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)