Vancouver Kendo Club

Teams that members entered at the 1st UBC Taikai

Snack Time! (Open Women's Division) - Aki, Kianna, Hanaca
Bamboo Blades (Open Women's Division) - Jane (Zosokan), Kyoko, Jasper (Yeon)
Hotpot and pastel (5 Dan and Under Division) - Pedro, Desmond
K-daddy (Open Division) - Sukhyun, Lee-sensei (Yeon), Harry
Thank you, next (Open Division) - Aki, Hanaca, Rogerio

A big thank you to UBC Kendo Club, Tozanji Kendo Club, and Budogu Zen for hosting such a spectacular tournament!

Thank you Flora-sensei for practicing with us today! We always appreciate all the guests that come by our club! 交剣知愛

Thank you Eiji-sensei for practicing with us today!

Annual Summer BBQ! Thank you members for a fun-filled day!

Thank you to Tozenji Kendo Club members for participating in our shiai day! Please practice with us again✨️

Thank you Yeon Kendo Club members for practicing with us!

We had members of Chinook Dojo join our practice yesterday - thank you for practicing with us!! 🩷

Congratulations to the 5 members that participated in the 48th PNKF Taikai on November 2, 2024!!

VKC places 3rd🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉 in Teams!

Yael - 1st🥇 in 3-1Kyu
Rogerio - 1st🥇 in 4Dan & up
Aki - 3rd🥉 in Women's Dan

Late post:

Congratulations to Yael for taking 3rd Place in the 1Kyu division at the BCKF 2024 Fall Tournament!

VKC Grouse Grind and SUMMER BBQ!
And some action from our traditional Suika-wari 🍉

55TH TOURNAMENT RESULTS

INDIVIDUAL COMPETITION WINNERS

10 YEARS & UNDER
1ST S. TANGO (YOUSHINKAN)
2ND U. HIRAMATSU (RENFREW)
3RD H. BAE (STEVESTON)
3RD I. NAKAMURA (YOUSHINKAN)

11 - 12 YEARS
1ST R. LIAO (RENBU)
2ND S. ARA (RENBU)
3RD S. HARADA (RENBU)
3RD S. KOBAYASHI (YOUSHINKAN)

13 - 15 YEARS
1ST A. KOBAYASHI (YOUSHINKAN)
2ND M. SHIRAI (YOUSHINKAN)
3RD Kz. YOSHIMURA (RENBU)
3RD S. JOHNSON (SEATTLE)

16 - 20 YEARS
1ST N. SON (RENBU)
2ND C. LIAO (RENBU)
3RD Ke. YOSHIMURA (RENBU)
3RD H. HOMMA (RENBU)

21 - 30 YEARS
1ST S. NICHOLS (TEAM CANADA)
2ND E. CHUI (STEVESTON)
3RD R. ASATO (TEAM CANADA)
3RD S. MIYASH*TA (TEAM CANADA)

31 - 40 YEARS
1ST H. YANO (WHISTLER)
2ND K. LEE (CHINOOK)
3RD D. SUN (STURGEON)
3RD T. HAMANAKA (UBC)

41 YEARS & OVER
1ST H. RYU (CENTURY)
2ND H. SAMKANGE (BELLEVUE)
3RD J. SUK (UBC)
3RD O. YOUNG (RENBU

NON-BOGU
1ST M. SLONGO (VANCOUVER)
2ND L. SATA (WHISTLER)
3RD I. HIRAMATSU (RENFREW)
3RD A. BILOSHAPKA (STEVESTON)

LADIES OPEN
1ST B. PARK (TEAM CANADA)
2ND Y. KAMIYA (TEAM CANADA)
3RD F. CHAN (CALGARY)
3RD K. DARBYSHIRE (TEAM CANADA)

TEAM COMPETITION WINNERS

JUNIOR
1ST RENBU
2ND YOUSHINKAN
3RD U. VICTORIA
3RD MIXED-B

SENIOR
1ST RENBU
2ND TEAM CANADA-B
3RD TEAM CANADA-A
3RD RENFREW

FIGHTING SPIRIT

R. SUN (STURGEON)
D. BUCKHAM (VICTORIA)

Tournament Matchups

55TREE_BOOKLET.pdf