• deadline is 2/4/24
• PLEASE ENTER FOR EACH SENSEI (INCLUDING 7DAN) AND KENSHI PLANNING ON PARTICIPATING, indicating age, rank, and whether or not they want bento
• form includes COVID-19 protocols

• bring one check per dojo for the bento fees ($10 per bento except for 7dan sensei who will be provided free bento)

• participants
  • 2dan and above
    • reminder: attendance at shinpan and kata seminars will be required for 3dan and above shinsa starting April'2024
      (seminar attendance within the past 2 years)
  • 1dan and below (high skill level) may attend as shiai-sha (bento will be provided)
  • 7dan please attend as instructors (bento will be provided)
  • dress in keikogi, hakama, tare
  • bring shinpanki, mejirushi, referee handbook, energetic attitude
  • bring kendo dogu and be prepared to do shiai
• preparation
  • be familiar with basic conduct, movement, flag positioning, judgment calls
  • mandatory reading: FIK Referee Rules and Regulations Handbook (the latest version is 2017)
  • mandatory viewing: AJKF Provisional Shiai and Shinpan Rules in place until the COVID-19 pandemic is brought under control (see AJKF video)
  • also see
    • AJKF Shinpan Tebiki (Kendo Shiai Shinpan Administration Essentials)
    • nito kendo shinpan points
    • new AJKF regulations for shinai and dogu
    
    

       2D  3D  4D  5D  6D  7D total
       13  29  22   9   9  11   93    

• 2 Dan
  1. Cedeno, Tiffany (SD)
  2. Chen, Eric (SD)
  3. Chu, Michael (NOR)
  4. Ikezaki, Gabriel (SD)
  5. Ji, Daniel (NOR)
  6. Kang, Andrew (CHUO)
  7. Malachowski Jr, Robert (VAL)
  8. Maxey, Martin (PCI)
  9. Oh, Jin Won (NOR)
  10. Shih, Ben (IS)
  11. Stephan, Ron (VEN)
  12. Tovar, Richard (CM)
  13. Zhou, Jiadong (SD)
• 3 Dan
  1. Arai, Kenji (VEN)
  2. Bennett, Erich (CM)
  3. Charng, Johnny (IS)
  4. Fu, Linda (NOR)
  5. Fukusumi , Yuhki (VEN)
  6. Glaraton, Adriane (PCI)
  7. Hertz, Ryan (OCB)
  8. Ho, Oi-Kay (SD)
  9. Hsu, Bradford (GED)
  10. Iwasaki, Tetsuya (TOR)
  11. Kiju, Park (CM)
  12. Lee, Byunghyun (CHUO)
  13. Liao , Steve (NOR)
  14. Miyata, Koichi (SD)
  15. Nakata, Midori (OCB)
  16. Paik, Thomas (CM)
  17. Roberts, Greg (IS)
  18. Sasaki, Masumi (VAL)
  19. Sato, Shoko (VEN)
  20. Schwab, Melissa (COV)
  21. Shikai, Yurika (CHUO)
  22. Shim, Seong (SD)
  23. Shin, Insung (CHUO)
  24. Taguchi, Takahiro (GED)
  25. Ware, Evan (COV)
  26. Wellichinda, Izogbu (STYO)
  27. Yabuta, Takashi (SD)
  28. Yoon, Jackson (SD)
  29. Yun, Sean (STYO)
• 4 Dan
  1. Chinen, Masaaki (GED)
  2. Honda, William (LOS)
  3. Inada, Charles (CHUO)
  4. Inouye, Jamie (VEN)
  5. Kang, Albert (CHUO)
  6. Kim, kenneth (CHUO)
  7. Lee, Andy (CHUO)
  8. Locklair, Stefan (PCI)
  9. Makiuchi, Kyoko (STYO)
  10. Matsubara, Shotaro (SD)
  11. Matsumoto, Satoshi (GED)
  12. Matsumoto, Wataru (GED)
  13. Morioka, James (CHUO)
  14. Nguyen, Emil (NOR)
  15. Owaki, George (COV)
  16. Ra, Richard (CM)
  17. Segawa, Shiori (CM)
  18. Sera, Margaret (GED)
  19. Shimizu, Mio (GED)
  20. Takanashi, Takeo (LOS)
  21. Takatsuki, Kazuhiro (JCI)
  22. Towata, Noriko (VAL)
• 5 Dan
  1. Chinen, Katsumi (GED)
  2. Chinen, Katsushi (GED)
  3. Imai, Hideki (STYO)
  4. Irie, Kenji (CHUO)
  5. Kongo, Hidenori (GED)
  6. Mizobe, Kenichiro (STYO)
  7. Schultzel , Matthew (SD)
  8. Tew, Tom (IS)
  9. Yamasaki, James (PCI)
• 6 Dan
  1. Goya, Yoshiyuki (OCB)
  2. Kim, Steven (COV)
  3. Kobayashi, Kazunori (CM)
  4. Kodama, Jean (NOR)
  5. Segawa, Minoru (CM)
  6. Shikai, Yuriko (CHUO)
  7. Tew, Saeko (COV)
  8. Vahl, James (SDKB
  9. Yoon, Young (SDKB
• 7 Dan (instructors)
  1. Abe, Kevin (LOS)
  2. Arima, Kazuharu (STYO)
  3. Chinen, Katsuo (GED)
  4. Harada, Brandon (STYO)
  5. Hosokawa, Yuji (CM)
  6. Kato, Tomoji (COV)
  7. Sakaue, Masataka (COV)
  8. Shikai, Masashi (CHUO)
  9. Shinada, Shuntaro (ALH)
  10. Yuge, Tim (TOR)
  11. Zembayashi, Takaya (PCI)