News

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

Volume 40, number 4/5/6  

April/May/June

2026 UW TAIKAI, April 25th, 2026, Seattle, WA

0-4 Kyu                                               3-1 Kyu  
1st – M. Zhou, Cascade                     1st – B. Ridler, Kirkland
2nd – A. Allen, Tacoma                       2nd – L. Naylor, Bellevue
3rd – S. Shen, UW                              3rd – J. Tao, UW
3rd – A. Siopsis, Highline                    3rd – M. Fontana, Northwest

1-2 Dan                                               3 Dan
1st – V. Chen, NCKF                           1st – A. Yuen, UW
2nd – S. Fleishman, Portland              2nd – A. Mabale, UW
3rd – M. Remmu, Seattle                    3rd – D. Sakai, Edmonds
3rd – J. Tanizaki, UW                          3rd – K. Fukuda, Edmonds

Women’s Open                                   4 Dan and up
1st – E. Ichimura, Sno-King                 1st – T. Hamanaka, Tozenji
2nd – M. DeJong, Highline                   2nd – T. Marsten, Kent
3rd – Y. Sugata, Tozenji                        3rd – E. Marsten, Highline
3rd -N. Grimes-Perez, Kirkland            3rd – K. Unzei, Tozenji

Team (Elizabeth Marsten Cup)
1st – PNKF Men’s Team
2nd – Edmonds (K. Fukuda, V. Chen, D. Sakai, W. Yi, N. Tanimura)
3rd – Tozenji (J. Jeong, Y. Sugata, U. Tanaka, K. Unzei, T. Hamanaka)
3rd – PNKF Women’s Team

Shinpan Cho – David Yotsuuye
Shoji Inspirational Award – Daniel Gugig and Suji Jang

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)

34TH BELLEVUE JUNIOR KENDO CHAMPIONSHIP, May 16th, 2026, Bellevue, WA

10 and Under                              Non-Bogu                           
1st – B. Park, Kirkland                 1st – K. Tongu, Seattle
2nd – R. Shin, Cascade               2nd – A. Chen, Bellevue
3rd – M. Hayes, Kent
3rd – S. Lee, Cascade

11-12                                              Girls 11+
1st – T. Tanimura, Edmonds          1st – C. Kim, Northwest
2nd – R. Lee, Bellevue                   2nd – K. Sato, Kirkland
3rd – S. Nakayama, Camas           3rd – D. Mehr, Kirkland
3rd – C. Shin, Cascade                  3rd – R. Nollette, Lilac City

13-15                                             HS Boys
1st – N. Kim, Northwest                1st – R. Yokoo, Northwest
2nd – S. Lee, Bellevue                  2nd – E. Lau, Bellevue
3rd – K. Sinex, Kirkland                 3rd – J. Songy, Kirkland
3rd -C. Kim, Northwest                  3rd – Jo. Kiyohara, Federal Way

Junior Team 
1st – Edmonds (S. Winters, E. Narith, E. Santiago, C. Lee, T. Tanimura)
2nd – Seattle (C. Liu, M. Hayes, H. Johnson, M. Nollette, L. Guidi)

Senior Team
1st – Edmonds (F. Dumitrescu, S. Tanaka, M. Tanimura)
2nd – Bellevue (L. Naylor, J. Songy, E. Lau)

Shinpan Cho – David Yotsuuye
Tom Bolling Awesome Spirit Award – Catherine Shin, Cascade
Centurion Youth Leadership Award – Emerson Lau, Bellevue

ROSE CITY TAIKAI, May 30th, 2026, Portland, OR. 

