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Summary for 2018
January
- Happy 2018!
We are looking forward to another great year at Norwalk Dojo.
To see what happened in past years, see the
archives.
- Fri 1/5/18: Norwalk Dojo first keiko of 2018
Quick review of dojo policies:
- new beginners
start on 1st Friday practice of odd numbered months.
Please encourage friends and relatives to join; we
especially need kids!
- etiquette is of primary
importance in kendo
- 3kyu and above (and sometimes below!) should be able to lead
warm up exercises
- 2dan and above should be able to lead
kihon-dosa exercises
- kenshi in full bogu expected to participate in
- monthly tournament
(last Mon odd, last Fri even months)
- 3kyu and above: Fri ato-geiko
- to advance in rank: see the
promotion page
- notify the dojo in writing for lengthy absences (send email to
norwalkkendo@gmail.com)
A huge thank you to the moms for preparing the delicious zenzai
and freshly made mochi with all the fixings!
Also thank you very much to Mazkiya USA for Year of the Dog tenugui!
We also passed out Norwalk 50th Anniversary booklets (from 2015).
- Sun 1/14/18: SCKF Youth Keiko, Norwalk 8am
- Sun 1/14/18:
SCKF New Year's Party, Almansor Court
Cho sensei will be among the honorees.
Cost is $40, $20 for children 3-12.
Norwalk attendees include Kodama Jean, Yoon Brian, Cho In Ho, Yoon Kay.
- Sun 1/21/18:
Mori Hai Tournament, Wilson Park
Norwalk participants include Cho Ryan, Cho Daniel, Kim Ryan
(3-1kyu), Chung Connie (women's kyu), Fu Linda (women's dan),
Chang Jeffrey (3-4 dan), Kodama Jean (senior);
shinpan Chang Jeffrey, Kariya Yoshijiro, Kodama Jean.
Be sure to review shiai notes.
Congratulations to all our dojo winners!
Chung Connie (kantosho women's kyu),
Fu Linda (3rd place women's dan),
Chang Jeffrey (1st place 3-4 dan),
Kodama Jean (2nd place senior B),
Cho In Ho (1st place senior B)
- Mon 1/22/18: Cultural News
coming to Norwalk Dojo
Please contribute to a good turnout for the Cultural News visit.
- Fri 1/26/18:
monthly dojo tournament 7:30p
Congratulations to monthly tournament winners
Kim Ryan (youth kyu),
and Trost Jeffrey (yudansha).
February
- Team USA T-Shirt Fundraiser
Buy a tshirt to help support Team USA. Order by 2/28 for delivery
at AUSKF Junior Open on 4/8. Final order deadline is 4/30.
- Fri 2/2/18: monthly attendance recognition
- Congratulations to
Kodama Jean
for achieving perfect attendance in January!
- Excellent attendance:
Quimpo Ed.
- Good attendance:
Cho Ryan,
Cho Daniel,
Kim Ryan,
Kim Anthony.
- Sat 2/10/18: Funeral services for John Yamamoto sensei
Greenwood Mortuary, 4300 Imperial Ave, San Diego CA 92113, 1pm.
For koden, send to
Lisa Yamamoto, 3550 Winnetka Dr, Bonita CA 91902.
- Sat-Sun 2/10-11/18:
FIK Shinpan Seminar, Montreal Canada
Kodama Jean will be attending.
- Sun 2/18/18: SCKF Youth Keiko, Norwalk 8am
- Sun 2/25/18:
SCKF Shinpan Seminar, El Rancho HS
Norwalk participants include
Kodama Jean*,
Cho In Ho,
Fu Linda*.
- Mon 2/26/18:
monthly dojo tournament 7:00p
Congratulations to monthly tournament winners
Chong Connie (adult kyu),
and Fu Linda (yudansha).
March
- Please pay your
AUSKF and SCKF federation dues
Federation dues are by age:
17 and under: $44,
18 and over: $86.
Deadline is Wed Mar 21.
If you cannot bring payment to the dojo by this date please email
norwalkkendo@gmail.com
so we can at least get you signed up.
Note: please sign up now even if you don't think you'll be able to
participate regularly until later in the year. There is no benefit
to delaying (federation dues are not prorated, so they are the same
whether you join now or in December).
For returning yudansha, your membership will be continuous from
last year and you will be eligible for the SCKF Championship
tournaments in June and September.
