Westtown School's thank-you card and gifts

Westtown School sent us a "Thank you" card and gifts (three school's t-shirts) last night. It's a shame that we didn't get a chance to talk with them while we were in class.

Here, we say "thank you" to Westtown School. It's our pleasure on 19th of April to present and demonstrate "Kendo" in front of your students, parents, and teachers.

We are looking forward to meeting with your community once again in the near future.

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Photos of Yu Sensei's visit on May 31, 2008

For full album please visit:
2008-05-31 Yu Sensei Visit Ken Wa Kan

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Repost of the video

Sorry, it seems that the video is unable to be linked directly. Here is the URL.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4SHWXQBVL4

Kendo in High Speed Camera(Slow Motion)

During shiai, points are scored in the blink of an eye but it takes more than being the faster competitor to score a clean hit. The shimpan look for how well a kenshi sets up the opportunity to score and how they react to the situation as this video illustrates. I'm working on a more detailed translation of what the narrator says but the subtitles convey most of the pertinent information. This video is from the most recent All Japan Kendo Championships and the winner, Shoji Teramoto, is a graduate of the International Budo University and the first IBU alumni to win the title.

Summer Schedule 7:30-9:00 PM

Effective on June 10th, next Tuesday, Kendo classes will start at 7:30 PM and end at 9:00 PM.

2008 summer schedule:

Tuesdays & Thursdays 7:30 ~ 9:00 PM

Have a nice weekend

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Welcome Yu Sensei!

Welcome Yu Sensei, Kendo 8th dan to visit Ken Wa Kan.

Time: 2:30 ~ 5:30 PM

Date: Saturday, May 31th, 2008

Location: Ken Wa Kan Kendo Dojo
325 Westtown Road, West Chester, PA 19382

For detail information, please contact us.

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Shinai Maintenance

With Yu Sensei's impending visit, now is a good time to brush up on your shinai maintenance skills. Be sure to check your shinai regularly for splinters/splitting, tighten the nakayui (leather strap) and tsuru (string), and rotate the slats if necessary. Here is a brief video that goes over many of these steps.

Photos of First Friendly-Match Kendo Tournament with Princeton Kendo & Iaido Club on May 3rd.

Results of this tournament:

Mudansha:
1st: A. Zooda (KWK)
2nd: S. Wang (Princeton)
3rd: W. Daryl (Princeton)
4th: K. Nickels (KWK)

Yudansha:
1st: B. Gingrich (KWK)
2nd: J. Harrison (KWK)
3rd: E. Dycus (KWK) and P. Maenner (Princeton & KWK)

Please note all the photos on this internet album were resized to smaller resolution. Please contact us if you like to view them in original formats.

Part I:
2008-05-03-1 First Friendly-Match Kendo Tournament with Princeton Kendo & Iaido Club



Part II:
2008-05-03-2 First Friendly-Match Kendo Tournament with Princeton Kendo & Iaido Club

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Saturday, May 3rd, 2008. First Friendly-Match Kendo Tournament

This Saturday, May 3rd, from 2:30 to 6:00 PM is our First Friendly-Match Kendo Tournament with Princeton Kendo and Iaido Club.

Come and enjoy all the fun of Kendo.

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Thank you for the successful demo at Westtown School

Special thanks to Eric, Jason, David, MaryEllen, Rebecca, Mike, Yuko, and Ryan.

They devoted their time and expressed a strong kendo spirit to help Ken Wa Kan prepared and presented a very good Kendo demonstration in front of hundreds teens/parents at Westtown school last Saturday. Also, thanks Yu-Wen and Morris to stop by to cheer with our demo members.

I wish this event can better help our community to know what Kendo is, and to promote Kendo in PA.

If you have pictures from the demonstration, please forward them to me. Thank you very much.

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Kendo Demo at Westtown School on Saturday, 4/19

We are going to have a Kendo Demonstration in Nihon-Matsuri (Japanese Festival) at Westtown School tomorrow, Saturday, April 19th.

Westtown School: 975 Westtown Road, Westtown, PA 19395-1799

Location: Theater, Belfry, South Room

Festival Time: 4/19/2008 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM (Our Kendo Demo will be at 11:00 to 11:30 AM)

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April 7 at CT, and April 14 at NJ

EUSKF Ishizuka Sensei informed us two unique opportunities to meet with Kendo Senseis who visiting from Japan. The events will be hold in Greenwich, Connecticut and Jersey City, New Jersey respectively. Our members are welcome to attend.

Monday, April 7th, 7:00-8:30 PM, Greenwich, CT

Masaharu Kakehashi-sensei, 8th dan Hanshi who is retiring as the chief instructor (Shuseki Shihan) of Tokyo Metropolitan Police will be visiting Connecticut on Monday April 7th from 7 - 8:30pm.

The location is Western Greenwich Civic Center, 449 Pemberwick Road, Greenwich, CT 06831.


Monday, April 14th, 7:00-9:00 PM, Jersey City, NJ

Hiromitsu Sato-sensei who was the team captain for Japan at the 13th World Championships and 3rd place winner at the 2007 All Japan Kendo Federation Championships will give a seminar on Monday, April 14, 2008 from 7pm to 9pm.

The location is Community Education & Recreation Center, 180 Ninth Street, Jersey City, NJ.

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Ken Wa Kan Kendo Events in April and May

4/19, Saturday, 11AM~Noon: Kendo demonstration at Westtown School Japanese Festival. (Westtown, PA 19395)

5/3, Saturday, 2:30~6:00 PM: First Friendly-Match Kendo Tournament with Princeton Kendo and Iaido Club.

5/28~6/1: Yu Sensei, Kendo 8th Dan, is coming from Taiwan to visit the East Coast. We have invited Yu Sensei to Ken Wa Kan on Thursday, 5/29. More details will be followed.

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First Friendly-Match Kendo Tournament, May 3rd at 2:30 PM

In order to help Ken Wa Kan and Princeton dojo's young fellows to get familiar with tournaments, and meanwhile to prepare for the tournament in NYC which will be hold during the summer, Ken Wa Kan is going to hold a Friendly-Match Tournament with Princeton Kendo & Iaido club on the first weekend of May.

Time: 2:30 PM, Saturday, May 3rd.

Location: Ken Wa Kan Kendo dojo, West Chester, PA

For all our members who have bogu, please come and enjoy the good Kendo moment! For the beginners, please come, get to know and welcome our friends from Princeton! Also welcome to bring your friends/family to observe.

More details about this Tournament will be announced soon.

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Photos Updated: 2008 Members & 2008-03-01 Make-up Class & Dinner Party

For the full album, go to: 2008 Members





For the full album, go to: 2008-03-01 Make-up Class & Dinner Party

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