30th PNKF Kendo Championships

[jmarsten]

When Nov 13th, 2004
Where Renton Community Center
Expected Divisions:
9 and under
10-12, 13-15
Girls 16-18, Boys 16-18
Mudansha women, Yudansha women
1-2 Dan men
3 Dan men
4-Dan and up Men
Junior Team 15 years and under
Senior Team 16 years and older
Entry forms soon to be posted on the PNKF web. I will post here when that happens.

[Pan-Chan]

YES!! I can't wait to go down there again for this years tournament! Whooo! Thank you VERY much for the information.

[dorkusxmaximus]

I hope there's a women's mudansha this year ^_^. There wasn't one last year T_T.

[Washington]

right on :)

[Cheese_Man]

I am looking forward to the PNKF taikai, just hope my work and school schedule dont intervene :ermm: Is it going to be a one large mens mudansha group or broken up into the usual 0-4kyu and 3-1kyu ?

[jmarsten]

I hope there's a women's mudansha this year ^_^. There wasn't one last year T_T.
Well Nancy get those mudansha gals to sign up. That was the problem last year, too many stood on the sidelines.

[jmarsten]

I am looking forward to the PNKF taikai, just hope my work and school schedule dont intervene :ermm: Is it going to be a one large mens mudansha group or broken up into the usual 0-4kyu and 3-1kyu ?
it should be the usual 0-4/3-1 groups. However the womens will probably be just one kyu group. Once we get the actual entrys we can determine the final groups.

http://www.kendo-pnkf.org/news/pnkftaikai.phtml Actual info is now posted on the PNKF web site and I believe there will be downloadable forms shortly.

[tapioka]

I'd better hurry up and send in a submission for the tenugui contest for this taikai!! (o_O!)

[jmarsten]

Well we are now one month away from the 30th PNKF taikai. Both Phiten and E-Bogu will have vendor booths at the tournament. Also there will be a gift tenugui for all the competitors. So far out of state entries include 8 from Hawaii .

[Inouye02]

Well we are now one month away from the 30th PNKF taikai. Both Phiten and E-Bogu will have vendor booths at the tournament. Also there will be a gift tenugui for all the competitors. So far out of state entries include 8 from Hawaii .

wow !! that close huh ? well better start shinning up that broken trophy, cause we is taking it .. there will be 8 from Venice, 5 from sho tokyo..hmmmm maybe an all So Cal Finals in teams...heheheehe

[Paburo]

When Nov 13th, 2004
Where Renton Community Center
Expected Divisions:
9 and under
10-12, 13-15
Girls 16-18, Boys 16-18
Mudansha women, Yudansha women
1-2 Dan men
3 Dan men
4-Dan and up Men
Junior Team 15 years and under
Senior Team 16 years and older
Entry forms soon to be posted on the PNKF web. I will post here when that happens.
just out curiousity marsten-sensei... how many competitors in total are we talking about here? becuase whoaaa, i think i've never seen so many divisions in a taikai!

thanks for your attention.

[jmarsten]

About 300 entries if it is like last year.

Inouye, we are buying a brand new trophy. The old one is toast. If you win, you can take it home but then you have to come back next year.

[dorkusxmaximus]

Sensei, what happens when there aren't enough mudansha women? It's going to be combined like last year, right?

[jmarsten]

Sensei, what happens when there aren't enough mudansha women? It's going to be combined like last year, right?\
right, you can sign up for the mens division if you would rather. Right now I have no idea what the women's division(s) will be. I do know that some of the women in my dojo have not signed up at all. That is both mu and yu..

[dorkusxmaximus]

are there a lot of kyu women at the dojos you teach at, sensei?

[Inouye02]

About 300 entries if it is like last year.

Inouye, we are buying a brand new trophy. The old one is toast. If you win, you can take it home but then you have to come back next year.

here we come ...

[jmarsten]

are there a lot of kyu women at the dojos you teach at, sensei?
If you count the teenagers about a dozen. Most of which did not enter the PNKF
:beard:

[m_french]

Break out the rain gear I'm commong home!

