Dallas/Fort Worth Kendo & Iaido Kyokai

Remember to set your clocks ahead 1 hour for Sunday morning, so you can come to practice at the correct time.

Please congratulate the following people for passing their Shinsa exam at the SWKIF Winter Iaido Seminar and Shinsa:

Adams, Brian (Dallas) - 3 Kyu
Goodloe, Karl (El Paso) - 3 Kyu
Kiramoto, Alberto (Dallas) - 3 Kyu
Taylor, Bradford (Dallas) - 3 Kyu
Archer, Daniel (Dallas) - 2 Kyu
Borrego, Pedro (El Paso) - 1 Kyu
Foster, Alanda (Omaha) - 1 Kyu
Hrdy, Joseph (Omaha) - 1 Kyu
Hrdy, Sally (Omaha) - 1 Kyu
Vierk, Edward (Omaha) - 1 Kyu
Yosenick, Thomas (Dallas) - 1 Kyu
Southworth, Andrew (Dallas) - 1 Kyu
Howell, Charles (Omaha) - 1 Dan
Thornton, Kevin (Memphis) - 1 Dan
Koke, Jeff (Dallas) - 1 Dan
Sewell, Terry (Dallas) - 1 Dan
Golden, Chris (Dallas) - 1 Dan

Based on the current and predicted weather, and the resulting driving conditions, it has been decided by the board to cancel class tonight.

Sorry for any inconvenience, and we hope to see you all on Sunday.

All DFWKIK members are encouraged to join the AUSKF (All United States Kendo Federation) and the SWKIF (Southwest Kendo & Iaido Federation). Membership with the national and regional kendo organizations has many benefits, and is required for promotional exams. Your membership will help bring top-level sensei to our kendo seminars and events.

DFWKIK members may submit their completed 2010 AUSKF/SWKIF Membership form, 2010 Release of Liability, and payment to DFWKIK Treasurer (Andrew Southworth) or any other dojo officer in class. Payment can also be made online via PayPal and form may be emailed to treasurer@dfwkik.org.

• Click here to access the forms page.
• Click here to access the online payment page.

Because of the SWKIF Shinsa on Sunday, 31st of January, there will be no classes on that day.

However, all members are invited to come and support your fellow club members, or help in the hosting duties.

Classes will be canceled on Sunday February 7th, 2010, so that all members may attend the Annual Board Meeting.

This meeting will take place in the meeting room to the south of the upper gym at 0900 in the Tom Perryman Alumni Center (walk outside, all the way to the back of the gymnasium).

The meeting is open to anyone interested in the club. Depending on time, members in full Bogu may have time for jigeiko.

Sorry for any Inconvenience.

Because of a special event on Sunday, it was decided by the board to move Sunday's Practices to the following times:

0815 - 0930 Iaido
0945 - 1100 Kendo
There will be no Kendo Kata on that day, but we will have a short kendo menjo presentation in between classes.

Sorry for any inconvenience.

Regularly scheduled classes have resumed for 2010. See you at practice!

The last classes for 2009 will be on Sunday, December 20, 2009. Classes resume in 2010 starting on Sunday, January 3, 2010. Happy Holidays!

The Dallas/Fort Worth Kendo and Iaido Kyokai is please to announce that the 2010 Seminar and Shinsa will be held January 29th to 31st 2010. We are happy to announce that Mark Uchida Sensei (RokuDan Iaido, RokuDan Kendo) will be our Chief Instructor, assisted by Russell Ichimura Sensei (RokuDan Iaido, RokuDan Kendo). The event will constitute 1 1/2 days of seminar and a Shinsa testing up to ShoDan.

Itinerary

• Friday, January 29, 2010: SWKIF Iaido seminar, Winston School 7:30-10:00pm
• Saturday, January 30, 2010: SWKIF Iaido seminar, Winston School 9:00am-5:00pm
• Evening Banquet, May Dragon 7:30pm-Close
• Sunday, January 31, 2010: SWKIF Shinsa, Greenhill School 9:30am-12:30pm

Seminar Applications
All applications should be submitted to Tom Yosenick by January 18th, 2010
See the attached application for the Address.

Hotel Accommodations
Courtyard by Marriott Addison Quorum 972.404.1555 or 800.321.2211
Code: DFWSWORD, single and double rooms at $69
Reservations should be made by January 22nd, 2010

Shinsa Applications
Dojo representatives are required to send ALL shinsa materials to Mark Porter, VP Promotions, SWKIF so that they arrive no later than January 16, 2010. Applications that arrive after this date will not be accepted. NOTE: The Excel file for the Shinsa applications is not necessary this time.

