CKF NEWS
A official publication of the Canadian Kendo Federation, supporting Kendo, Iaido and Jodo	Issue 15, June 2002  http://kendo-canada.com

AT FIRST LOOK

For further news try the kendo-canada listserver ( join from http://kendo-canada.com/ ) the Kendo-Canada website (http://kendo-canada.com) or iaido-l ( http://www.uoguelph.ca/~iaido/iai.sign-on.html ). There are also electronic magazines and journals to check out ( EJMAS ) for more detailed articles.

CKF NEWS and EVENTS

Upcoming

Jul 5/6/7, AUSKF Championships, Fri/Sat/Sun, Los Angeles, CA.

Jul 19-22 Guelph School of Japanese Sword Arts http://www.uoguelph.ca/~iaido/iai.gsjsa.htm

Jul 21, Toronto Junior Kendo Tournament.

Jul 26/Aug 2, Kendo Leaders Summer Seminar, Gedatsukai, Kitamoto, Japan.

Jul 27/28, University of Waterloo Kendo Club 15th Annual Tournament and Godo Keiko. Guest of Honour:  Taro Ariga, founder of the Club.

Aug 2/5, 6th Annual Toronto Kendo Club Summer Camp with Shigeo Kimura Sensei, Bracebridge Ontario Canada.  Registration deadline July 15. http://www.analecta.ca/toronto_kendo_club/Kendo_Camp2002/index.html

Sep 21-22, Ontario Open Iaido Championships http://samurai.biol.yorku.ca/~Iaido/

Nov 30, Iaido seminar, JCCC Toronto

Dec 1, Kendo/Iaido gradings, JCCC Toronto

Jul 1 thru 9 2003, 12WKC, Glasgow, Scotland. http://www.kendochampionships.com

Summer Kendo Camp is Back!

Hello everybody!

Kendo Camp is back!
Kimura Sensei will be hosting the 6th Annual Summer Kendo Camp from Friday August 2nd to Monday August 5th (it's the Civic Holiday Weekend...)

Camp and pracices will be held in Bracebridge Ontario. We will be having practice all day Saturday; until 6.00pm on Sunday; and on Monday...Kendo War!!!

Fees are $100.00 per participant, $50.00 for non-kendo guests (yes you can bring your family too!). A late fee of $30.00 will be applied for registration after July 15.00. For more details and registration forms, please visit our web-site at:

www.analecta.ca/toronto_kendo_club/

Or contact me at:

Silvina Rocca
silrocca2001@rogers.com
(416) 521 9495 (nights only)

Thanks! And see you at camp!

Silvina Rocca

Tournament Reports

27th ANNUAL UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON KENDO TOURNAMENT
- April 13, 2002.
 

Women's Open  1st place - W. Nakano, Steveston  2nd place - E. Marsten, Highline 3rd place - R. Barr, Bellevue 3rd place - M. Hayashi, Vancouver	0-4 Kyu 1st place - M. Lee, UW 2nd place - H. Kim, UW 3rd place - A. Lee, UW 3rd place - R. Holeman, Bellevue
3-1 Kyu  1st place - S. Yen, Seattle  2nd place - L. Cañares, Renton  3rd place - E. Timm, UW  3rd place - L. Tsybert, UW	1-3 Dan 1st place - G. Suzaka, UW 2nd place - W. Abe, Obukan 3rd place - N. Akitaya, Vancouver 3rd place - L. Hancock, Obukan
4 Dan and Above  1st place - M. Horie, Cascade  2nd place - B. McCarry, Highline  3rd place - D. DeJong, Highline 3rd place - C. Goh, Northwest	Team 1st place - Bellevue 2nd place - Vancouver Shoji Inspirational - Leonid Tsybert

BCKF Junior Tournament

The BCKF Junior Tournament was held at the Steveston Community Center on May 11, 2002.  The event attracted 56 young participants including 12 beginners. The event also featured a kendo kata demonstration by M. Hamanaka and T. Hamanaka of UBC Kendo Club.  The tournament results are as follows:
 

Beginners Category 1.  M. Hamanaka, UBC 2.  T. Hamanaka, UBC 3.  G. Tsang, Sunrise 3.  S. Enomoto, Vancouver	10 Years Old & Under Category 1.  M. Umezawa, Vancouver 2.  R. Murao, Steveston 3.  E. Kita, Renbu 3.  KW. Kim, Vancouver
11 to 13 Years Old Category 1.  R. Marumo, Sunrise 2.  Y. Mizutani, Renbu 3.  J. Lee, Steveston 3.  H. Fukushima, Vancouver	14 to 15 Years Old Category 1.  B. Imanishi, Cascade 2.  S. Marumo, Sunrise 3.  R. Campbell, Steveston 3.  K. Marus, Steveston
Red & White Competition 1.  G. Mizutani, Renbu 2.  Y. Mizutani, Renbu 3.  K. Wang, Cascade 3.  A. Piggot, Renbu

Following the tournament, an afternoon BBQ was enjoyed by all under warm, sunny skies.

The BCKF would like to thank all participants, guests and volunteers for making this year's event a success.  We look forward to seeing you again next year.

     Ian Miki - 2002 Taikai Director