8 from venice....damn now that is representation!

[Inouye02]

Inouye, we are buying a brand new trophy. The old one is toast. If you win, you can take it home but then you have to come back next year.

So sensei does that mean we get to take the old one home this year since we won it last year ? I'll have it repaired down here ...

[T.Lee]

jamie gonna bust out nittou for PNKF?

[Inouye02]

jamie gonna bust out nittou for PNKF?
havent practiced it for a long time now, but if my younger self is there and i match up with again i will....Inouye from canada

[rin-chan]

I cant wait to go down to Seattle again! Its going to be a fun tournament

[jmarsten]

Well got the final count today, breaks down as follows:
31 Dojo
22 senior teams
11 junior teams
9 & under (13) entered, 10-12 (17), 13-15 (28), 16-18 M (24), Women Kyu (14)
women dan (22), 0-4K M (25), 1-3K M (24), 1-2 Dan M (38), 3 Dan M, (32),
4 Dan & up (24)

[dorkusxmaximus]

omg omg there's a women's kyu this year =O?! I can't believe my eyes O_O. This is great! Last time there was something like that was 2 years ago! How time flies. Hmmm I'm starting to feel old.

Tapioka, Tapioka, Kyoka, Kyoka, where are yoooouuu, homie?

[jmarsten]

You are entered in the Women's Dan group as shodan.

[dorkusxmaximus]

what?! but but but I'm just a 2kyu, Marsten-sensei =(. I could've sworn I put my rank down when I signed up.

[jmarsten]

So now Dorkusxmaximus is in the adult female kyu group. Of course now the pressure is on.

[Inouye02]

what?! but but but I'm just a 2kyu, Marsten-sensei =(. I could've sworn I put my rank down when I signed up.

oh just go in the womens dan group, whup them up....

[dorkusxmaximus]

yessssssss i'm back in women's kyu ^_^! the pressure was always there for me, sir =).

Ohh heckk nooo, Jamie =O. They're going to mop the floor with my kyu asphalt.

[Cheese_Man]

10 more days.......

[chaichaikun15]

10 more days.......
man... that sounds like the ring movie...

seven days.... (o_O

[dorkusxmaximus]

if there was only a verbal description of that scary sound from The Grudge :ogre:

[Hongsermeier]

Nancy...should have figured you see that. Went to see it last week myself. Typical Japanese spook movie.

[T.Lee]

uhhhh hh hhhhh hh h hhhhh h hhhhh hhh hhhhh hhhhh hhhh

not quite as scary.... then again, neither was the movie for me at least.

[dorkusxmaximus]

ohhhh i didn't see the american version. Too much of a coward to hahha. I got scared senseless with the Japanese version itself. I'm too afraid to close my eyes for too long T_T. I might see herrr =O.

[jmarsten]

Heads up to you California folks. The first events of the day are Men's 4 Dan and up and the 16-18 senior youth. 2nd round is 9 & under, women kyu and 13-15 years. Wouldn't want anybody to miss their match.

[m_french]

Wouldn't want anybody to miss their match.

Here that Nancy!

[Inouye02]

Here that Nancy!hahahahaha, stay out of basements

[dorkusxmaximus]

Shut up, you two LOL. I learned my lesson :old_man: . Besides, there is no basement at the PNKF taikai =P.

[Inouye02]

Besides, there is no basement at the PNKF taikai =P.And how would you know ??? Did you look ? muahhahahahahahaha

[dorkusxmaximus]

Only because a lot of taikais are held there =P. I even have a blueprint of it inside my noggin mwahah. I've been there so many times that there is no wayyy there could be a basement ^_^. Fo sho, fo sho. Unless renton community center has something they are hiding from me O_O. Oh, the deception =O.