We need new members, please contact your
friends and family. And all former members are welcome back!
If you know anyone who is "missing in action", please contact
them to let them know.
- Fri 3/2/16: monthly attendance recognition
Unfortunately no one had perfect attendance in
February, but good job for achieving:
- Excellent attendance:
Fu Linda.
- Good attendance:
Cho Ryan,
Cho Daniel,
Kim Ryan,
Park Joanne,
Kim Anthony.
Also, welcome new member Mello Michael!
And thank you to Kinno sensei (OCB) for practicing with us.
- Fri 3/9/18: Monday keiko
We observed a moment of silence for the passing of Mrs Junko
Hamamura (mother of Hamamura Andy sensei).
Also, thank you to Goya sensei (OCB) for practicing with us.
- Mon 3/12/18: Monday keiko
Welcome back Yoon Courtney!
- Fri 3/16/18: Friday keiko
Thank you to Huh sensei for practicing with us.
- Sun 3/18/18: SCKF Youth Keiko, Norwalk 8am
- Mon 3/19/18: Friday keiko
Welcome back Hamamura Andy sensei!
- Fri 3/23/18: SEJSCC Spring Clean Up, part 1
Everyone (who is not doing keiko tonight) please come out to help
with clean up of the kendo areas: storage room (clean up/reorg),
classrooms 2/3 (sweep/mop floors and clean walls), and kitchen (kendo
area of refrigerators).
- Sat 3/24/18: Funeral services for Hamamura Junko, Anaheim
Funeral services for Hamamura sensei's mother will be held at 10am
at Anaheim Free Methodist Church, 1001 N Mayflower St, Anaheim CA 92801.
Inurnment service will be at Rose Hills at 2pm.
For more details, including flowers, koden, etc, see the
gofundme
page.
- Sat 3/24/18:
North-South welcome keiko and dinner, Covina Dojo
Norwalk participants include Kodama Jean*, Ralutin Dennis*, and
Tekin Korhan (*=dinner $15).
- Sun 3/25/18:
North-South Tournament, Wilson Park
Norwalk participants include Kim Ryan and Cho Daniel (14-17),
Chang Jeffrey (3-4dan), Kariya Yoshijiro (5dan up),
Cho In Ho and Kodama Jean (senior).
Shinpan include Chang Jeffrey, Kariya Yoshijiro, Kodama Jean.
Congratulations to Chang Jeffrey for winning 3rd place
3-4 dan. Chang sensei was also on the SCKF Yudansha Team which won,
and Kodama sensei was on the SCKF Kodansha Team which one.
- Mon 3/26/18: SEJSCC Spring Clean Up; no iaido, part 2
Everyone (who is not doing keiko tonight) please come out to help
with clean up (finish up from Fri).
No iaido practice tonight!
- Fri 3/30/18:
monthly dojo tournament
Congratulations to monthly tournament winners
Cho Daniel (youth kyu),
Chong Connie (adult),
and Tseng George (yudansha).
- Sun 3/31/18: SCKF Youth Keiko, Norwalk 8am
April
- Mon 4/2/16: monthly attendance recognition
Unfortunately no one had perfect attendance in
March, but good job for achieving:
- Excellent attendance:
Yun Olivia
Kim Anthony.
- Good attendance:
Cho Ryan,
Cho Daniel,
Quimpo Ed.
- Sun 4/8/18:
AUSKF Jr Open, Huntington Beach
Norwalk participants include Kim Ryan.
- Fri 4/13/18: Friday keiko
Thank you to Kinno sensei (OCB) and Huh sensei (CHUO) for
practicing with us!
- Sat 4/21/18: SCKF Spring Shinsa, El Rancho HS
Kodama Jean and Fu Linda are volunteering.
- Sat 4/21/18: SEJSCC Recognition Dinner, Center
Please come help make inari sushi (400 pieces) and fruit center
pieces from 2pm-5:30pm. If you can stay for dinner, we will provide
you a free ticket ($25 dinner). Please reply by Wednesday.
Also, the center is trying to get a donation for Disneyland tickets
to give away at this year's festival in July. They need 15-20
recognition dinner volunteers (preferably 18 and under, can be
through their parents) to volunteer through
this link.
Thank you for supporting the Center!
