Montreal Taikai 2010: August 14th, 2010

[AlexM]

As copied ans pasted from the official invitation:

PM me to receive the official tournament invitation.

This invitation is open to all kenshi over 16 years of age.

Dear fellow kendoka,

On behalf of D’Orangeville Sensei, the McGill University Kendo Club is proud to invite you all to the Montreal Open Taikai 2010 on August 14th 2010.

DATE

Saturday, August 14th 2010

LOCATION

McGill Sports Complex, Currie Gymnasium
475 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, QC
H2W 1S4
CANADA

REGISTRATION

All competitors must be registered before July 14th, 2010 (for further information please contact directly)

All competitors must be 16 years old or above as of
August 14th 2010.

[kendokamax]

This tournament will be of high level. People in US! You should come too!

[AlexM]

(shameless thread bumping)

The pre-registration deadline is now less than two weeks away!

Here is a listing of the other events happening in Montreal during that time: http://www.go-montreal.com/attraction_events_aug.htm

Events such as Tennis' ATP Masters Series Canadian Open, the Blues Festival (Festiblues) and the Montreal Pride Celebration........ You don't actually have to attend, or even pretend to have heard about, that last one.

[AlexM]

(Last thread bump)

Deadline for pre-registration is July 1st (Thursday).

[AlexM]

Tournament finished: I hope that those that attended enjoyed their experience.

Results:

Kyu Division
1st: Tom Dinh, Shidokan Kendo Club (Concordia U.)
2nd: Eddie Ng, Junko Mississauga
3rd: Yotaro Suzuki, McGill
3rd: R.F. Anderson, Etobicoke Kendo Club

1st-2nd Dan
1st place: Ahmed Obeidallah, Hong Moon Kwan (New Jersey)
2nd place: T. Samios, Mississauga Kendo Club
3rd place: Shawn Kim, McGill
3rd place: H.Y. Jae, University of Western Ontario

Women
1st place: Mariko Kamata, Etobicoke Kendo Club
2nd place: Ma-San Ma, University of Guelph Kendo
3rd place: Sarah Joseph, University of Toronto
3rd place: H. Yamada, Vancouver Kendo Club

3rd dan and up
1st place: S. Kamata, Etobicoke Kendo Club
2nd place: E. Yamashita, Etobicoke Kendo Club
3rd place: J.W. Lee, Junko Mississauga
3rd place: R. Tamaru, JCCC

Teams
1st place: Etobicoke Kendo Club
2nd place: McGill
3rd place: Team RAVAJ
3rd place: Women's Team

Fighting Spirit*
Bree Yang, University of Toronto
Akané D'Orangeville, McGill

* Normally, two Fighting Spirit awards are given out, one to a participant of each sex. This year the judges decided to award both to two female participants.

If those that participated have any comments on how we can improve things, please do not hesitate to contact us.

That's it and hopefully see you next year.

[Kim Taylor]

These results taken from here and added to the CKF website.... sigh

kendo-canada.com

Kim.

[AlexM]

I hope I remembered everything properly.

Quote of the tournament that may only make sense to me

Shane Asa, after seeing someone from JCCC relinquish a 1-0 lead with a few seconds to go in a match:
"He's going to have to run home (to Toronto) with his bogu on his head (...) but only to the Ontario border"
After seeing the same person lose in encho:
"Ok, now it's 'till Kingston..."

[heri0n]

Hey Alex, actually you reversed H.Yamada and MS Ma.

Good tournament!

[Neil Gendzwill]

Does that mean Hanaka took 2nd?

[AlexM]

If you're absolutely sure about that Harry I'll republish a new listing. I worked the list from my memory and Tuna-boy's.

I thought I saw Ma-San in the final...

Oh well, thanks for the compliment, I think the organizing committee (which I don't have much to do with) did a great job.

[Neil Gendzwill]

I think they both live on Facebook so you could get an answer pretty quick...

[AlexM]

I think they both live on Facebook so you could get an answer pretty quick...

I don't live anywhere close to Facebook so I'll have to send some spies to confirm their place's in the standings.

[AlexM]

Confirmed by my highly trained, and lightly brained, ninjas: New Results

Kyu Division
1st: Tom Dinh, Shidokan Kendo Club (Concordia U.)
2nd: Eddie Ng, Junko Mississauga
3rd: Yotaro Suzuki, McGill
3rd: R.F. Anderson, Etobicoke Kendo Club

1st-2nd Dan
1st place: Ahmed Obeidallah, Hong Moon Kwan (New Jersey)
2nd place: T. Samios, Mississauga Kendo Club
3rd place: Shawn Kim, McGill
3rd place: H.Y. Jae, University of Western Ontario

Women
1st place: Mariko Kamata, Etobicoke Kendo Club
2nd place: H. Yamada, Vancouver Kendo Club
3rd place: Sarah Joseph, University of Toronto
3rd place: Ma-San Ma, University of Guelph Kendo

3rd dan and up
1st place: S. Kamata, Etobicoke Kendo Club
2nd place: E. Yamashita, Etobicoke Kendo Club
3rd place: J.W. Lee, Junko Mississauga
3rd place: R. Tamaru, JCCC

Teams
1st place: Etobicoke Kendo Club
2nd place: McGill
3rd place: Team RAVAJ
3rd place: Women's Team

Fighting Spirit*
Bree Yang, University of Toronto
Akané D'Orangeville, McGill