[Hongsermeier]

Nancy, I'm sure you will be fine as long as a certain Kenshi is not there to distract you. :wink:

[Inouye02]

Nancy, I'm sure you will be fine as long as a certain Kenshi is not there to distract you. :wink:yeah, i'll be sure katsushi won't bother her before she goes up ...hahahaha

[Inouye02]

Nancy, I'm sure you will be fine as long as a certain Kenshi is not there to distract you. :wink:

hey brad, i hear Moocow will be at venice this wednesday....

[Hongsermeier]

I will be there. Need to talk to the bigger than most Japanese Sensei about my Steelers. Oh yeah baby!!!!

[Kendo-Militia]

I will be there. Need to talk to the bigger than most Japanese Sensei about my Steelers. Oh yeah baby!!!!

HAHA pretty funny. Steelers better not change QB's.

[dorkusxmaximus]

I am focus~!!! Look at my game face >=).

[misterkurukuru]

SCI rules once more!!!!!!!!!!!!
wahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
how come i cant get the same points as that otehr guy?????
why dont the people from that cold ass place show no love????
I got 3rd once more in the 4 dan and up group...what did you all get???

[Washington]

I got a new shinai bag and tenugui ! :p

[Cheese_Man]

I got a pacfic tengui!!

[William Honda]

I got a tenugui and my butt handed to me on a plate by Ishikawa.

[Paikea]

1) I got whacked in the first round

2) I got to watch the Obukan Juniors (yeah, that's MY boy!) win their tournament

3) I got to meet and talk a while with Omoto-sensei. Made my year...:)

Thanks to everyone for the hard work that obviously went into the tournament!
...and yeah, SCI is a scary crew.

[ms.kendo]

Wow~ it's been awhile since I visted this site. Things haven't changed...the same people trying to cause trouble... :devious:
Anyways, just wanted to say "otsukare" to everyone who was in the tournament. I thought the tournament went quite smoothly, and I know everyone from my club had fun.
SCI's matches were again, very entertaining to watch :smiley: The VKC girls, just wanted to say, "Maybe we shouldn't invite them to practice...we don't want to practice with them...kowai!" :wink: moocow...I enjoyed watching some of your new kamae's...a couple of our girls had a fun time trying to copy your moves on the way home in the bus, and Mr. Chinen....the VKC boys, and myself as well, are still in awe of your men-uchi. Kannpeki dane~
Mr. Inouye, thanks for lending your son to our team....he did an excellent job, and I even think he made some new Canadian friends ^^ If any of you are from NW dojo, thank you for lending us one of your kids too! The team wasn't too lucky, but the kids had fun, and that's really what is important.

Ok, that's it for now.....congrats to everyone and see you next year!

[jmarsten]

Wow~ it's been awhile since I visted this site. Things haven't changed...the same people trying to cause trouble... :devious:
Anyways, just wanted to say "otsukare" to everyone who was in the tournament. I thought the tournament went quite smoothly, and I know everyone from my club had fun.
SCI's matches were again, very entertaining to watch :smiley: The VKC girls, just wanted to say, "Maybe we shouldn't invite them to practice...we don't want to practice with them...kowai!" :wink: moocow...I enjoyed watching some of your new kamae's...a couple of our girls had a fun time trying to copy your moves on the way home in the bus, and Mr. Chinen....the VKC boys, and myself as well, are still in awe of your men-uchi. Kannpeki dane~
Mr. Inouye, thanks for lending your son to our team....he did an excellent job, and I even think he made some new Canadian friends ^^ If any of you are from NW dojo, thank you for lending us one of your kids too! The team wasn't too lucky, but the kids had fun, and that's really what is important.
Ok, that's it for now.....congrats to everyone and see you next year!
Glad to hear you had a good time. I thought the two adds did you real well by you. It was very close in both cases with their matches. Sure hope your teammate found her stuff. Really worried me to hear that she was missing anything.
As far as complaining just read McBeth or as Omoto sensei says" The view is always clearer from the sidelines".