- Fri 4/27/18: Friday keiko
We had cake to send off Kim Anthony, whose family is moving to
Texas.
- Mon 4/30/18:
monthly dojo tournament
Congratulations to monthly tournament winners
Kim Ryan (youth kyu),
and Fu Linda (yudansha).
May
- Fri 5/4/18: Monthly attendance recognition
- Congratulations to
Cho Ryan and
Cho Daniel
for achieving perfect attendance in April!
- Good attendance:
Kim Ryan.
We had youth kyu team match practice between Norwalk kenshi
and visitors from Chuo and All Nations Church.
Also, thank you to Goya sensei for practicing with us.
And welcome back Nguyen Emil sensei as well as Yoon Courtney!
- Sun 5/6/18:
Nisei Week Tournament, Alhambra
Norwalk participants include Liao William (10 and under);
Kim Ryan and Cho Daniel (11-13); Cho Ryan (16 and older);
Chang sensei, Kariya sensei, Kodama sensei (shinpan). Cho Daniel will
give the pledge of the competitors. Also, Kozawa Susie (guest iaido
sensei at Norwalk from Seattle Kendo Kai) will perform iaido enbu.
We have set up toban for this tournament, so everyone please come help!
Congratulations to Cho Daniel for winning 3rd place!
- Sat 5/12/18:
SCKF
board meeting, Norwalk 7:30pm
At Norwalk due to emergency plumbing repairs at Chuo.
No godo geiko.
- Sun 5/20/18: SCKF Youth Keiko, Norwalk 8am
- Fri 5/25/18:
monthly dojo tournament
Congratulations to monthly tournament winners
Cho Daniel (youth kyu),
and Yoon Courtney (yudansha).
Note: judo will come in around 9:30p to store mats in gym for their
memorial weekend clinic.
- Mon 5/28/18: Memorial Day: we will have keiko!
There will be both kendo and iaido practice (last chance before
AUSKF iaido camp).
- Thu-Mon 5/31-6/4/18: AUSKF Iaido Camp, Salt Lake City UT
Kariya Yoshijiro, Tekin Korhan, Kozawa Susie, Okuno Isamu
will be attending.
Congratulations to Tekin Korhan for passing 3dan! Way to go!
June
- Sun 6/3/18: SEJSCC general meeting, 12-2pm SEJSCC
Bento orders due 5/25 ($10 each). Kodama Jean attended and
presented kendo's report.
- Mon 6/4/18: no iaido practice
We will have kendo practice as usual, but no iaido practice
(taking a break after iaido camp).
- Fri 6/8/18: Kendo demo at Burbank Elementary School, 6:45pm
Thank you to Chong Connie, Kariya Yoshijiro, and Kodama Jean for
participating in the demo at the last minute, and to Domen Sumi for
leading the demonstration again this year!
- Sun 6/10/18: SCKF Youth Keiko, Norwalk 8am
- Thu-Sun 6/14-17/17:
Nito Seminar, Boise ID
Kariya Yoshijiro will be attending.
- Fri-Sun 6/22-24/18: NCKF Summer Camp, Santa Clara
Kariya Yoshijiro and Kodama Jean will be attending.
- Sun 6/24/18: SCKF Individual Championships, Wilson Park
Norwalk participants include Fu Linda and Kodama Jean.
- Mon 6/25/18:
monthly dojo tournament
Congratulations to monthly tournament winners
Cho Ryan (youth kyu),
and Fu Linda (yudansha).
- Thu 6/28/18: Center closed (SCE work), 7am-4pm
July
- Sun 7/1/18: SCKF 7dan meeting, Norwalk 9am
- Sun 7/8/18: SCKF Kata Seminar, El Rancho HS
2dan and above are required to attend! After this we will start
practicing kata on Friday nights instead of ato-geiko.
Norwalk attendees include Fu Linda*,
Kariya Yoshijiro*, Kodama Jean*
(*=ordered bento; bring $10 cash to seminar).
- Restricted parking Mondays 7/9 thru 7/23
Ondo practice for the cultural festival will be conducted in
the front parking lot on Mondays and Thursdays in July from 7:30pm.
For Monday keiko, please do not park in the area by the ondo circle,
and be careful of the ondo participants, especially small children.
- Mon 7/9/18: keiko
Welcome new members
Song Ian,
Song Lia!
