Tournament:

Nabeshima Cup Kendo Taikai

The Nabeshima Cup Invitational Kendo Tournament started in 1992 as a goodwill Dallas/Fort Worth Kendo & Iaido Kyokai (DFWKIK) club tournament. The tournament has expanded to include dojos throughout the Southwest region of the United States.

The Nabeshima Cup is an individual tournament hosted by the DFWKIK and is open to participants of Ikkyu (1st level) and below. Traditionally, the Nabeshima Cup is a spring tournament held in the Dallas/Fort Worth area in conjunction with the Texas Open Kendo Taikai.

Starting in 2005, the Nabeshima Cup (originally Sandan (3rd Degree) and below) was changed to be for participants Ikkyu and below. A separate divisional Taikai was held for Shodan (1st Degree) to Sandan. Below is a brief summary of past tournament results.

Mudansha Division (Ikkyu & below) Results:

Year
 1st place
 2nd place
 3rd place
Gerald Tan
(Austin)
Theo Kouadri
(Dallas)
Alex Croll
(Oklahoma City)
Guido Stucco
(St. Louis)
Kantosho (Kiyoshi Abe Fighting Spirit):
Alanda Foster (Oklahoma City)
Leelund Kim (Houston)
William Velazquez
(Houston)
Gerald Tan
(Austin)
Benjamin Lowe
(Texas A&M)
Krutarth Triyedi
(Dallas)
2003 - 9th
Makoto Murayama
(Houston)
Jeffrey Chen
(Austin)
Takero Kan
(Dallas)
Hyun Kim
(Arkansas)
2001 - 8th
Takayuki Otani
(Houston)
Tetsuro Tsushima
(Austin)
Bryan Mosley
(Oklahoma City)
Makoto Murayama
(Houston)
1999 - 7th
Kevin Abe
(Dallas)
Paul Westblade
(Memphis)
David Cooper
(Dallas)
Kwang Chung
(Dallas)
1997 - 6th
Kevin Abe
(Dallas)
Darren Craig
(Houston)
Paul Westblade
(Memphis)
Miki Kikuchi
(Austin)
1996 - 5th
Darren Craig
(Houston)
Corey Sharman
(Dallas)
Yuji Ikeda
(Austin)
Kevin Abe
(Dallas)
1995 - 4th
Darren Craig
(Houston)
Russell Ichimura
(Dallas)
 NA
 NA
1994 - 3rd
Russell Ichimura
(Dallas)
Darren Craig
(Houston)
 NA
 NA
1993 - 2nd
Russell Ichimura
(Dallas)
Louis Bonham (Houston)
Carl Basham
(Dallas)
 NA
1992 - 1st
Carl Basham
(Dallas)
Isao Ebihara
Russell Ichimura
(Dallas)
Pierre Dakin
(France)

Yudansha Division (Shodan to Sandan) Results:

Year
 1st place
 2nd place
 3rd place
An Giang
(Little Rock)
Jeff Chen
(Austin)
Khanh Nguyen
(Austin)
Masayuki Koyama
(Laredo)
Kantosho (Kiyoshi Abe Fighting Spirit):
Phillip Panteloukas (Orlando)
Bryan Mosely
(Oklahoma City)
Brian Cooper
(Longmont)
Manny DaCosta
(Austin)
Steve Sasaki
(Omaha)

Youth Division Results:

Year
 1st place
 2nd place
 3rd place
Yun Ji Kim
(Austin)
Riku Imamura
(Little Rock)
Kyle Anderson
(Houston)
Kai Imamura
(Little Rock)

 

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Last Updated: Thursday, May 3, 2007