Cleveland Taikai in April

[KevinF]

Soundoff if you are going to the Cleveland taikai in April - I saw the list of the winners from last year, but what dojos normally go? How big is it? What's the field like?

I know the Shidogakuin NY, DC, CT goes. Looks like Triangle and TMG will also be there from the south. Scuttlebut has it that Florida might be able to bring 2 invincible teams this year. :hurt:

[joekc6nlx]

Miami Valley Kendo Club of Dayton, Ohio will be there.

I'll be in the mudansha division.

[Masahiro]

University of Pittsburgh kendo dojo will be there. .. ...

[twotoedgiraffe]

Hey, Can anyone tell me when the Cleveland takai is?

[KevinF]

Oh sorry, i guess I should have mentioned the date in my original post:

17th Annual Cleveland Kendo Tournament / Greater Northeastern United States Kendo Federation Championships to be held at the Woodling Gymnasium of the Cleveland State University on Saturday, April 16, 2005

[KendokaJim]

I'm pretty sure a few members of Rochester Kendo Club will be there... see you guys then.

[kendokamax]

kendokajim...good to see that you have taste for great nicknames like me

[KendokaJim]

I wish I had seen your name before I thought of mine... lame, I know.

[watanabe2k]

Hi guys, I will be there with two other people from the University of Illinois Kendo Club. This is my first Taikai to participate (I watched my first one last year in Chicago), so I hope to learn a lot more and do my best Kendo.

Good luck with training and see you all there!

[Prymephyre]

Hey, which dojos will be participating in the tournament?

[KOMA]

I will be going

[Anime12478]

I shall be going. This will also be my first taikai to participate in. Makes me excited and a bit nervous at the same time :)

[KOMA]

This would make my 3rd
1st Detroit
2nd U.F.T
3rd Cleveland

[Rurøuni]

Three members including myself of the Kiraly Fencing Academy in Fairlawn, Ohio will be participating in the Tournament tomorrow.

This is the first time for me as well - I'm a bit nervous, but I'm looking forward to it!

[joekc6nlx]

I wanted to say thanks to all of the folks I met at the Cleveland tournament. You guys are outstanding and I'm glad to have gotten the chance to meet you (and get whipped by some of you, too :wink: )

[Masahiro]

Two Thumbs up for all the participants at the taikai. .. ...

~Nelson, it was nice meeting you.
~to the winner of shodan division. .. ..."damn you are good, I look forward to playing in the future."
~to the two finalist teams. .. ..."I know it will even be more intense next year! good job Shidogakuin and Ontario. It was truely an eye opener!"
~Big up to Azuma sensei who got the men uchi on the ontatrio nito player. The nito player was so tough.
~To a girl pushed out of bounds. .. .."I am sorry. ..I was just following tactics. But I shall never do that again."
~to Jobo. .. ..."you did good captain. It is not alwas easy to lead. Good luck next year"
~To the maker of the special tenugui . .."ken do" (hahahaha, now i's a collectors tem)
~also to the finalists in each division. .. "I know you guys had to derserve your awards. Tough competitions!"
~Now I have two names on my list in the future to beat on day.
~finaly, to those of you who tested also. Good job.

[kendokamax]

looks like PL men rose again

[Miyu]

This year's tournament was great! It was nice to see a large turn out for the Women's Division. It was also great to see all the little kendoist in the Junior Divison who were so cute in their chibi bogu (I can't wait to have one of my own)!

All the finals matches were incredible, especially the teams and 4 Dan and up finals. Major kudos to the guy who got his shoulder dislocated, but still held out to win the match. Dude, you rock!

--Miyu
aka: the girl with super long hair who had a cold. (Sorry in advance if I got anyone sick)

[Anime12478]

That match was amazing! I seriously don't know what I would have done in that situation other than scream in pain. It was a match to remember!

[watanabe2k]

Yeah it was a great match,the same thing happened to one of our guys in the Chicago Kendo Tournament last year, always painful to watch............

On a side note, I got my *** handed to me in my first taikai......

2 hantei make in kojinsen
and 1 ippon make in team sen

I'll practice harder before next year (I'm going to Japan this summer!) :smiley:

[Prymephyre]

Hey, I got pics from the Cleveland Tournament

http://photobucket.com/albums/v682/prymephyre/Cleveland%20Tournament%202005/

Lol the guy that dislocated his arm was Elliot from J.C.C.C. He was in "Team Ontario" with Shegimitsu Kamata, Ishimatsu, Robin Tanaka, and Mathew Raymond.
Too bad there wasn't E-bogu vendors or anything because I wanted to buy 2 new shinais :P.

[Iviro]

haha great pics! thats me in pics #12 and #33 with the pink tenegui haha
what a fun tournament!
Special thanks to all the Cleveland people!

[watanabe2k]

Hey, I got pics from the Cleveland Tournament

http://photobucket.com/albums/v682/prymephyre/Cleveland%20Tournament%202005/

Lol the guy that dislocated his arm was Elliot from J.C.C.C. He was in "Team Ontario" with Shegimitsu Kamata, Ishimatsu, Robin Tanaka, and Mathew Raymond.
Too bad there wasn't E-bogu vendors or anything because I wanted to buy 2 new shinais :P.

Yeah, I was hoping there would be some vendor their too. I had to order Zekken, but I made due with chalk! :smiley:

[Barnakey]

Finally found the results...

17th ANNUAL CLEVELAND KENDO TOURNAMENT - April 16, 2005

Junior A Junior B
1st place - Tetsuo Akamatsu, Detroit 1st place - Eamon Curtis, Tennessee MG
2nd place - Hayato DeSouza, Georgia KA 2nd place - Yasutaka Tsuji, Shidogakuin CT
3rd place - Masami Matsuyama, Cleveland SU 3rd place - Alex Borschel, Northern Virginia
3rd place - Yumi Matsuyama, Cleveland SU 3rd place - Man San Ma, Etobicoke
Junior C Mudansha
1st place - Daigoro Hirahata, Shodokan NY 1st place - Ray Blakney, Cleveland SU
2nd place - Elliott Altilla, JCCC 2nd place - Tae Up Kong, Chicago
3rd place - Yuki DeSouza, Georgia KA 3rd place - Hyuk Kyu Seoh, Georgia KA
3rd place - Yoshimi DeSouza, Georgia KA 3rd place - Keita Kibe, Etobicoke
Shodan 2-3 Dan
1st place - Fortier Antoine, Montreal 1st place - Tadahisa Matsuno, Carnegie Mellon U
2nd place - Michael Cole, US Hwa Rang Kwan 2nd place - Kenji Yasui, U Pittsburgh
3rd place - Aki Shikatani, JCCC 3rd place - Michael Manning, Shidogakuin NY
3rd place - Nicholas Sarwark, Washington 3rd place - Hironobu Murata, U Pittsburgh
Women 4th Dan and Above
1st place - Yatsuki Hoang, Koryo 1st place - Shigemitsu Kamata, Etobicoke
2nd place - Reiko DeSouza, Georgia KA 2nd place - Hajime Sugawara, Central Indiana U
3rd place - Mari Shiveley, Shawnee SU 3rd place - Kenjiro Ishimatsu, Etobicoke
3rd place - Mieko Matsuyama, Cleveland SU 3rd place - Robin Tanaka, Etobicoke
Team
1st place - Ontario Kendo Federation
2nd place - Shidogakuin New York
3rd place - Georgia Kendo Alliance
3rd place - University of Pittsburgh Kendo Dojo