SCKF Shinkyu Shinsa
Saturday 4/18/15, 11am
Covina Dojo
- a sign-up cover letter
and application forms were sent to each dojo
- applications are due 4/8/15,
- cover letter must be signed by dojo head instructor
- applications must include rank, birthdate, height, and weight for each
participant
- per the
SCKF promotional
examination regulations,
4dan applicants must also have participated in both kata
and shinpan seminars within the last 2 years.
Attendance lists are posted for the following:
- names will appear on menjo as they appear on
the application form
If you wish to make any name changes, a special request needs to
be made to AUSKF, as they will be confirming
kenshi names and membership status. Please clearly note any
such change requests on your form when submitting it.
- SCKF membership deadline was 12/31
- blank form for non-SCKF participants
Note: you will need the approval and signature of your regional
federation. Please also be sure to get approval from your dojo head
instructor.
- shinsa location:
Covina Dojo,
1203 W Puente Ave, West Covina 91790
- there will be several events going at the Center on shinsa day
- Japanese school 9am-12:30pm, using classrooms and a roped off
section of the back parking lot
- Yard sale 8am to noon, using the front grass area by the street
- Luncheon event, using the kitchen and dining room
- parking is available in the parking lot or on the street
- boys dressing room: stage; girls dressing room: tbd
- sign in closes at 10:30am
- 1kyu through 4dan applicants: turn in your completed
written tests at sign-in
- no late applicants allowed!
- shinsa procedure demonstrations
- 2-person rei
procedure for yudansha applicants
- kihon test
for 4kyu applicants
- note: this will be the
final time for these demonstrations
to be given at a shinsa, as the procedures should be known and taught
by the instructors at each dojo. If your instructors are unsure of
the procedures, please have them attend the shinsa to watch and learn.
- see below for more information on the shinsa
as well as results
- brief summary of promotional examination
regulations
and
criteria:
- tentative schedule for kenshi
see also court assignments and schedule sheet
(pdf)
- 9:00am: court set up by shinsa personnel
- 9:45am: start sign-in
-
you must be dressed in keikogi and hakama and bring your tare
when you sign in
- a label with your participant number will be applied to
the center flap of your tare (remove your nafuda)
- note: keikogi and hakama should not show markings (eg
dojo patch, team logo, or slogans). If present, they will
be taped over.
- those testing for 1kyu and above must turn in completed
written tests at sign-in including
name, participant number, requested rank, and dojo
- plan to arrive early so you can complete sign-in well before
it closes
- applicants requesting 6kyu and 5kyu test at the dojo, not at the
shinsa
- 10:30am:
sign-in closes all divisions
- if you are late you will not be able to participate in the shinsa,
plus there will be an additional fee
- 10:40am: 4kyu and 1dan applicants assemble in assigned courts
- 10:50am: demonstration of
2-person rei
procedure on court A
- 11:00am: start kendo portion of shinsa
- all participants (all divisions) line up in rows in your
respective courts facing the examiner tables for opening rei
- 1:30pm: start kata portion of shinsa
- 2:30pm: end shinsa (note: there will not be a results meeting)
(for shinsa officials, see schedule below)
- shinsa testing
- kendo
- be at your court BEFORE your division starts.
Even if you signed in before the deadline, if you are not in
place before your division performs opening rei, you will not be
allowed to participate.
- follow the instructions of the tachiai on your court
- each applicant for 4kyu will demonstrate basic skills
(kihon
test) with a motodachi provided by SCKF
(you will be in full bogu)
- each applicant for 3kyu and above will perform kendo jitsugi with
two other applicants requesting the same rank
- for 1dan and above, use the
2-person
rei procedure
to begin and end jitsugi
- each applicant for 4dan will also do kirikaeshi at the
beginning of each jitsugi, once striking and once receiving
- remain at your court until all participants in your division finish
testing, at which time your division will perform closing rei
- for those requesting 1kyu and above ranks:
after your division is done, stay together near your court
The kendo test results will be tallied and announced by the
shinsa coordinator, who will then record the participant numbers
for kata partners.