[Iviro]

hahahaha what a fun tournament! Thank you so much for your hospitality Marsten sensei, you have a very nice dojo at Bellevue Kendo Club it was a great practice! haha great meeting all u KW forum guys (Mr. France/French, William Honda, Nancy) if ever u guys are in the east come by anytime to our practice. I got a nice shoulder attack from Tenken but dont worry I will be back soon to finish what we started muahahhahaaha

[Inouye02]

Wow~ it's been awhile since I visted this site. Things haven't changed...the same people trying to cause trouble... :devious:
Anyways, just wanted to say "otsukare" to everyone who was in the tournament. I thought the tournament went quite smoothly, and I know everyone from my club had fun.
SCI's matches were again, very entertaining to watch :smiley: The VKC girls, just wanted to say, "Maybe we shouldn't invite them to practice...we don't want to practice with them...kowai!" :wink: moocow...I enjoyed watching some of your new kamae's...a couple of our girls had a fun time trying to copy your moves on the way home in the bus, and Mr. Chinen....the VKC boys, and myself as well, are still in awe of your men-uchi. Kannpeki dane~
Mr. Inouye, thanks for lending your son to our team....he did an excellent job, and I even think he made some new Canadian friends ^^ If any of you are from NW dojo, thank you for lending us one of your kids too! The team wasn't too lucky, but the kids had fun, and that's really what is important.

Ok, that's it for now.....congrats to everyone and see you next year!Hi Ms Kendo, THANK YOU for letting him be on the team, he was stoked about it, and yeah i guess he made some new friends, he anxious to go to Steveston again and see them. and please call me jamie, the mister thing sounds funny to me. see you at Steveston

[m_french]

And if you forget Jamie ....we just call him semi-sensei....ahahahahah.

Iviro good to meet you too, and donn't worry about Tenken that was a really nice slide you did.
PS don't forget to smack Alex M on the head for me!

And a big congrats to Inouye02, kurukuru, Tenken, MooCow, and Chinen of the SCI.....can you say three peat?

Thank you Marsten Sensei....again a well run and enjoyable tourney.

[misterkurukuru]

I would also like to thank the PNKF for running another great tournament! I really think we can learn a thing or two about shiai from you guys.

[Tenken]

otsukare everyone~!! i got sick and couldn't do too well in the tournament but i'm glad that i helped out my team at the end. for all the people who wanted to get me back... you missed your chance! :D gaahahahahahahahaa maybe next time~

[Iviro]

hehe... next time may be sooner than you think :silly:

[jmarsten]

30th ANNUAL PNKF KENDO TOURNAMENT - November 13, 2004, Renton
9 and Under 10-12
1st place - K. Knecht, Sunrise 1st place - M. Rasmussen, Tacoma
2nd place - S. O'Sullivan, Steveston 2nd place - R. Murao, Steveston
3rd place - S. Cresse, Kent 3rd place - C. Blomquist, Bellevue
3rd place - Z. Greene, Tacoma 3rd place - A. Kwan, Steveston

13-15 16-18
1st place - J. Nunokawa, Bellevue 1st place - K. Negishi, Vancouver
2nd place - Ju Lee, Steveston 2nd place - B. Imanishi, Cascade
3rd place - G. Mizutani, Renbu 3rd place - T. Kikuchi, Steveson
3rd place - J. Akahoshi, Obukan 3rd place - J. Koplin, Bellevue

Women Kyu Men 0-4 Kyu
1st place - K. Kang, Bellevue 1st place - M. Upatising, UW
2nd place - J. Chen, Sno-King 2nd place - T. Campbell, UW
3rd place - K. Hinami, Bellevue 3rd place - DL Kim, Bellevue
3rd place - C. Sanders, Kent 3rd place - A. Lin, Spokane

Men 3-1 Kyu Women Dan
1st place - R. Yau, UW 1st place - J. Abe, S Cal Sho Tokyo
2nd place - V. Banez, Steveston 2nd place - E. Marsten, Highline
3rd place - K. Naguib, Bellevue 3rd place - H. Fukushima, Vancouver
3rd place - G. Walker, Obukan 3rd place - A. Fukushima, Vancouver

