Excerpt from email from Tagawa sensei, AUSKF Education Committee chair:

• Seven winners of the All Japan Kendo Dojo Renmei Championships (Junior High School division) will visit Los Angeles (March 20-22), Seattle (March 23-24), and San Jose (March 25-27) under the auspices of the All Japan Kendo Dojo Renmei. This is their first overseas kendo training/cultural exchange program for junior high school students.

  One of the highlights of the program is to "home stay" with same age group kendo students and they need your assistance. They are looking for host families who will be willing to share their time with them. The students are 13, 14, or 15 year-old Japanese junior high school students who are expected to represent Japanese kendo in the next generation.

• SCKF schedule letter
• full AUSKF schedule

• Sat 3/20:
  arrive at LAX
  afternoon sight-seeing
  evening practice, West LA Dojo, 6:30pm
• Sun 3/21:
  afternoon Goodwill Match and Practice at Venice Dojo, 1pm
  goodwill party at Venice Dojo following keiko
• Mon 3/22:
  daytime sight-seeing
  evening practice, Norwalk Dojo, 7pm
• Tue 3/23:
  depart to Seattle

Leader       Tadanori    OTA
Sub-Leader   Yoshikazu   MIYAZAWA
Head Coach   Hitoshi     SHIME

Student  1   Kensuke     HIROTA      15    Male    Team
Student  2   Takaaki     SOGA        15    Male    Team
Student  3   Yukichika   NAGAI       15    Male    Team
Student  4   Hiroyuki    SANADA      15    Male    Team
Student  5   Daiki       MOCHIHARA   16    Male    Team
Student  6   Kentaro     TOMITA      16    Male    Individual Men's
Student  7   Ami         ITOYAMA     14    Female  Individual Women's 
Student  8   Misa        Kudo        15    Female  Speech contest