Midwest Kendo Federation
2009 Detroit Kendo Tournament Results
The 2009 Detroit kendo tournament was a great success. All who participated enjoyed themselves greatly. The seminar with Sakaguchi sensei was a wonderful development of how to practice kihon and kirikaeshi. It is alway awe insprinig to see a gym full of over 200 kenshi practicing the art we all love.
See below for the full results:
Tournament results (thanks to Kan sensei):
<Team Adult>
1st ; Detroit Kendo Dojo
2nd ; Team Ontario
3rd ; Detroit Kendo Dojo
3rd ; Moline Kendo Club
<4 dan & Up>
1st ; Keiichiro Narumoto / University of Pittsburgh
2nd ; Eddie Yamashita / Etobicoke3rd / Naoki Hanaki / Detroit
3rd / Hideaki Tani / Detroit
<3 dan>
1st ; Eillot Altilia / JCCC
2nd ; Kohei Morita / Detroit
3rd ; Ryo Yasumura / Etobicoke
3rd ; Antoine Fortier / McGill University
<2 dan>
1st ; Travis Hill / Battle Creek
2nd ; Naoyuki Ichiki / EMU
3rd ; Tetsuro Akamatsu / Keio
3rd ; Susumu Iiyoshi / Moline
<1 dan>
1st ; Katsuhiro Goto / University of Wisconsin
2nd ; Ryan Tatu / ShudoKan
3rd ; Christopher Thompson / Detroit
3rd ; Jorden Holgrem / Battle Creek
<Mudan Adult>
1st ; Cesaw Frias / Moline
2nd ; Christopher Piggott / JCCC
3rd ; Akira Hashimoto / Keio
3rd ; Byron Chan / ChoyoKan
<Women>
1st ; Hiroko Matsuyama / Case University
2nd ; Soyeon Bae / Jung Ko
3rd ; Somin Park / Jung Ko
3rd ; Wendy Chen / MSU
<Team Youth>
1st ; Shido Gakuin
2nd ; JCCC
3rd ; Detroit
3rd ; Central Kentucky
<Mudansha Sr. Youth>
1st ; Kenichi Saito / JCCC
2nd ; Ayaka Sugiyama / JCCC
3rd ; Michael Park / Jung Ko
3rd ; Seiji Yamamori / JCCC
<Mudansha Jr. Youth>
1st ; Kodai Koyanagawa / Shido Gakuin
2nd ; Akane Saba / Central Kentucky
3rd ; Shunpei Suzuki / Detroit
3rd ; Yuki Saba / Central Kentucky