- only those who have passed the kendo portion will perform kata
- if you lack a kata partner, you will be paired with someone
who also lacks a partner
- if there is an odd number of kenshi, one kenshi will do
kata twice (the second performance does not count)
- if you are absent when the kata pairings are recorded, you
will be assigned a partner
- kata
- each applicant requesting 1 kyu or higher must be prepared
to perform kata in front of the board of examiners. Note:
#8 through #10 use the kodachi (short sword).
- 1 kyu: #1 through #3
- 1 dan: #1 through #5
- 2 dan: #1 through #7
- 3 dan: #1 through #10
- 4 dan: #1 through #10
- kata pairings were recorded at the completion of kendo jitsugi
(see kendo section above)
- you will have at least 15 minutes to practice prior to the kata
test
- each applicant must be able to perform both the
uchidachi and shidachi roles
-
uchidachi/shidachi roles will be randomly assigned
(you will be notified when your turn comes on the court)
- if you make a mistake performing one of the kata, you may
request to redo it. After finishing the entire kata sequence
and performing closing reiho, make your request
(specifying which one kata you wish to redo) to the tachiai,
who will pass on your request to the examiners.
The examination board will not request any repeats.
- see
sample
evaluation forms for both kendo and kata
- tentative schedule for shinsa officials
- notation: E=examiners, C=court coordinators, T=tachiai,
A=announcer/timer
time ECTA description
------ ---- -----------------------------------------------------------
8:45 CTA set up (courts, dressing area, sign in, etc)
9:00 CTA coordinator/tachiai/announcer meeting
9:45 CTA start sign in, collect written exams, tape keikogi markings
9:45 E examiners meeting
10:30 CTA close sign in
10:35 ECTA court meetings: adjust groups for absences, all divisions
10:40 CT line up 4kyu and 1dan groups in numerical order
10:50 T 2-person rei demonstration on court A
10:55 CT line up for opening rei (all applicants for the day)
11:00 ECTA start shinsa
12:30 ECTA lunch break
1:30 ECTA start kata
2:30 end shinsa
- see list of examiners and volunteers (by dojo)
notes for examiners and volunteers
- Examiners:
Please wear coat and tie (not identical to shinpan uniform).
Abe T (STYO),
Arima K (STYO),
Hosokawa H (CM),
Hosokawa Y (CM),
Kaneshiro W (SFV),
Kato T (COV),
Park J (CYP),
Shikai M (CHUO),
Shikai Y (CHUO),
Shoraku T (CM),
Yamasaki J (PCI)
Please review the
SCKF shinsa regulations,
shinsa criteria,
and evaluation sheet samples
- Court coordinators:
Please wear plain polo or dress shirt and slacks
Honda W (VEN),
Yoon B (NOR)
- Announcer/timers:
Please wear plain polo or dress shirt and slacks
and slacks
Amano Sho (NOR),
Kawai K (JCI)
- Tachiai:
Please wear keikogi and hakama
Arima Y (STYO),
Brown N (TOR),
Hamamura Y (NOR),
Kil S (CHUO),
Mizobe K (STYO),
Watanabe T (OCB)
- Motodachi:
Please wear keikogi, hakama, and bogu
Arima Y (STYO),
Mizobe K (STYO),
Watanabe T (OCB)
- Other:
Kodama J (NOR): head coordinator
Fu L (NOR): assistant coordinator
Tew T (IS): written tests
Yu M (COV), Sakae M (STYO), Ocomo J (CM), Tada K: misc
- Everyone please read the
duty notes for
a brief summary of everyone's duties
Onegaishimasu!
- menjo (rank certificates)
- a menjo printing request will be sent to AUSKF shortly after the shinsa
- the menjo will be printed with names as they appeared on the
shinsa application form
- note that AUSKF now only offers English menjo
- shinsa results and menjo fees
will be sent to each dojo shortly after the shinsa
- make check payable to Southern California Kendo Federation
(not abbreviated "SCKF").
