More Info for FIK Shinpan Seminar 1/28-29/2012 (Montreal, Canada)

• On Fri 1/27, 11am – 8pm:  There will be a  table in the  hotel to collect banquet and bento fees $15 bento, $55 banquet (please pay in Canadian dollars)
• WKC referee candidates are requested to attend dressed in keikogi and hakama

2012 AUSKF Eastern Region Kendo Education Tour

Preliminary information for the 2012 AUSKF Eastern Region Kendo Education Tour can be found here:

• Cover Letter
• Preliminary Itinerary (Feb. 2012)

The guest instructor will be Takashi Futagoishi Sensei from Hyogo, Japan.  Futagoishi Sensei (Hanshi 8 Dan) was the 2006 All Japan Kendo 8-dan Championship.

FIK Referee Seminar Info posted

Information for the January 2012 FIK North American region seminar is available.

AUSKF Board for 2012-2014

Board members for 2012-2014 have been announced.  One additional position will be determined by a special second voting.

Update: Bob Souder has been selected for the remaining position.

The agenda for the November board meeting (to be held Nov. 12-13 in Dallas, TX) is also available.

Complete Results of 12th U.S. Championships

The complete results of the 12th U.S. Championships (with tournament trees) are now available.  Many thanks to the organizers of the 12th Championship for putting together an excellent document!

12th U.S. Kendo Championship Team Competition Results

Results for team competition (Sunday)
First / Second / Third,Third

Jr. Youth Boys – WKF / SCKF / SCKO,PNKF
Jr./Sr. Youth Girls – GNEUSKF / PNKF / SCKO,NCKF
Sr. Youth Boys – SCKO / GNEUSKF / WKF,CCKF

Women – SCKF / PNKF / SCKO,SEUSKF
Men – SCKF / AEUSKF / MWKF,NCKF

Also available: PDF Version of Results

12th U.S. Kendo Championship Individual Competition Results

Results for individual competition (Saturday)

First / Second / Third,Third

Jr Youth Boys – K. Kobayashi -SCKF / D. Bodine -WKF / Y. Urayama -CCKF, K. Jo -WKF
Jr Youth Girls – E. Kim -SCKF / M. Sasaki -SCKO / M. DeJong -PNKF, A. Shibata -SCKF
Sr Youth Boys – T. Makiuchi -SCKF / Y. Kasuya -SEUSKF / H. Komiyama -SCKF, S. Cresse -PNKF
Sr Youth Girls – R. Kambe -GNEUSKF / M. Kamimura -SEUSKF / H. Ariga -SCKO, M. Adams -GNEUSKF
Mudansha – A. Kern -SCKF / S. Ujiie -SCKF / C. Kao -SCKF, T. Katsuo -SCKF
Seniors – M. Kajitani -SWKIF / S. Maeda -SEUSKF / G. Sakazaki -CCKF, M. Sakaue – SCKF

Women – S. Tamura -SCKF / T. Yoshida -AEUSKF / I. Lorimer -SCKO, M. Lu -MWKF
Men – D. Yang -SCKF / S. Ghodgaonkar – SCKO / K. Kinno – SCKF, H. Sugawara -MWKF

Also available: PDF versiion of results, including Kantosho

Updated Schedule for the U.S. Championships

The updated schedule for the upcoming U.S. Championships in Atlanta can be found here:

http://auskf.org/announcements/2011/USChampionship/auskc_sched.pdf

 

AUSKF Western Region Education Tour

The AUSKF is sponsoring a visit by Kojiro Migita Sensei (Kendo Kyoshi, 8 Dan), 1976 All Japan Kendo Champion.  Details may be found on the notice posted on the SCKF web page.

Please note that there is a major freeway closure (Interstate 405) over this weekend which will completely block freeway access to the event site at Osaka Sangyo University all weekend.  Adjust your travel route and departure time accordingly.

2nd AUSKF Junior National Open Kendo Tournament Photos

Photos from the 2nd AUSKF Junior National Open Kendo Tournament provided by Dennis Ralutin:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ocbpictures/sets/72157626957518741/