The Dallas/Fort Worth Kendo & Iaido Kyokai was founded in 1976 and has developed into a martial arts and cultural organization which seeks to promote the growth and development of the Japanese martial arts and their related cultural activities. For over 35 years, the Dallas/Fort Worth Kendo & Iaido Kyokai has continued to hold training classes; to host tournaments, seminars, and promotional testing for ranks; and to promote cultural development and awareness by performing demonstrations at schools and cultural events.
Reminder – Payment and paperwork for Fall Seminar due next Thursday(9/21/2017)The Internal Registration Deadline for the SWKIF Fall Seminar is Thursday the 21st of September.
You will need to turn in the Registration Form, Liability Waiver and Payment or PayPal Payment Receipt. No incomplete paperwork will be accepted.
Please turn in your paperwork to Zach Gonzales.
Urgent! – Parking for Thursday(9/7/2017) practiceDue to a School Event all members attending practice on Thursday the 7th of September, will need to park at the Greenhill Office Park at
14131 Midway Road , Addison, TX 75001.
Please arrive early since the temporary parking area is a good distance from the Gym.
Greenhill Office Park is located by the Hornet Road and Midway Road Entrance.
You will have to walk to the Gym from there.
Reminder – Longhorn Taikai hotel reservation deadline(9/7/2017)The deadline to reserve a room at the Drury Inn in Austin for the Longhorn Taikai is this Thursday, September 7th. Anyone who is interested in competing or spectating should book a room if you have not done so already. Reservations can be made at:
https://www.druryhotels.com/Reservations.aspx?groupno=2311531
Or by calling 1-800-325-0720 and using group code: 2311531
Cost is $139.99 / night
URGENT! – Practice tonight(8/31/2017) cancelledPractice for this evening has been cancelled. Please continue checking for updates.
Practice schedule change – Kendo only – 8/31/2017Due to an Athletic Event at Greenhill, practice on Thursday the 31st of August will start at 7:30pm.
This will be a Kendo only practice.
Please arrive as soon as possible to help clean and setup the gym for practice.
Our dojo president Yong Cho sensei recently passed his 5 Dan shinsa at Ann Arbor, MI last weekend.
Congratulations!
We are very excited to welcome TAKAHIRO NABEYAMA (鍋山隆弘) Sensei (University of Tsukuba) as our guest for the 2017 8-Dan Tour! Details are as follow below:
9/14 (7pm-9:30pm) – Dallas, Texas
Greenhill School
4141 Spring Valley Rd.
Addison, TX 75001
Nabeyama Sensei is a former Team Japan member and 10-time participant in the All Japan Kendo Championships. As Men’s Coach of the University of Tsukuba, he has taught Yuya Takenouchi, Susumu Takanabe, and other renown kenshi in Japan.
Looking forward to seeing everyone there! The event is free but donation is welcome at our dojo’s payments page
The annual Akimatsuri in Dallas will be held on Sunday, September 24, 2017.
Location: 4100 Alpha Rd, Dallas, TX
The Longhorn Taikai is going to be held in Austin, TX on Saturday, October 14, 2017 and Sunday, October 15, 2017.
More details to follow.
2017 SWKIF Fall Kendo Seminar and Shinsa will be hosted by HKK on Oct.28-29 at the Gilruth Center, 2101 E. NASA Pkwy, Houston, TX 77058.
Registration documents can be found here.
Hotel registration deadline is Oct., 13.
More details to follow.
The 2017 AUSKF SUMMER CAMP will be held in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on August 4-6!!
Guest Instructors:
Kazuo Fukukawa Sensei (古川和男）, 8 Dan Hanshi, Hokkaido
Yoshimi Higashi Sensei（東良美）, 8 Dan Kyoshi, Aichi
Click here for more information and to sign up now:
Practice on Tuesday the 25th of July will be held at the Walnut Hill Recreation Center starting at 7pm until 9pm.
This will be a Kendo Only Practice.
Please arrive early and be dressed as practice will start promptly at 7pm and we need to be out of the Facility by 9pm.
