Yonenbu 11 Years & Under 1st – Brandyn Matsumoto 2nd – Jacob Amano 3rd – Abigail Mejia 3rd – Zachary Matsumoto Shoenenbu 12- 14 Years 1st – Go Hayakawa 2nd – Yukinari Ito Seinenbu Open 1st – Eric Young 2nd – Lotus De Asis 3rd – Zen White 3rd – Joshua Amano Yudansha Shodan – Nidan ( 1 & 2 … Read More
Congratulations
Congratulations to both Yusuke Masumo and Elbert Yoshida for passing 4-dan test today.
Feb 2016 Shinai Repair Seminar
Here are photos from the Shinai Repair Seminar held at Mililani Kendo Club on February 22nd 2016. “Shinai repair is part of the virtue of Kendo…frugality, being thorough, prepared and conscientious.”
Beginner’s Terminology
Kendo is a traditional Japanese martial art. Therefore, we use Japanese terms for most of the techniques and to express the ideas of Kendo, in the same way that French terms are used in ballet or European fencing. The following are the terms you will hear in beginners’ class and that you should learn as soon as possible. kendo – the … Read More
Congratulations!
Congratulations to Mark Miyamoto, Andy Fujimoto, and Wesley Fujimoto Senseis for being awarded renshi!
16th WKC
Check out the matches from Team Hawaii at the 16th WKC in Tokyo, Japan. The team fought well and made us all very proud. Great job!
State Tournament 2014
Yonenbu 1st Zachary Yamamoto 2nd Brandyn Matsumoto 3rd Kai Kishishita & Caden Matsumoto Shoenbu 1st Nicklas Mastumoto 2nd Shoshi Hashimoto 3rd Chai Mauliola Seinenbu 1st Ruy Brito 2nd John Pitts 3rd Mike Esposito & Matthew Takemoto Yudansha 1-3 1st Atsushi Terunuma 2nd Vincent Yancey 3rd Gregory Gates & Kevin Chun Women’s Open 1st Nicole Yoshida 2nd Zoey Yamamoto 3rd Megan … Read More
Tsuchiya Sensei Visit
Kensuke TSUCHIYA, Ph.D. 6Dan Visiting Associate Professor Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University Associate Professor Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo Introduced by Ogawa Sensei of Stanford Univ. Kendo Club
Sasaki Senseis Visit
This past month the Hawaii Kendo Federation was lucky tohave several sensei from Japan visiting and giving us some greatinstruction. One of them was Hiroshi SasakiSensei Kyoshi 7 dan and Mrs. Keiko Sasaki 5 dan from Akita, Japan. Having recenty retired from teaching Kendo atthe high school level, Sasaki Sensei was able to make his 2nd trip to Hawaiithis year. … Read More