Message from Yoshiteru Tagawa Sensei, Detroit Kendo Dojo President & Head Instructor:

Dear Fellow Kendoist:

It is my pressure to provide you with the registration packet for the 2010 12th Annual Detroit Open Kendo Tournament, hosted by the Detroit Kendo Dojo, on February 13th and 14th 2010, in Birmingham, Michigan.

This year our distinguished tournament guests are Toru Kamei sensei Kendo Hanshi 8 Dan, Master Instructor of the Kumamoto Police Department, and Shinji Funatsu sensei Kendo Kyoshi 8 Dan, Master Instructor of the Osaka Police Department. Both of our guests are conducting an AUSKF Kendo Education Tour.

The enclosed packet includes tournament information and scheduling, as well as the required entry/waiver form. Please complete your entry/waiver form and submit electronically per instructions. Additionally, you must print out the completed form, sign and mail with your tournament fees to the address bellow. All signed forms are due by January 25, 2010.

I hope all contestants will feel a sense of accomplishment after participating in this international event and hope that this tournament will continue to forge stronger friendships among all Kendoists.

Best Wishes,

Yoshiteru Tagawa
President of Detroit Kendo Dojo
41444 Fawn Trail
Novi, Michigan 48375-4813

Please join us for the DFWKIK annual Christmas party Sunday, December 13, 2009 - starting at 6:00 PM.

For more information and to pay online go here: http://www.dfwkik.org/dallas/christmasparty

RSVP online if you haven't already: RSVP (click here)

Mark Kerstein, President SUSKIF, has invited all SWKIF/DFWKIK members to join the Houston dojo for keiko with Kenji Shodai Sensei, the 56th All Japan Champion and Japanese Team member.

Thursday, November 19th, 7:00 - 9:00 PM
Houston Budokan
4230 Mangum
Houston, Texas 77018
(713) 682-9014

To make up for the Iaido practice we skipped in October, there will only be Iaido for the entirety of November 8th Sunday practice.

That means no Kendo Kata or Kendo.

Remember to set your clocks back 1 hour for Sunday morning, so you can come to practice at the correct time.

No classes on Thursday, November 26, 2009 due to Thanksgiving (but there will be classes on Sunday, November 29, 2009).

Iaido and Kendo classes are NOT canceled Sunday, October 25, 2009.

To prepare for the upcoming Taikai in Austin, there will only be Kendo for the entirety of Sunday's Class.

That means no Iaido or Kendo Kata.

Dallas is registering 2 teams for the Longhorn Invitational Team Kendo Taikai - Sunday, October 25, 2009 in Austin, Texas.

If you're going to the event don't forget to book the hotel ASAP.

Hotel Group Rate Deadline: Friday, October 9, 2009
Embassy Suites Austin Central
5901 North IH 35
Austin, TX 78723
Group Reservation Line: (800) 729-5711
Group Name: "Austin Kendo"
Group Rate: $89/night + taxes for a Double Room (two double beds)

For details about the taikai please refer to the Registration Packet Team Taikai.

DFWKIK is invited to perform a demonstration for the annual Japanese Fall Festival presented by the Dallas Japanese Association - Sunday, September 20th, 2009.

• DFWKIK demonstration start time: 11:40 AM
• Dojo members: convene at the staging area tent 20 minutes before the start time. That means that we need to meet at the staging area tent by 11:20 AM.
• Click here to download the Japanese Fall Festival flyer.
• No classes on Sunday, September 20, 2009.

The Japanese Fall Festival goes from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM.

All DFWKIK members are encouraged to attend the Festival. Also, help setting up and running the DFWKIK booth will be greatly appreciated.

The venue:
Dallas Japanese Association - South Side Parking Lot
4100 Alpha Rd.
Dallas, TX 75244
This is at the Southwest corner at the intersection of Midway and Alpha Roads

The SWKIF Fall Seminar and Shinsa will be held in Omaha, NE on October 16th - 18th, 2009.

Location:
La Vista Junior High School
7900 Edgewood Blvd.
La Vista, NE 68128.