Walnut Hill Recreation Center
10011 Midway Rd
Dallas, TX 75229
The dojo summer pool potluck party will be held on Saturday, July 22, 2017 from 3pm to 7pm. The location will be shared during class.
Please use the google sheet to coordinate food and drinks.
Sensei list:
Ryoichi FUJII (藤井良一), Yamaguchi, Kyoshi 8 dan
Yoshihiro UGAJIN (宇賀神良博), Tokyo, Kyoshi 7 dan
Hirotsugu SASAKI (佐々木博嗣), Miyagi, Kyoshi 7 dan
Nobuyuki YAMANA (山名信行), Tokushima, Kyoshi 7 dan
Futoshi SATO (佐藤太), Chiba, Renshi 7 dan
Ako FUJII（藤井(石村)あ子), Yamaguchi, Renshi 6 dan
Kinesiology Building, Main Gym
1404 W Bronco Circle
Boise, ID 83706
Thursday, July 6, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm, Welcome Keiko
Friday, July 10:00 am – 5:00 pm, Seminar
Saturday, July 8, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, Seminar
Sunday, July 9, 9:00 am – 11:00 am, PNKF Shinsa
Sunday, July 9, 11:00 am – 3:30 pm, Seminar
Seminar is open to all.
Shinsa will offer testing for 4 dan and below.
Here is the registration form.
Our dojo is having regular practice on Sunday, July 2 but no practice on Tuesday, July 4.
Enjoy the fireworks!🎆
SWKIF Men’s team took 3rd place in the men’s team match at the AUSKF national championship.
Makiko Adachi sensei took 3rd place in the women’s individual.
Takuro Yamaoka sensei won a kantosho award in Men’s individual.
Congratulations to all.
2017 AUSKF Iaido Championships
Saturday, June 10 — Bryn Mawr PA
Division one: Mu kyu – 2 kyu
1st place: Wang, Feng (Mushinkan, SWKIF )
2nd place: Sevin, Phil (ZenBuKan, RMKIF)
3rd place: Costa, Joseph (Itto Kai, AEUSKF)
3rd place: Sandor, Adam (Agassiz Dojo, MWKF)
Kantosho: Higham, Ritchard (Ken-Zen Institute, AEUSKF)
Division two: 1 kyu – 1 dan (Murakami Cup)
1st: Cousin, Helene (Sei Zan Kan, AEUSKF)
2nd: Schuldt, Michael (Agassiz Dojo, MWKF)
3rd: Mittelstaedt, Thane (AiShinKai, PNKF)
3rd: Williams, Nathan (DFWKIK, SWKIF)
Kantosho: Huang, Kevin (Shidogakuin Rutgers, GNEUSKF)
Division three: 2 dan – 3 dan (Murosako Cup)
1st: Mullin, John (Ken-Zen Institute, AEUSKF)
2nd: Thibedeau, Kevin (Ken-Zen Institute, AEUSKF)
3rd: Dudek, David (Ken-Zen Institute, AEUSKF)
3rd: Goeke, Callie (Ren Ma, PNKF)
Kantosho: Kiss, Orsolya (Cleveland Toyuukai, GNEUSKF)
Division four: 4 dan and up (Yamaguchi Cup)
1st: Farmer, Debi (Shidogakuin NY, GNEUSKF)
2nd: Corum, Jonathan (Nichibukan, EUSKF)
3rd: Kailian, Aram (Shidogakuin NY, GNEUSKF)
3rd: Hankins, Jason (ZenBuKan, RMKIF)
Kantosho: Sheldon, Joe (River City Kendo and Iaido, SUSKIF)
Congratulations! Especially to Nathan Williams from our dojo!
