The 28th Annual Saskatoon Kendo Seminar was held February 24-26, 2017. About 85 people came from all over the prairies plus BC and Ontario.
This year we were pleased to welcome back Matthew Raymond from University of Toronto, Hiro Okusa from SFU, and Man-San Ma from Etobicoke. Bree Yang from Jungko joined us for the first time this year.
Raymond-sensei was the main instructor. On Friday night, he continued the nito instruction he started last year, and on Saturday morning he provided a more basics-focussed seminar. Bree Yang and Neil Gendzwill ran a referee seminar at the same time.
As in previous years, Okusa-sensei ran a iaido seminar on the Thursday night preceding the seminar.
Thanks to our club volunteers who made this possible, Lance Wall, Jared Fedorchuk and Ryan Chappell.
This year, we had 34 candidates for grading. Congratulations to all who passed, particularly Saskatoon members:
Emily Hulowski – ikkyu
Angus Palendat – ikkyu
Hoang Nguyen – ikkyu
Xiaolou Liu – ikkyu
Vickie Carnduff – ikkyu
Machiko Miyaoka – ikkyu
Khai Kang – shodan
Renee Talabucon – shodan
Tournament results:
Youth
1. Jeanie Yoo, Edmonton Kendo Club (EKC)
2. Emily Hulowski, Saskatoon Kendo Club (SKC)
3. Yoonjeong Kim, Regina Kendo Club (RKC)
Kyu
1. Shion Miyashita – EKC
2. Avery Nham – EKC
3. Angus Palendat – SKC
3. Xiaolou Liu – SKC
1-2 Dan
1. Jun Park – Tesshin
2. Bryn Williams – Winnipeg Kendo Club (WKC)
3. Daniel Gorin – SKC
3. Ken-Carly Zelinsky – Manitoba Kendo Club (MKC)
3 Dan
1. Jason Stelck – EKC
2. Mitsuaki Ota – SKC
3. Zanac Hsia – EKC
3. Stephen Hladky – EKC
Women
1. Man-San Ma – Etobicoke
2. Bree Yang – Jungko
3. Flora Chan – Calgary Kendo Club (CKC)
3. Yumi Shinohara – CKC
Open
1. Yusuke Yanai – RKC
2. Bree Yang – Jungko
3. Brian Villanueva – Tesshin
3. Reuben Gabac – Tesshin
Team
1. Edmonton A
2. Saskatoon
3. Manitoba
3. Regina
Fighting Spirit
Yuko Onasato – CKC