- Wed 7/11/18: Camp Hanabi Kendo Demo and Lesson 1:30-2:30pm
Thank you to Nakagawa Takeshi, Fu Linda, and Kodama Jean for
putting on the demo! Also to Japanese school's Kushi Yumi sensei
for helping run the first station of the "how to hit men" workshop.
- Kata practices Fridays 7/13 thru 10/19, 9-10pm
We will practice kata during ato-geiko on Fridays (instead of
kendo) to prepare for the fall SCKF shinsa, unless otherwise noted.
Remember to bring your bokken! See notes.
- Sat-Sun 7/14-15/18: AUSKF Women's Kendo Seminar, So Cal
Fu Linda and Kodama Jean are attending.
- Sun 7/15/18: SCKF Youth Keiko, Norwalk 8am
- Fri 7/20/18:
monthly dojo tournament
Congratulations to monthly tournament winners
Kim Ryan (youth kyu),
Quimpo Ed (adult kyu),
and Yoon Courtney (yudansha).
Thank you to Huh sensei (CHUO) for practicing with us. Also a big
thanks to Quimpo Ed for making color car stickers of our dojo logo!
- Sun 7/22/18:
SCKF
Shido Geiko, Norwalk 10am
Kariya Yoshijiro participated. Nakagawa Takeshi, Quimpo Ed, and
Kodama Jean performed hosting/admin duty.
- Fri-Sun 7/27-30/18: SEJSCC Cultural Festival, no keiko
All hands will be needed for the Center's annual carnival!
See dojo carnival page for details,
including special raffle (new this year). Brief schedule summary:
- Fri: prep
- Sat: booth duty, demo 4pm
- Sun: booth duty
- Mon: clean up
August
September
October
- Mon 10/5/18: keiko
Welcome new members
Kim Henry
Kim Jordan,
Kim Emma!
Also thank you to Goya sensei (OCB) and Yang sensei (CM) for
practicing with us.
- Fri-Sat 10/12-13/18: NYS pancake breakfast and SEJSCC boutique
No keiko Friday night
due to boutique set up in the gym.
- Sun 10/21/18: SCKF Fall Shinsa, Wilson Park
See dojo shinsa page for details.
If possible, everyone attend the shinsa to root our kenshi on, plus
observe the shinsa proceedings to prepare yourself for next time
(either testing or volunteering).
Congratulations to all who tested; everyone passed with flying colors!
Quimpo Ed (4kyu);
Kim Ryan, Cho Daniel, Cho Ryan (1kyu);
and Liao William (6kyu at the dojo).
- Mon 10/22/18: keiko
Welcome new members
Om Jenny,
Om Caleb,
Om Conner!
- Sun 10/28/18: SCKF Youth Keiko, Norwalk 8am
- Mon 10/29/18:
monthly dojo tournament
Default winners: Quimpo Ed (adult kyu), Fu Linda (yudansha).
November
December
- Sun 12/2/18:
SCKF Shido Geiko, Norwalk, 10am
Since Norwalk is hosting, we will need all kenshi to come out
to participate as well as help with toban duties.
- Fri 12/7/19:
monthly dojo tournament
Make up tournament for the month of November (missed last Fri).
Congratulations to winners
Cho Ryan (youth kyu),
Quimpo Ed (adult kyu),
and Fu Linda (yudansha).
- Mon 12/10/19:
monthly dojo tournament
Congratulations to monthly tournament winners
Kim Ryan (youth kyu),
Quimpo Ed (adult kyu),
and Fu Linda (yudansha).
- Fri 12/14/18: Christmas party
See flyer for details.
Reminder: bring a wrapped gift ($20 value) per family.
- Sun 12/16/18: SCKF Youth Keiko, Norwalk 8am
Norwalk has toban duty, so please come out to help.
- Mon 12/17/18: last practice of 2018
Special end-of-year kendo practice: everyone please come and enjoy
the fun and games!
For iaido, there will be a short practice from 9-9:30pm, then we
will go to Sam Woo's for our traditional end-of-yaear iaido gathering.
Belated congratulations to Okuno sensei for receiving iaido renshi
from AJKF on 11/27!
Thank you very much to Mazkiya USA for Year of the Boar tenugui!
- Fri 12/21/18 to Mon 12/31/18: no keiko
See SCKF holiday
schedule for places to practice during the break. Happy holidays!
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