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.
11/22 – 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)
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)