The seminar will be led by Abe sensei, assisted by other 7dan sensei.

• sign up online
  • deadline is 7/6/24
  • please make one pass through the form for each person attending, including 7dan sensei
  • bento $12 each (7dan covered by SCKF)

• place: El Rancho High School
  Salcido Auxiliary Gym, at Loch Alene Ave and Homebrook St
  • see map push pin
  • note: the men's dressing room will be in Band Room Z-4, outside in the grassy area. The Wrestling Room will not be available.

• 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

Participants by rank:

7D(8)     6D(5)     5D(10)     4D(25)    3D(24)    2D(14)     TOTAL: 86

Participants by dojo

ALH(-)    CHUO(19)  CM(5)     COV(8)    GED(8)   IS(2)     JCI(1)
LOS(3)    NOR(6)    OCB(4)    PCI(2)    PLNO(2)  SD(10)    SS(-)
STYO(10)  TOR(2)    VAL(2)    VEN(2)    WS(-)

• 2 Dan
  1. Ahn, Eliza (VAL)
  2. Cedeno, Tiffany (SD)
  3. Chen, Eric (SD)
  4. Chu, Michael (NOR)
  5. Huh, Jacob (CHUO)
  6. Ikezaki, Gabriel (SD)
  7. Ji, Daniel (NOR)
  8. Kang, Andrew (CHUO)
  9. KIM, DONG (CHUO)
  10. Kim, Christopher (CHUO)
  11. Lee, Daniel (SD)
  12. Maxey, Martin (PCI)
  13. Tovar, Richard (CM)
  14. White, Alexander (PLNO)
• 3 Dan
  1. Alaoui, Chakib (CHUO)
  2. Bennett, Erich (CM)
  3. Charng, Johnny (IS)
  4. Chen, Paul (GED)
  5. Choi, Eun Seok (TOR)
  6. Ho, Oi-Kay (SD)
  7. Hsu, Bradford (GED)
  8. Iwasaki, Tetsuya (TOR)
  9. Jeong, Wendy (IS)
  10. Kao, Chia Ling (GED)
  11. Lee, ByungHyun (CHUO)
  12. Miyata, Koichi (SD)
  13. Motoki, Brandon (OCB)
  14. Nakata, Midori (OCB)
  15. Paik, Thomas (CM)
  16. Sasaki, Masumi (VAL)
  17. Sato, Shoko (VEN)
  18. Schwab, Melissa (COV)
  19. Shim, Seong (SD)
  20. Shin, Insung (CHUO)
  21. Tseng, George (NOR)
  22. Watanabe, Yoshiaki (COV)
  23. Wellichinda, Izogbu (STYO)
  24. Yabuta, Takashi (SD)
• 4 Dan
  1. Cho, Inho (NOR)
  2. Hagiwara, Mika (STYO)
  3. Honda, William (LOS)
  4. Huang, Michael (CHUO)
  5. Inada, Charles (CHUO)
  6. Inouye, Jamie (VEN)
  7. Kang, Albert (CHUO)
  8. Kato, Mariko (COV)
  9. Lee, Andy (CHUO)
  10. Locklair, Stefan (PCI)
  11. Maekawa, Yoshiaki (OCB)
  12. Makiuchi, Teppei (STYO)
  13. Makiuchi, Kyoko (STYO)
  14. Morioka, James (CHUO)
  15. Ngo, Triet (OCB)
  16. Nguyen, Emil (NOR)
  17. Owaki, George (COV)
  18. Ra, Richard (CM)
  19. Segawa, Shiori (CM)
  20. Shimizu, Mio (GED)
  21. Takanashi, Robert (LOS)
  22. Takatsuki, Kazuhiro (JCI)
  23. Williams, Nathan (STYO)
  24. Wong Rodriguez, Aaron (PLNO)
  25. Yang, James (CHUO)
• 5 Dan
  1. Chinen, Katsumi (GED)
  2. Chinen, Katsushi (GED)
  3. Imai, Hideki (STYO)
  4. Irie, Kenji (CHUO)
  5. Kongo, Hidenori (GED)
  6. Liu, Kay (STYO)
  7. Mizobe, Kenichiro (STYO)
  8. Schultzel, Matt (SD)
  9. Shin, Victor (CHUO)
  10. Sunwoo, Eric (CHUO)
• 6 Dan
  1. Kim, Steven (COV)
  2. Nagatani, Naoki (CHUO)
  3. Shikai, Yuriko (CHUO)
  4. Tew, Saeko (COV)
  5. Zau, Susan (SD)
• 7 Dan (instructors)
  1. Abe, Kevin (LOS)
  2. Arima, Kazuharu (STYO)
  3. Chinen, Katsuo (GED)
  4. Harada, Brandon (STYO)
  5. Huh, Kevin (CHUO)
  6. Kato, Tomoji (COV)
  7. Kodama, Jean (NOR)
  8. Sakaue, Masataka (COV)