2017 AUSKF Iaido shinsa results
Sunday, June 11 — Bryn Mawr PA
3rd kyu:
Gesulga, Jayson (Agassiz Dojo, MWKF)
Motov, Igor (Doshikai Kendo & Iaido Club, AEUSKF)
Perez, Gilberto (Toku Bu Kan, SEUSKF)
Senderling, Ben (Omaha Kendo & Iaido Kyokai, SWKIF)
Stadtlander-Miller, Joshua (Ken-Zen Institute, AEUSKF
Thomason, Nathanial (Agassiz Dojo, MWKF)
Woods, Darryl (Mushinkan Kendo and Iaido Dojo, SWKIF)
2nd kyu:
Costa, Joseph (Itto Kai, AEUSKF)
Sevin, Phil (Zen Bu Kan, RMKIF)
Wang, Feng (Blade) (Mushinkan Kendo and Iaido Dojo, SWKIF)
Bang, Soo Chul (Shidogakuin NY Shidokan, GNEUSKF)
Jacobson, Michael (Agassiz Dojo, MWKF)
1st kyu:
Abrams, Dylan (Cherry Hill Ken-yu Kai, EUSKF)
Clark, Jeremie (Doshikai Kendo & Iaido Club, AEUSKF)
Higham, Ritchard (Ken-Zen Institute, AEUSKF)
Kim, Peter (Doshikai Kendo & Iaido Club, AEUSKF)
Maeda, Hiroyuki (Idaho Kendo Club, PNKF)
1st dan:
Alfandari, Dominique (Sei Zan Kendo Kai, AEUSKF)
Baker, Cheyenne (Dallas-Fort Worth Kendo & Iaido Kyokai, SWKIF)
Carroll, David (River City Iaido & Kendo Kyokai, SUSKIF)
Cousin, Helene (Sei Zan Kendo Kai, AEUSKF)
Schuldt, Michael (Agassiz Dojo, MWKF)
Watson, Scott (Michigan Koryu Kenkyukai, MWKF)
Williams, Nathan (Dallas-Fort Worth Kendo & Iaido Kyokai, SWKIF)
2nd dan:
Baker, John (Dallas-Fort Worth Kendo & Iaido Kyokai, SWKIF)
Davis, Jordy (Zen Bu Kan, RMKIF)
Rosell, Celeste (Zen Bu Kan, RMKIF)
3rd dan:
Arenas Gomez, Jose (Aizen Dojo, BRAZIL)
Sareyani, Michael (Ken-Zen Institute, AEUSKF)
4th dan:
Corchado, Sasha (Nichibukan, EUSKF)
Kiss, Orsolya (Cleveland Touyuukai , GNEUSKF)
Pattarozzi, Michael (Rocky Mountain Budokan, RMKIF)
Thibedeau, Kevin (Ken-Zen Institute, AEUSKF)
5th dan:
Hall, Gordon (Ken-Zen Institute, AEUSKF)
6th dan:
Bressler, David (Ken-Zen Institute, AEUSKF)
Hankins, Jason (Zen Bu Kan, RMKIF)
James, Nancy (Sei Zan Kendo Kai, AEUSKF)
Okuno, Samuel (Norwalk Kendo Dojo, SCKF)
Congratulations!!
The National Kendo Championship and the Juniors Championship will be held at the same time:
Date: June 22-25, 2017 (Thur-Sun)
Note:
June 21st (Wed) will be Manager/Referee meetings.
June 22nd (Thur) will be the Jr. Open National Championships
June 23-25 (Fri-Sun) will be the AUSKF National Championships
Location:
Independence High School, San Jose, California
More details at AUSKF news.
RIP – Kenshi Nabeshima (鍋島健士) Sensei
(November 19,1928 – June 7,2017)
Nabeshima Sensei was born on November 19, 1928 in the Goto Islands (五島）located off the western coast of Kyushu, Japan, a part of Nagasaki Prefecture. Sensei, an acupuncturist by profession, was instrumental in the development of the Dallas Kendo Dojo, later to become the Dallas-Fort Worth Kendo and Iaido Kyokai. His body will be cremated on June 11, and his ashes will be taken to Nagasaki, where a memorial service is currently being discussed. The dojo will also be planning a memorial Keiko soon.
Let our thoughts go out to his family including his daughter Keiko and son-in-law Russell Ichimura Sensei.
This Sunday, June 18, our practice will be held at the same venue we used for last year’s summer Iai Camp:
Sportsplex
5702 Alpha Road
Dallas, Texas 75240