Dallas/Fort Worth Kendo & Iaido Kyokai

The summer pool party this year will be hosted by Al and Lucy on July 17th, 2010 at 4pm. Please RSVP in class.

The address and directions will be handed out in class.

All classes on Sunday, July 4th are canceled for the holiday. Classes will resume on July 6th, for the Beginner's night.

Please all, have a wonderful and safe celebration.

The following DFWKIK members received their new iaido rank at the AUSKF 2010 Iaido Camp shinsa that was held in San Antonio, TX on Sunday, June 13:

Kok Leong Ng - 3 kyu
Lucy Nagashima - 3 kyu
Alberto Kiramoto - 2 kyu
Thomas Yosenick - 1 dan
Andrew Southworth - 1 dan
Tomoyuki Hirasawa - 2 dan

Also, here are the DFWKIK Members' achievements at the AUSKF 2010 Iaido Camp taikai that was held in San Antonio, TX on Saturday, June 12:

Mudansha Division (2 kyu and below)
1st Place - Lucy Nagashima
2nd Place - Alberto Kiramoto

Murosako Cup (1 kyu and 1 dan)
2nd Place - Tomoyuki Hirasawa
Kantosho (Fighting Spirit) - Thomas Yosenick

Please congratulate these individuals on their respective iaido accomplishments when you see them.

Classes resume the normal schedule at the Green Hill School starting June 15th (Tuesday).

Classes we be held at the
Lifetime Fitness Center
3419 Trinity Mills Road
Dallas, TX‎ 75287

June 1st (Tuesday) 8:00pm - 9:30pm (Studio 1)
June 3rd (Thursday) 7:15pm - 9:30pm (Studio 1)
June 6th (Sunday) 10:45am - 1:45pm (Studio 2)
June 10th (Thursday) 7:15pm - 8:30pm (Studio 1 - Kendo ONLY)
June 13th (Sunday) 10:45am - 12:35pm (Studio 2 - Kendo and Kata ONLY)
June 15th (Tuesday) Classes resume normal schedule at the Green Hill School

Dojo members will be asked to sign a waiver of liability form, the first time they sign in at the front desk, and this waiver will be active for the two week period we are there. Members are allowed to use the center's locker room for changing. Please refer to the following URL for information and location for the Lifetime Fitness Center that we will be training at: http://clubs.lifetimefitness.com/North-Dallas/11279/

To All Dallas Dojo Members,
 
Iaido and kendo classes for tomorrow (May 30th) are canceled, as a result of the Greenhill School gymnasium floors being resurfaced.  Please be advised that the gym floor refinishing process will not be completed until June 15, so we are in the process of locating other suitable venues in the Dallas area, to host our weekly iaido and kendo classes during this two week period.
 
Please excuse the late cancellation notice, as attempts to find another training site for tomorrow, was just concluded a few moments ago, without success.  You will be advised by email or through our dojo website of new locations, for our weekly classes, within a few days.
 
Have a pleasant Memorial Day holiday weekend!
 
Regards,
Russell Ichimura

If you attended the May Dragon Dinner on 5/23/2010 and you need to pay, here is the paypal button for making a payment:

May Dragon Dinner 5/23/2010 - Purchase Price: $25.00

Due to Oda Sensei's Dallas Visit this week the Class Schedule for this week only will be changed as follows:

• Tuesday, May 18, 7:00PM-9:30PM Iaido training only, involving all iaido dojo members at Greenhill.
• Thursday, May 20, 7:00PM-9:30PM Kendo training only, involving all kendo dojo members at Greenhill.
• Saturday, May 22, 9:00AM-11:30PM Iaido training for all dojo members at the Churchill Recreation Center.
• Saturday, May 22, 1:30PM-4:00PM Kendo training for all dojo members at the Churchill Recreation Center.
• Sunday, May 23, 9:00AM-12:30PM Iaido, Kendo Kata, Kendo practice for all dojo members; followed by light lunch by anyone interested in attending.
• Sunday, May 23, 6:00PM-9:00PM Sayonara party for Oda sensei at May Dragon restaurant (please RSVP with Terry vicepresident@dfwkik.org).

If there are any changes to the schedule, updates will be posted as soon as possible.

On Saturday, the doors open at 9:00 AM at the Churchill Recreation Center, so classes will begin at 9:30 AM sharp.

Google Map for Churchill Recreation Center (click here)

The following DFWKIK members received their new kendo ranks at the SWKIF kendo shinsa, that was held in Denver on Sunday, May 16, 2010.

Alex Lee- 7 kyu
Eugene Lee- 7 kyu
Lindsey Raber- 5 kyu
Brian Adams- 5 kyu
Andy Koke- 2 kyu
Vincent Kim- 2 kyu
Andrew Southworth- 1 dan
Jong Kil Kim- 1 dan
Reggie Solitano- 1 dan
Yong Cho- 3 dan
Jeffrey Bang- 3 dan

Please congratulate these individuals on their respective kendo accomplishment when you see them.

Also, checkout out the Ito Tsutomu Cup 2010 Results (click here).

Obukan would like to extend an invitation to everyone to attend a summer camp this June. They will be host to
eight sensei visiting us from Hiroshima Prefecture. This will be a four day camp of intensive training on the campus of Linfield College from June 17th to the 20th.

Please see the attached invitation, schedule, and registration for the full details.

DFWKIK will perform kendo and iaido demonstrations at the Plano Asian American Heritage Festival on May 1, 2010. Demonstration start time will be 1:05 PM at Haggard Park, Downtown Plano.

We will have an assigned booth (one table and two chairs), where we will be able to sell our fund raising T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.

Visit the Plano Asian American Heritage website http://www.asianamericanheritage.org for more details.

The registration packet for the 2010 Ito Tsutomu Cup Team Kendo Taikai is now available at the Denver Kendo website:
20100317 Ito Tsutomu Packet (also attached below). Shinsa materials are also attached below.

Ito Tsutomu Cup Registration Due Date: Friday, April 30, 2010
Shinsa Registration Due to Dojo (DFWKIK Participants Only): Sunday, April 18, 2010

NOTE: DO NOT mail Shinsa registration individually or with the Ito Tsutomu Cup Registration. Shinsa registration must be collected by your Dojo and sent to the SWKIF VP of Promotions - Mark Porter.

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.