Men 1-2 Dan Men 3 Dan
1st place - K. Ishikawa, UBC 1st place - N. Nakano, Steveston
2nd place - S. Jung, Vancouver 2nd place - G. Suzaka, UW
3rd place - M. Negishi, Vancouver 3rd place - D. Fujii, UBC
3rd place - J. Higo, Steveston 3rd place - W. Abe, Mushinkan

4 Dan and Up Senior Team
1st place - T. Masukawa, Sunrise 1st place - S Cal Invasion
2nd place - D. Taguchi, Sunrise 2nd place - S Cal Sho Tokyo
3rd place - K. Chinen, S Cal Invasion 3rd place - Hawai'i
3rd place - S. Okada, S Cal Invasion 3rd place - Sunrise

Junior Team Shoji Trophy
1st place - Obukan Jayson Nunokawa, Bellevue
2nd place - Cascade

Good spread of finishers, many of the clubs had members place in the individual events

[AlexM]

And if you forget Jamie ....we just call him semi-sensei....ahahahahah.

Iviro good to meet you too, and donn't worry about Tenken that was a really nice slide you did.
PS don't forget to smack Alex M on the head for me!


Yes, please hit me on the head for a change. You know, the "head"... that thing that isn't an ELBOW. An elbow being the thing that gets in the way of poorly timed gyaku-dou... The men is the roundish thing sitting atop someone's neck.

French if you want to give me a thrashing you'll have come here! No fighting by proxy! (even if I did mandate Nancy to take out Antoine for me (because of the elbow), which she has failed to do since I see he came back alive. Moral of the story: never trust a pikachu to do an ogre's job)

[Will]

the actual team name for SCI is So Cal Invasion?

THATS AWESOME!

[Neil Gendzwill]

So which of you guys met the freight train that is Daisaku in the semis?

[misterkurukuru]

chinen sensei did. i will let the other people that saw the match tell you what they thought. and I did my bunny men on the guy that won, again i will let the people that saw my match comment on how it went.

[moocow65]

chinen sensei did. i will let the other people that saw the match tell you what they thought. and I did my bunny men on the guy that won, again i will let the people that saw my match comment on how it went.

Yup, they were pretty bizarre matches. Marsten-sensei, my "do-nothing" kendo was actually a set-up for my final waza. I was planning on doing it a little bit longer, but that hansoku gave me no choice but to do it right then and there. Hahah, anyways fun tournament. We all had a great time. It was great to see all y'all again. And yes, our name was:
(S)outhern (C)alifornia (I)nvasion
a.k.a. Team Kendo World Forum
a.k.a Vevina Dojo

[Iviro]

Wait does kurukuru = S. Okada ? if so I actually did see some of that match against masukawa but did not see the bunny men, all I know is that you seemed to be having fun playing those imports for Cascade kendo club.
Hahaha sorry Alex but you will have to find another hit-man to do the job.

[misterkurukuru]

yes, that import seemed mighty cocky...but he needs to know that i have a bigger head then he does!! All i had to do was hikiwake, so i just let him chase me around the court for 3 min. I was smiling at him the whole time...he didnt seem to like that. i got a little carried away, but its not like i hurt him...well maybe his pride ( he couldnt beat an out of shape american...man i would feel bad too!)

[William Honda]

Marsten Sensei,

I had fun at your tounament even though I was knocked out early. Nice tounament.

[misterkurukuru]

Honda man, they are next to the mens results

[m_french]

French if you want to give me a thrashing you'll have come here! No fighting by proxy! (even if I did mandate Nancy to take out Antoine for me (because of the elbow), which she has failed to do since I see he came back alive. Moral of the story: never trust a pikachu to do an ogre's job)

how could you send dorky to put a hit on anyone??? i hope you paid her in game tokens and not cold hard $$$$$

[kenwakokoro]

Many thanks from the New York City Kendo Club to the members of the PNKF for their hospitality in hosting a smoothly run and thoroughly enjoyable taikai. Also, thanks to the Bellevue and Seattle Kendo Clubs for practices before and after the tournament. Hope to see everyone next year!

