Choyokan Kendo http://www.choyokan-kendo.org/blog News and information from Choyokan Kendo Dojo Sat, 17 Mar 2012 22:22:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 2012 Detroit Kendo Tournament http://www.choyokan-kendo.org/blog/2012/02/25/2012-detroit-kendo-tournament/ http://www.choyokan-kendo.org/blog/2012/02/25/2012-detroit-kendo-tournament/#comments Sat, 25 Feb 2012 22:20:57 +0000 Hayashi http://www.choyokan-kendo.org/blog/?p=264 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.

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

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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.

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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

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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。

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

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ありがとうございました。

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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.

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