 7th degree black belt in Iaido
March 8, 2025 (Edmonds, WA) – PNKF Iaido instructor Jonathan Bannister was awarded 7th degree black belt in Iaido at national grading examinations held by the All Japan Kendo Federation in Kyoto, Japan on March 2, 2025.  Mr. Bannister passed in his first attempt, a significant achievement that marks the first time in more than two decades since this rank has been awarded to an Iaido instructor in the PNKF.  The last time this award was given to a PNKF instructor was to Tatsuhiko Konno Sensei of Musokai Dojo in Bellevue in 2001.  Mr. Bannister thanks his coach, Hasegawa Yoshihisa (8^th Dan Iaido, 8^th Dan Kendo) of Aichi Prefecture in Japan, his wife Wendy, and his fellow instructors and students for their help and support.

45th HIGHLINE CHALLENGE CUP, March 23rd, 2025, Seattle, WA

Mudansha                                  Yudansha
1st – B. Lonc, Seattle                  1st – D. Shilov, Bellevue
2nd – L. Naylor, Bellevue             2nd – M. Remmu, Seattle
3rd – Jo. Kiyohara                       3rd – J. Dueck, Federal Way
3rd – W. Le                                  3rd – A. Rossi, Lilac City
4th – C. Feng, Bellevue
4th – N. Gomez, Bellevue
4th – J. Hwang, Evergreen

Mudansha Team
1st – Bellevue

Yudansha Team       
1st – Bellevue