2012 Detroit Kendo Tournament
Choyokan participated in the 14th Detroit Kendo Tournament and Testing, hostedn by Detroit Kendo Dojo on February 18 – 19, 2012.
Below are the results from the event.
Mike Francev – 3 dan
Dorothee Liebschner - 2dan
Congratulations to Choyokan Team A for placing 2nd in Men’s team competition.
Senpo – Leo Kim
Jiho – Kenichi Okada
Chuken – Tomohiko Hayashi
Fukusho – Shigeto Nagayama
Taisho – Otsuka sensei
Congratulations to our participants, and thank you to Detroit Kendo Dojo for hosting the event.
Last Practice of the year (稽古納め、)
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.
2011 Mid-West Tournament
Choyokan participated in the 23rd Mid-West Kendo Federation Tournament and Testing, held at University of Wisconsin, Madison on October 29, 2011.
Below are the results from the event.
Promotion exam
2 dan – Leo Kim
1 dan – Richard Moy, Robert Lee
1 kyu – Phillip Lech, Yuki Igi
2 kyu – Darren Choong
4 dan – Kenichi Okada
Tournament
Men’s Team
2nd Place – Choyokan A (L. Kim, K. Sakamoto, K. Hatakeyama, K. Okada, T. Otsuka)
Men’s Individual – 3 dan and up
1st Place – Hatakeyama sensei
2nd Place – Otsuka sensei
Men’s Individual – Senior Division
1st Place – Otsuka sensei
3rd Place – Sakamoto sensei
Jr. Youth Individual
3rd Place – Quang Nguyen
Jr. youth Team
1st Place – Detroit (Quang participated with Detroit jr. youth kenshi)
Congratulations to our participants, and thank you to University of Wisconsin Kendo Club for hosting the event.
2011 AUSKF Championship
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
FIK Shinpan Seminar
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。
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。
No class on these Fridays
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
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。
MWKF Summer Camp 2010
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.
Kendo demo at Ginza Festival 2010