Hotel:
Howard Johnson Hotel
3650 South 72nd Street
Omaha, NE 68124
Phone: (402) 397-3700

Deadlines:
Promotion Exam: September 17th, 2009 (must be turned into Andrew Southworth)
Hotel Reservation: October 2nd, 2009
Fall Camp Application: October 2nd, 2009

The Pacific Northwest Kendo Federation will be hosting an Iaido seminar October 10th and 11th
(Sat, Sun). The seminar will feature Noguchi Hideo Sensei 8th Dan Iaido from Japan as well as a
number of other instructors visiting from Japan.

Contact and Questions should be directed to Brian Blomquist at:

Mail: PNKF 2009 Iaido Seminar
c/o Brian Blomquist
724 170TH ST SW
Lynnwood, WA 98037
Email: brian.blomquist@verizon.net
Phone: (206) 300-6416

Electronic copies of this information and any updated seminar information will be available at
the PNKF web site located at: http://www.kendo-pnkf.org/

The Board has informed me that once again the gym will not be
available to us for practice in, this Sunday (9th of August, 2009).
Therefore the Kendo and Iaido classes are cancelled and will resume on
Thursday, unless otherwise informed.

DFWKIK members and their families are invited to the 2009 Annual Pool Party as hosted by David Cooper.

It will be a Potluck dinner, from 4:00pm to 8:00(ish)pm, on Auguest 29th.

An online form will be provided soon for coordinating the dishes, and to get a count of the number of people.

The dojo will be holding an Iaido Taikai on June 14th, 2009. It will unfortunately run over the regularly scheduled Kendo class.
There still maybe Keiko afterward.

There is a special Iaido class this Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009. So the Beginner's Class for Kendo is CANCELLED.

The AUSKF will be hosting the 2009 Kendo Summer Camp and Examination in Memphis, Tennessee, on July 17-19, 2009.

Location:
N-82 Gymnasium
5682 Bougainville St.
Millington, TN 38053

Hotel:
The Admiralty Suites & Inn Memphis Millington
8181 Highway 51 North,
Millington, TN 38053
Phone: 901.873.1000 or 1.800.873.2450

Deadlines:
Promotion Exam: June 27th, 2009
Hotel Reservation: June 30th, 2009
Summer Camp Application: June 30th, 2009

Please join me in congratulating the following people, for passing their Shinsa exam at the SWKIF Spring Seminar and Shinsa:

David Cooper - YonDan
Jeff Koke - ShoDan
Dojin Ryu - IkKyu
Andrew Southworth - IkKyu
Jong Kim - NiKyu
Andrew Koke - SanKyu
Vincent Kim - SanKyu
Min Pak - SanKyu
Christine Ryu - YonKyu
Tuck Goh - YonKyu
Alberto Kiramoto - YonKyu
Kok Leong Ng - YonKyu
Adam Schmidt - YonKyu
Benjamin Edwards - GoKyu
Kazushi Matsumoto - GoKyu

The results of the Nabeshima Cup were as follows:

Youth Division (ages 10-13)

• 1st - Kai Imamura - Little Rock
• 2nd - Sora Imamura - Little Rock
• 3rd - Eugene Lee - Dallas
• 3rd - Tiarnan Marsten - Des Moines
• Kantosho - Tiarnan Marsten - Des Moines

Youth Division (ages 14-16)

• 1st - Hyun-sik Kong - Houston
• 2nd - Sang Ji - Houston
• 3rd - Riki Clement - Houston
• Kantosho - Andy Koke - Dallas

Mudansha Division

• 1st - Hendrik Winata - Austin
• 2nd - Jeffrey Koke - Dallas
• 3rd - Joshua Ferguson - Kent
• 3rd - Sanghyun Ko - College Station
• Kantosho - Ahmad Abdulla - Tulsa
• Kantosho - Nancy Maza - Houston

Yudansha Division

• 1st - Katsuhiro Iwao - Arlington
• 2nd - Eric Koyama - Laredo
• 3rd - Jonathan Scherer - Seattle
• 3rd - Attila Nemeti - Moorpark
• Kantosho - An Giang - Little Rock
• Kantosho - Jin Young Koo - Dallas

Texas Open

• 1st - Taro Ariga - Torrance
• 2nd - Brian Cooper - Denver
• 3rd - Bryan Mosely - Edmond
• 3rd - Akira Okuma - Osaka/Dallas
• Kantosho - Bryan Mosely - Edmond

Due to special events at the Greenhill School on the night of Thursday, April 30th, 2009, there will be no Iaido or Kendo class.

Normal classes will resume on May 3rd, 2009.