[SuperkenshiLv2]

Yeah, i love the tenagui. its almost as good as satates...... i still think its odd that we managed to spell all the dojo names correctly and not pacific. oh well makes for a great story!!! wooden chickens need not apply.

[DCPan]

BTW,

I thought the match between King sensei using Jodan and Chinen sensei was really cool.

The way Chinen sensei used his footwork rhythmically while alternating in and out of chudan-hanmi was a scene straight out of the final match between Musashi Natsuki and Shura Toudou in the comic book Musashi no Ken....

FWIW.

[Inouye02]

This is Honda using Inouye's computer.

Thanks Mr. Kurukuru I picked up the mistake just in time to edit. Phew! That would have been one embarASSing post.

See you later tonight.

[moocow65]

Does anyone have any connections with the Hawaii people who went to the PNKF? Some of them took pictures of us, and I wanted them so I could put them up on our dojo website. Thanks.

[dorkusxmaximus]

don't be so hard on me, alex. my array of bad jokes just didn't do the job. you just need to pay me better next time. food stamps just doesn't work, dude =P. Anyway, it was nice meeting you too, ant...

[Kendo-Militia]

This is Honda using Inouye's computer.

Thanks Mr. Kurukuru I picked up the mistake just in time to edit. Phew! That would have been one embarASSing post.

See you later tonight.

What is Honda doing using Inouye's computer?

[m_french]

What is Honda doing using Inouye's computer?
They're tight like that! They shared a room at the Silver Cloud as well.

[Paikea]

Does anyone have any connections with the Hawaii people who went to the PNKF? Some of them took pictures of us, and I wanted them so I could put them up on our dojo website. Thanks.Moocow-san,

Send an email to perryh@qaservices.com and I can put you in contact with someone who might be able to help.

[Kendo-Militia]

They're tight like that! They shared a room at the Silver Cloud as well.

Tight maybe Inouye, I heard him fart. But Honda, I never heard him fart. So he must be loose. HAHAHA

[jmarsten]

Iwaosato7@cs.com You can contact Sato Sensei about the pictures

[AlexM]

don't be so hard on me, alex. my array of bad jokes just didn't do the job. you just need to pay me better next time. food stamps just doesn't work, dude =P. Anyway, it was nice meeting you too, ant...

No excuses. You failed in your mission. I must now disavow all knowledge of your (non) action.

[kendokamax]

wacking Alex on the head is fun, you guys need to experience it.

[m_french]

No excuses. You failed in your mission. I must now disavow all knowledge of your (non) action.

Are you CIA?

[AlexM]

Are you CIA?

I could tell you but then I'd have to kill you.

[Inouye02]

Marsten sensei,

I was wondering if i could get a brief history lesson on the trophy from the japanese consulate..


Thanks

[Paikea]

Marsten sensei,

I was wondering if i could get a brief history lesson on the trophy from the japanese consulate..

ThanksOther than, those guys from SoCal keep leaving with it? :)

[jmarsten]

Marsten sensei,

I was wondering if i could get a brief history lesson on the trophy from the japanese consulate..


Thanks
e-mail me your questions and I will answer. jmarsten@comcast.net

[Inouye02]

Other than, those guys from SoCal keep leaving with it? :)well you won't have to worry about that anymore, because you guys will never see again, it now resides at Westwood One , home of the Lykis talk show, but we will be bringing the new replacement plaque back next year, maybe the OTHER So Cal will win it , Team SCI will not be in attendance, Hopefully we will be taking some other Federations trophy home ...

[Washington]

i still think its odd that we managed to spell all the dojo names correctly and not pacific
didn't even notice till i read that lol

[DCPan]

Does anyone have any connections with the Hawaii people who went to the PNKF? Some of them took pictures of us, and I wanted them so I could put them up on our dojo website. Thanks.

Hey Moocow,

I forwarded the link of the photos that I took to Tabuchi san.

Can't post the link here anymore because it took up too much of my friend's bandwidth.

David