Category: Tournament Results

34th Annual Midwest Kendo Federation Tournament Results

The 34th Annual Midwest Kendo Federation (MWKF) Tournament was held on 10/19/2024 at Niles, IL.

Great job for all participants, and congratulations to those individuals and teams who placed with medals. Special thanks to Tagawa sensei and all other DKD sensei and parents who supported our kenshi for this tournament!!

Youth(13-15) Individual Bracket
3rd place – Kazuto Hirano

Sr.Youth(16-18) Individual Bracket
1st place – Akihito Ohta

Seniors Individual Bracket
3rd place – Yasuo Minami

3-DAN up Individual Bracket
1st place – Hirotaka Yoshikawa

Youth Team Bracket(13 and below)
3rd place – Sempo Kazuto Hirano
Taisho Makoto Umeda

Adult Team Bracket
3rd place –
Sempo         Yasumasa Komori
Jiho             Yasuo Minami
Chuken        Hirotaka Yoshikawa
Fukusho       Jaeho Lee
Taisho          Atsushi Kurita

3rd Annual Michigan Cup Results

This year Macomb Kendo Dojo hosted their 3rd Annual Michigan Cup at Warren, MI on 9/15/2024.

Below are the results for our DKD members who participated this year. Congratulations to those who placed with medals and thank you Tagawa sensei and all parents for your guidance and support. Special thanks to Yoshikawa sensei for leading our Youth Team with love and patience.

Junior Youth Team Bracket
3rd Place- GLKC Mixed C team
Shiho Kurita

Senior Youth Team Bracket
3rd Place – DKD A team
Senpo Jensen Masato Dahl
Chuken Kotaro Kurita
Taisho Akihito Ohta

3rd Place – DKD B team
Senpo Sayaka Minami
Chuken Hinako Naritomi
Taisho Hyogo Naritomi

4-DAN and above Individual Bracket
2nd Place – Hirotaka Yoshikawa

2019 Stratford Kendo Club Invitational Tournament Results

Congratulations to the members of the Detroit Kendo Dojo who placed at the Stratford Kendo Club Invitational Tournament on Saturday, May 11th, 2019 at St. Michael’s Catholic Secondary School, Stratford, Ontario.

1-Dan to 2-Dan Division

    • Ryan Choi – 2nd Place

3-Dan and Above Division

    • Atsushi Kurita – 3rd Place

Women’s Division

    • Yumi Ishida – 3rd Place

 

 

 

2019 AUSKF Junior Open Nationals Results

Congratulations to the participants from the Detroit Kendo Dojo who represented the Midwest Kendo Federation (MWKF) in the AUSKF Junior Open Nationals that were held on 4/6/2019 in Cumming, Georgia. We are all very proud of your progress!

Detroit Kendo Dojo 2019 Junior Open Nationals Representatives

Tyler Barrone (16-18 years old division – 3rd place)
Shosuke Arai (12-13 years old division – Kantosho – Fighting Spirit Award)
Kiki Choi (Girls 13 under division – Kantosho – Fighting Spirit Award)
Nathen Choi
Ryuya Habu
Tomoya Habu
Keigo Ishida (12-13 years old division – 3rd place)
Eric Onuma
Daichi Sakuma (16-18 years old division – Kantosho – Fighting Spirit Award)
Collin Shinohara

 

 

Full tournament results can be found here -> https://auskf-jrnationals.com/results.html

March 30th, 2019 – 31st Cleveland Kendo Tournament / Greater North East US Kendo Federation Championships

Congratulations to all of the participants of the 31st Cleveland Kendo Tournament / Greater North East US Kendo Federation Championships!

Results for the Detroit Kendo Dojo participants are below.

Individual

Junior A Division (12-years old & under)
Kiki Choi (2nd place)
Yuushi Masuda (3rd place)

Junior B Division (13 to 15-years old)
Nathan Choi (3rd place)

Junior C Division (16 to 18-years old)
Jonathan Oestringer (3rd place)

Team

Youth Team A Division (up to 12-years old)
Detroit Team B (Kiki Choi, Eric Onuma, & Taichi Matsuura (Koyokai), 1st place)
Detroit Team A (Kazuto Hirano, Takushi Masuda, & Yuushi Masuda, 3rd place)

Youth Team B Division (13 to 16-years old)
Nathan Choi with two members from other dojos, 3rd place