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Dec 18 11

Last Practice of the year (稽古納め、)

by Hayashi

We had our last practice of the year at Choyokan Desplaines.

Thank you all for a good year of practice, and look forward to another good year n 2012.

Aug 18 11

2011 AUSKF Championship

by Hayashi

On August 12-13, 2011, the Mid-West Kendo Federation participated in the 12th All United States Kendo Federation Championship.

Choyokan sent 3 members as part of the MWKF team.

- Takashi Otsuka-sensei (senior division)

- Peggy Ho (women’s individuals and team)

- Tomohiko Hayashi (mens’ individual)

 

The 2011 MWKF team consisted of the following members.

Mens:

- Travis Hill

- Kotaro Yoshida

- Akira Inoue

- Hajime Sugawara

- Jeewhan Kim

- Sean Kim

- Yutaro Matsuura

- Stephen Chaffin

- Minsoo Ju

- Tomohiko Hayashi

 

Womens:

- Peggy Ho

- Yuka Saathoff

- Mon Lu

- Ai Takashima

- Mikuni Mishina

- Wendy Chen

- Seohee Kong

 

Seniors:

- Takashi Otsuka

- Bob Mack

 

And congratulations to the following members for their achievements.

Men’s Team 3rd place: Travis Hill, Kotaro Yoshida, Akira Inoue, Hajime Sugawara, Jeewhan Kim, Sean Kim, Yutaro Matsuura

Men’s Individual 3rd place: Hajime Sugawara

Women’s Individual 3rd place: Mon Lu

 

Apr 2 11

FIK Shinpan Seminar

by Hayashi

The Shinpan seminar by the International Kendo Federation for the America zone was held in Chicago 3/19 – 20, 2011. Fukumoto-sensei, Ota-sensei and Ajiro-sensei visited from Japan to give instruction on how to properly serve as shinpan. Thank you for all the senseis, from Japan, domestically and internationally who provided valuable lessons for us.

国際剣道連盟によるアメリカゾーン審判講習会が3月19-20日、シカゴで行われました。日本からは、福本先生、太田先生、網代先生ごお越し下さり審判方のご指導頂きました。日本からの先生方はじめ、国内外の先生方に貴重な経験の場を与えて頂き、ありがとうございました。

Mar 5 11

Choyokan Des Plaines featured in JANGLE – free Japanese news letter

by Hayashi

日本語無料新聞紙、Jangleの取材の方が、体験入門の取材にいらっしゃいました。

http://www.anglepress.com/images/newspaper/PDFs/95.pdf

Jan 20 11

No class on these Fridays

by Jeff (Webmaster)

There will be no class at the downtown dojo on these Fridays in 2011:

Jan 21
Feb 18
Mar 18
Apr 15
May 20
Jun 17
Jul 15
Aug 19
Sept 16
Oct 21
Nov 18
Nov 25
Dec 16

Aug 29 10

Hotta-sensei and Okada-kun return to Japan

by Hayashi

August 28th was the last practice for Hotta-sensei and Okada-kun. They will return to Japan for work and college respectively. Best of luck in Japan, and we look forward to seeing you again.

ありがとうございました。

Aug 22 10

MWKF Summer Camp 2010

by Hayashi

Choyokan participated in the 2010 MWKF Kendo camp. Sincere thanks to Yamanaka-sensei and Saito-sensei for their valuable instructions, and to the Wisconsin Kendo club for hosting.

Aug 22 10

Kendo demo at Ginza Festival 2010

by Hayashi

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