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SCKF Kata Seminar 2023
Sunday 7/30/23, 9am-4pm
El Rancho High School, Pico Rivera

The seminar will be led by Kato sensei, assisted by other 7dan sensei.
Note: due to last minute facility circumstances, the date was changed from 7/16 to 7/30.

  • sign up online
    • deadline is 7/15/23
    • please make one pass through the form for each person attending, including 7dan sensei
    • bento $10 each (7dan covered by SCKF)
    • if you could not make the 7/16 date but can now make it on 7/30, please sign up using the above link by 7/15
    • if you signed up for the 7/16 date and are still able to attend on 7/30, you do not need to take any action
    • if you signed up for the 7/16 date and cannot attend on 7/30, please email noriko.towata@usa.com

  • place: El Rancho High School
    Salcido Auxiliary Gym
    (at Loch Alene Ave and Homebrook St, see map pushpin)

  • tentative schedule:
    • 8:30 sign in/turn in bento payment, closes 8:45am
    • 9:00 line up and introduction
    • 9:10 start seminar (1 break)
    • 12:00 lunch
    • 1:00 restart seminar (1 break)
    • 3:20 line up and closing

  • attendance is restricted to 2 dan and above who already know and can perform the basics of all 10 kata

  • all dojo head instructors and assistant instructors are encouraged to attend especially if any of your kenshi has ever failed kata at shinsa

  • bring the following:
    • bokuto set (tachi and kodachi)
    • keikogi and hakama
    • tare and nafuda
    • bento payment (if paying by check, make payable to Southern California Kendo Federation, one check per dojo)

  • note: starting in April 2024, applicants for 3dan and above shinsa (including kodansha/shogo ranks) must have attended one kata seminar and one shinpan seminar within the previous 2 years

Sign ups by rank:

7D(8)     6D(4)     5D(16)     4D(19)    3D(17)    2D(8)     TOTAL: 72
attendance lists (alphabetical)
  • 2 Dan
    1. Kikuchi, Grace (TOR)
    2. Lee, Byunghyujn (CHUO)
    3. Malachowski, Robert (VAL)
    4. Motoki, Brandon (OCB)
    5. Oh, Jin Won (NOR)
    6. Paulsen, Joshua (TOR)
    7. Zhou, Jiadong (SD)
  • 3 Dan
    1. Arai, Kenji (VEN)
    2. Crawford, Sam (PCI)
    3. Fu, Linda (NOR)
    4. Liao, Steve (NOR)
    5. Ngo, Triet (OCB)
    6. Paik, Tom (CM)
    7. Sasaki, Masumi (VAL)
    8. Sera, Margaret (GED)
    9. Taguchi, Takahiro (GED)
    10. Watanabe, Yoshiaki (COV)
    11. Wellichinda, Izogbu (STYO)
    12. Yoon, Paul (JCI)
    13. Yun, Sean (STYO)
  • 4 Dan
    1. Huang, Michael (CHUO)
    2. Kang, Albert (CHUO)
    3. Kato, Mariko (COV)
    4. Lee, Andy (CHUO)
    5. Lee, Francis (COV)
    6. Makiuichi, Kyoko (STYO)
    7. Mizobe, Kenichiro (STYO)
    8. Morioka, James (CHUO)
    9. Ono, Clark (GED)
    10. Ra, Richard (CM)
    11. Sano, Nishiki (SD)
    12. Shimizu, Mio (GED)
    13. Takanashi, Robert (LOS)
    14. Towata , Noriko (VAL)
    15. Yang, James (CHUO)
    16. Yook, Kenn (IS)
  • 5 Dan
    1. Chinen, Katsushi (GED)
    2. Cho, Stanley (SD)
    3. Honda, Judy (LOS)
    4. Imai, Hideki (STYO)
    5. Kariya, Yoshijiro (NOR)
    6. Schultzel, Matthew (SD)
    7. Tew, Tom (IS)
    8. Vahl, James (SD)
    9. Yoon, Young (SD)
  • 6 Dan
    1. Goya, Yoshiyuki (OCB)
    2. Kim, Steven (COV)
    3. Kodama, Jean (NOR)
  • 7 Dan (instructors)
    1. Abe, Kevin (LOS)
    2. Arima, Kazuharu (STYO)
    3. Chinen, Katsuo (GED)
    4. Harada, Brandon (STYO)
    5. Kato, Tomoji (COV)
    6. Kinno, Kohjiro (OCB)
    7. Sakaue, Masataka (COV)
    8. Yuge, Tim (TOR)
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