Revised schedule for the party and New Year's Day practice

We will have the end of the year party on Sunday 12/27/09 as it was postponed due to the inclement weather. We will have it at Hayashi restaurant. Please join us.

Also we will have a New Year's Day practice on January 1st, 2010 from 1 p.m.

Please prepare yourself for the year of 2010 and join the very first practice.

New Year's Day Practice

On January 1, 2010, we will have a special practice.  This is very traditional event in Japan.

Practice time will be announced later.

End of the year party

We will have an end of the year party on December 20, 2009 after practice.

Please bring your family to the party.

We will have it either at Hayashi or Berticchi's.

Please let Ogi know if you are coming and how many family members are coming with you.

The 10th Goyokai Kendo Tournament Result

Thank you very much for your participation.  We had 181 participants.

Congratulations to all winners.

Women's kyu: 1st place V. Peloso, 2nd place M. Basow, 3rd place Y. Chen and M. Ong

Women's Dan: 1st place T. Yoshida, 2nd place M. Kang, 3rd place E. Yang and J. Ariyama

Men's Kyu: 1st place K. Wang, 2nd place M. Sakurai, 3rd place C. O'Donnell and W. Chung

1 dan: 1st place R. Tatu, 2nd place I. Kang, 3rd place H. Kim and B. Pealre

2 dan: 1st place Y. Kwaq, 2nd place Y. Yamashita, 3rd place A. Obeidallah and W. Scanlon

3 dan: 1st place M. Hirata, 2nd place M. Yang, 3rd place N. Kim and G. Abe

4 dan and above: 1st place S. Kamata, 2nd place T. Ogimura, 3rd place K. Kishino and K. Takahashi

Team: 1st place NY Kenshinkai A, 2nd place HMK A, 3rd place Shufukai A and KenZen A

AEUSKF Joint Practice

AEUSKF joint practice will be held on Sunday October 18, 2009 in Buffalo NY.

Time:

12:30 Registration opens

1:00 p.m. Event Starts

3:30 p.m. Closing

Location:

University at Buffalo North Campus

Alumni Arena

102 Alumni Arena

Buffalo, NY 14206

The University at Buffalo requires all participants to sign a waiver form before practicing.

If you need a form, please let Ogi know.

AEUSKF promotion test

AEUSKF Promotion test will be held on October 4th.  If you would like to take a test, please let Ogi know.  Testing rank is up to 4-dan.  

Place: KenZen dojo, 54 Thomas Street New York, NY 10013

Time: Registration start from 1 p.m. and test will start from 2:p.m.

Fee: $35

10th Goyokai Tournament (第１０回五葉会大会）

The 10th Goyokai Kendo Tournament will be held next weekend.  So far we have more than 160 participants.  Unfortunately Matsubara-sensei is not able to come this time due to his visa issue.  However he told me that he wish us the best and for the successful tournament.  We will have a joint practice and welcome dinner on Saturday, and the tournament on Sunday.  Please come join us. The tournament site is located at 800 North Main St. Randolph, MA 02368.

いよいよ第１０回五葉会剣道大会が来週末に迫ってきました。おかげさまで参加者が１６０人を超えそうです。残念ながら松原先生はビザが間に合わず来られなくなってしまいましたが、『しっかりと頑張れ！大会の成功を祈る。』とのお言葉を頂きました。土曜日には合同稽古、ウェルカムパーティー、日曜日には試合があります。皆様お誘い合わせの上、ご来場ください。