10 and Under                                 11-12                           
1st – B. Park, Kirkland                    1st – S. Nakayama, Camas
2nd – R. Shin, Cascade                  2nd – A. Kaufman, Portland
3rd – K. Nakayama, Camas            3rd – C. Liu, Seattle
3rd – M. Rodriguez, Camas            3rd – T. Hall, Camas

13-14                                               15-17
1st – N. Kim, Northwest                  1st – S. Johnson, Seattle
2nd – K. Sato, Kirkland                    2nd – C. Kim, Northwest
3rd – R. Yamada, Camas                3rd – Ju. Kiyohara, Federal Way
3rd – H. Yun, Evergreen                  3rd – O. Kaufman, Portland

0-3 Kyu                                           2-1 Kyu
1st – J. Tao, UW                              1st – M. Fontana, Northwest
2nd – T. Marshall, Kenchikai            2nd – L. Spivey, Kenchikai
3rd – G. Ye, Obukan                        3rd – T. Morris, Obukan
3rd -A. Chhor, Bellevue                    3rd – B. Ridler, Kirkland

Womens Kyu                                  Womens Dan
1st – C. Yamada, Camas                 1st – N. Grimes-Perez, Kirkland
2nd – S. Wu, Northwest                   2nd – M. DeJong, Highlinr
3rd – At. Teraoka, Camas                 3rd – J. Higa, Cascade
3rd -A. Soto, Northwest                    3rd – T. Imanishi, Cascade

1-2 Dan                                            3 Dan
1st – J. Yu, UW                                1st – A. Mabale, UW
2nd – M. Itome, UO                         2nd – A. Yuen, UW
3rd – M. Remmu, Seattle                 3rd – T. Espinal, Highline
3rd -J. Dueck, Federal Way             3rd – K. Tohmon, Sno-King

4 Dan and Up                                    
1st – R. Ramirez, Sno-King
2nd – B. Sprenger, Obukan
3rd – I. Morgan, Kenchikai
3rd -R. Lei. Seattle

Junior Team 
1st – Team 7 (S. Nakayama, B. Park, K. Onishi)
2nd – Team 4 (C. Shin, K. Lundquist, S. Johnson)
3rd – Team 6 (M. Rodriguez, J. Alexander, C. Kim)
3rd – Team 9 (Ay, Teraoka, N. Kim, I. Wiley)

Senior Team
1st – PNKF Men
2nd – PNKF Women
3rd – Seattle A (M. Remmu, B. Lonc, R. Lei, D. Kopytov, S. Guidi)
3rd – Kirkland (A. Perez, B. Ridler, P. Chang, E. Park, J. Dobner)

Shinpan Cho – Shinichi Koike

Volume 40, number 1/2/3

January/February/March

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)

PNKF JODO SHINSA, March 15th, 2026, Seattle, WA

1 KYU: Bryan Carmin-Molina (Hoshu Seattle)
1 DAN: Stuart Hagler (Hoshu Portland), Sean Matheis (Hoshu Seattle)

46th HIGHLINE CHALLENGE CUP TAIKAI, March 16, 2026, Seattle, WA

Mudansha
1st Place – M. Fontana (Northwest)
2nd Place – T. Leao (Northwest)
3rd Place – L. Naylor (Bellevue)
3rd Place – B. Ridler (Kirkland)
4th Place – H. O’Corry-Crowe (UW)
4th Place – H. Sato (Kirkland)
4th Place – A. Perez (Kirkland)
4th Place – M. Cunningham (Seattle)

Team Champion: Kirkland

Yudansha
1st Place – S. Fleishman (Portland)
2nd Place – M. Tuy (Bellevue)
3rd Place – D. Quach (Seattle)
3rd Place – P. Chang (Kirkland)

Sportsmanship Pledge: A. Siopsis
Shimpancho: N. Grimes-Perez

PNKF IAIDO SHINSA, March 29th, 2026, Seattle, WA

3 KYU: Caden Langman (Shuukenkai), John Labriola (Shuukenkai), Tyler Calkin (Shuukenkai), Emerson Lenon (Shuukenkai), Jammie Taylor (Shuukenkai)
2 KYU: Elizabeth Lee (NCKF), Hochan Yi (Tacoma), Devon Harper (Lilac City), Becca Jubie (AiShinKai), Yihan Wang (Seattle), Patrick Frost (Idaho)
1 KYU: Arturo Lopez (NCKF)
1 DAN: Robert Wright (Tacoma), Richard Ung (NCKF), Dorothee Liebschner (NCKF), Chikako McNutt (Idaho)
2 DAN: Tien Vo (AiShinKai)
3 DAN: Wakako Maeda (Idaho)

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)