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.
Youth Division (ages 10-13) Results:
| Tournament | ||||
| 2011 | Tiarnan Marsten (Kent) | Keeley McManus (Kent) | Eugene Lee (Austin) | Daniel Nicoletti (Little Rock) |
| 2009 | Kai Imamura (Little Rock) | Sora Imamura (Little Rock) | Eugene Lee (Dallas) | Tiarnan Marsten (Des Moines) |
| 2007 | Yun Ji Kim (Austin) | Riku Imamura (Little Rock) | Kyle Anderson (Houston) | Kai Imamura (Little Rock) |
Youth Division (ages 14-16) Results:
| Tournament | ||||
| 2011 | Kenneth Nicoletti (Little Rock) | Kyle Anderson (Houston) | Kai Imamura (Little Rock) | Matthew Yang (New Orleans) |
| 2009 | Hyun-sik Kong (Houston) | Sang Ji (Houston) | Riki Clement (Houston) | |
Mudansha Division (Ikkyu & below) Results:
| Tournament | ||||
| 2011 - 13th | Joao Lourenco (Dallas) | Adam Schmidt (Dallas) | Sanghyun Ko (College Station) | Andy Koke (Dallas) |
| Kantosho (Kiyoshi Abe Fighting Spirit): Terry McManus (Kent) Kenny Phan (Houston) |
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| 2009 - 12th | Hendrik Winata (Austin) | Jeffrey Koke (Dallas) | Joshua Ferguson (Kent) | Sanghyun Ko (College Station) |
| Kantosho (Kiyoshi Abe Fighting Spirit): Ahmad Abdulla (Tulsa) Nancy Maza (Houston) |
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| 2007 - 11th | Gerald Tan (Austin) | Theo Kouadri (Dallas) | Alex Croll (Oklahoma City) | Guido Stucco (St. Louis) |
| Kantosho (Kiyoshi Abe Fighting Spirit): Alanda Foster (Omaha) Leelund Kim (Houston) |
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| 2005 - 10th | 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) |
Women's Division (Sandan and below) Results:
| Tournament | ||||
| 2011 | Apinya Premprajaks (Dallas) | Huong Dang (Austin) | Masako Wright (Salt Lake City) | Alexandra Darrah (Austin) |
| Kantosho (Kiyoshi Abe Fighting Spirit): Janet Shim (Austin) Lauren Menkemeller (Dallas) |
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Yudansha Division (Shodan to Sandan) Results:
| Tournament | ||||
| 2011 | An Giang (Little Rock) | Michael Lindsay (Tulsa) | Yong Cho (Dallas) | Yuta Imoto (Houston) |
| Kantosho (Kiyoshi Abe Fighting Spirit): Luis Angeli (Arvada) Shaw Furukawa (Oklahoma City) |
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| 2009 | Katsuhiro Iwao (Arlington) | Eric Koyama (Laredo) | Jonathan Scherer (Seattle) | Attila Nemeti (Moorpark) |
| Kantosho (Kiyoshi Abe Fighting Spirit): An Giang (Little Rock) Jin Young Koo (Dallas) |
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| 2007 | An Giang (Little Rock) | Jeff Chen (Austin) | Khanh Nguyen (Austin) | Masayuki Koyama (Laredo) |
| 2005 | Bryan Mosely (Oklahoma City) | Brian Cooper (Longmont) | Manny DaCosta (Austin) | Steve Sasaki (Omaha) |