The Inoue Cup Invitational Iaido Tournament started in 1992 as a goodwill Dallas/Fort Worth Kendo & Iaido Kyokai club tournament and has now expanded to include dojos throughout the Southwest region of the United States.  The Inoue Cup is an individual tournament hosted by the Dallas/Fort Worth Kendo & Iaido Kyokai and has been held 4 times in the past.  The Inoue Cup is traditional tournament held in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.   However, the Inoue Cup Iaido Tournament has also been held in conjunction with the AUSKF Sumemr Iaido Camp.  Watch this web page for further information.

The following is a brief summary of past tournament results:

Tournament	1st Place	2nd Place	3rd Place
1st - 1992	Charles Riddle (DAL)	NA	NA	NA
2nd - 1993	Russell Ichimura (DAL)	NA	NA	NA
3rd - 1996	David Cooper (DAL)	Phong Le (DAL)	Kevin Abe (DAL)	Kwang Chung (DAL)
4th - 1998	Debbie Farmer (NY-S)	David Cooper (DAL)	Susan Sekreta (NY)	Scott Tullis (WY)
5th - 2000	Mike Ugarte (NY-KZ)	Peter Kilpe (DC-S)	David Cooper (DAL)	Koji Sato (CHI)

Home | Next | Previous
>>

the concept of kendo is to discipline the human character through the application of the principles of the katana.