• deadline is 2/14/26
• PLEASE ENTER FOR EACH SENSEI (INCLUDING 7DAN) AND KENSHI PLANNING ON PARTICIPATING, indicating age, rank, and whether or not they want bento

• bring one check per dojo for the bento fees ($15 per bento except for 7dan sensei and shiai-sha who will be provided free bento)

• participants
  • 2dan and above
  • 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
  • must attend the full day for credit towards promotion requirements (to test for 3dan and above, including kodansha and shogo ranks)
• preparation
  • be familiar with basic conduct, movement, flag positioning, judgment calls
  • mandatory reading: FIK Referee Rules and Regulations Handbook (the latest version is 2023)
  • mandatory viewing: AJKF Tsubazeriai Rules (see AJKF video)
  • also see
    • Handbook for Kendo Shiai and Shinpan Management
    • Revisions to the Handbook for Kendo Shiai and Shinpan Management (01-09-2024)
    • Guidelines for Nito Matches and Refereeing
    • Points to Note as a Shinpan-in
    • AJKF Shinpan Tebiki (Kendo Shiai Shinpan Administration Essentials)
    
    

       2D  3D  4D  5D  6D  7D total
       21  29  27  10   8  14  109    

• 2 Dan
  1. Ahn, Eliza (VAL)
  2. Chough, Christopher (CHUO)
  3. Chung, Perry (IS)
  4. Doi, Kazumi (STYO)
  5. Gangeddula, Vishwaas (CM)
  6. Greco, Leslie (IS)
  7. Jean, Joseph (TOR)
  8. Jo, Samuel (CHUO)
  9. Kim, Christopher (CHUO)
  10. Kim, Shawn (PLNO)
  11. Liao, William (NOR)
  12. Miyashiro, Kotomi (VEN)
  13. Miyashiro, Momoka (VEN)
  14. Nguyen, Kevin (GED)
  15. Pappa, Ksandro (GED)
  16. Soma, Chieko (ALH)
  17. Stephan, Ronald (VEN)
  18. Sunwoo, Lynn (CHUO)
  19. Ujiie, Shingo (GED)
  20. Yamamoto, Ami (STYO)
  21. Yamamoto, Shinsuke (STYO)
• 3 Dan
  1. Alaoui, Chakib (CHUO)
  2. Bennett, Erich (CM)
  3. Chen, Paul (GED)
  4. Fujiwara, Yutaka (CM)
  5. Fukusumi, Yuhki (VEN)
  6. Han, Chris (STYO)
  7. Kao, Chia Ling (GED)
  8. Lee, Byunghyun (CHUO)
  9. Maxey, Martin (PCI)
  10. Miyata, Matthew (GED)
  11. Mizuhashi, Masaki (TOR)
  12. Motoki, Brandon (OCB)
  13. Nagahashi, Yumi (VEN)
  14. Nam, Arthur (OCB)
  15. Nam, Matthee (OCB)
  16. New, Wendell (VEN)
  17. Oh, Jin Won (NOR)
  18. Paulsen, Joshua (TOR)
  19. Roberts, Gregory (IS)
  20. Sakai, Hiromichi (PCI)
  21. Sambo, Angel (SD)
  22. Sasaki, Masumi (VAL)
  23. Shih, Ben (IS)
  24. Shikai, Yurika (CHUO)
  25. Shin, Insung (CHUO)
  26. Wellichinda, Izogbu (STYO)
  27. Wilhite, Axel (VEN)
  28. Yoon, Paul (JCI)
  29. Zhou, Jiadong (SD)
• 4 Dan
  1. Allison, Zidi (TOR)
  2. Chinen, Masaaki (GED)
  3. Fu, Linda (NOR)
  4. Honda, William (LOS)
  5. Inouye, Jamie (VEN)
  6. Kang, Tae Hyuk (COV)
  7. Kawai, Kent (JCI)
  8. Kim, Kenneth (CHUO)
  9. Lee, Francis (COV)
  10. Liao, Steve (NOR)
  11. Makiuchi, Kyoko (STYO)
  12. Morioka, James (CHUO)
  13. Ono, Clark (GED)
  14. Paik, Thomas (CM)
  15. Roh, Aaron (OCB)
  16. Sera, Margaret (GED)
  17. Shimizu, Mio (GED)
  18. Taguchi, Takahiro (GED)
  19. Takatsuki, Kazuhiro (JCI)
  20. Towata, Noriko (VAL)
  21. Ware, Evan (COV)
  22. Watanabe, Yoshiaki (COV)
  23. Williams, Nathan (STYO)
  24. Wong, Aaron (PLNO)
  25. Yi, Pyong (STYO)
  26. Yoo, Seung (CHUO)
  27. Yun, Sean (STYO)
• 5 Dan
  1. Dong, Allyson (VEN)
  2. Huang, Michael (CHUO)
  3. Inada, Charles (CHUO)
  4. Kang, Albert (CHUO)
  5. Lee, Andy (CHUO)
  6. Mizobe, Kenichiro (STYO)
  7. Ra, Richard (CM)
  8. Shiono, Shotaro (CM)
  9. Sunwoo, Eric (CHUO)
  10. Takanashi, Robert (LOS)
• 6 Dan
  1. Chinen, Katsushi (GED)
  2. Honda, Judy (LOS)
  3. Imai, Hideki (STYO)
  4. Kim, Steven (COV)
  5. Kobayashi, Kazunori (CM)
  6. Segawa, Minoru (CM)
  7. Shikai, Yuriko (CHUO)
  8. Van Zutphen, Casey (CM)
• 7 Dan (instructors)
  1. Abe, Kevin (LOS)
  2. Brown, Jason (TOR)
  3. Chinen, Katsuo (GED)
  4. Goya, Yoshiyuki (OCB)
  5. Harada, Brandon (STYO)
  6. Hosokawa, Yuji (CM)
  7. Huh, Kevin (CHUO)
  8. Kato, Tomoji (COV)
  9. Kodama, Jean (NOR)
  10. Nagatani, Naoki (CHUO)
  11. Sakaue, Masataka (COV)
  12. Shinada, Shuntaro (ALH)
  13. Tew, Saeko (COV)
  14. Zembayashi, Takaya (PCI)