- due date is 5/9/15. Either send your dojo check to the SCKF
treasurer (Kevin Abe, 117 E Victoria Ave, Montebello CA 90640)
or bring it to the SCKF board meeting
Shinkyu shinsa results
- new 6 kyu
-
KIM Jacob (CHUO),
SUNWOO Jean (CHUO),
CHOI Yu Hyun (CHUO),
MOON Ian (CHUO),
LEE Jeffrey (CHUO),
PARK Phoebe (CHUO),
KANG Andrew (CHUO),
KIM Elizabeth (CHUO),
PARK Brian (CHUO),
KANG Simon (CHUO),
AHN Sang Jun (CHUO),
TOMONARI Cocoro (PCI)
- new 5 kyu
-
SUNWOO Lynn (CHUO),
HUH Jacob (CHUO),
YUGE Jared (CHUO),
CHAN Terence (COV),
GARCIA Guillermo (IS)
MUKAIDE Touma (PCI),
- new 4 kyu
-
CHEN Daphne (GED),
BARBER Jamar (PCI),
CHEN Ahmik (GED),
CHO Jeongwon (IRV),
FUJINAMI Ty (IS),
HWANG William (NOR),
HUH Angella (LHB),
AU Conner (PCI),
KWON Jungho (ANC),
LEE Sunjae (IRV),
SEO Dongha (IRV),
SHIM Seunghyeon (ANC),
YU Vincent (IS),
HU Ashburn (COV),
SEO Donggyu (IRV),
MOON Hwi (CHUO),
DRENTH Laura (SFV),
VEGA Francisco (SD),
KIM Woojoo (CHUO),
LIN John (WS),
CRUZ Bobby (SFV),
ABEL Mark (SD),
RIVERA Angel (SD),
BOURQUE Pierre (SD),
ROUSSEAU Nick (SFV),
KIM Byung Chul (NOR),
JANG Michael (TOR),
HU Zheng Qiang (COV)
- new 3 kyu
-
KIM Jun Bae (LHB),
KIM Taery (TOR),
CHILINGERIAN James (PCI),
LEE Denny (ANC),
KIM Brandon (IRV),
KENG Hsi-Hao (COV),
GRECO Leslie (IS),
SHIN Vincent Dongyoun (TOR),
WELLMAN Brian (SFV),
OSTROWSKI Eugene (PCI),
ALVIDREZ Andrew (IS),
ISLAS Vicente (PCI),
TADA Takeomi (STYO),
LEE Louis (CHUO)
- new 2 kyu
-
KIM Kyle (CM),
SONG John (ANC),
OCHIAI Andrew (PCI),
MINAMITANI Justen Akira (TOR),
LAZARTE Roberto (SFV),
HUGHES Alex (SD),
YOKOZEKI Kana Ostrowski (PCI),
CHAN Naomi (COV),
SASAKI Masumi (SFV),
CHOI Eun Seok (TOR),
ENDOW Richie (SFV),
SHIM Seong Uk (SD)
- new 1 kyu
-
KANESHIRO Matthew J.D. (SFV),
KIM Isaac (ANC),
KANESHIRO Mark D.J. (SFV),
KIM Soung Bae (LHB),
LEE Geonhyo (ANC),
BALDWIN Freeman (SFV),
CHEN Yuda (COV)
- new 1 Dan
-
KANAMORI Meg (TOR),
LEE Taeyoung (IRV),
LEUNG Jonathan (IS),
HWANG Andrew (SFV),
OKAMURA Shinsuke (COV),
KIKUCHI Grace (TOR)
- new 2 Dan
-
TOVAR Richard (COV),
SUH Philip (CHUO)
- new 3 Dan
-
MAKIUCHI Teppei (STYO),
SUZUKI Lui (CM),
AHN Jason (JCI),
SHERER Dan (CHUO),
TAJIMA Nobutoshi (OCB)
- new 4 Dan
-
MATSUMOTO Wataru (GED)
Congratulations to all!
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