2010 Annual Seminar

Thanks to all who attended and participated in our 21st annual seminar. For more details, click here.

2009 Annual Seminar

Thanks to all who attended and participated in our 20th annual seminar. For more details, click here.

2008 Annual Seminar

Thanks to all who attended and participated in our 19th annual seminar. For more details, click here.

2007 Annual Seminar

Thanks to all who attended and participated in our 18th annual seminar. For more details, click here.

25th Anniversary Party

Thanks to all who attended and participated in our 20th anniversary celebration. For more details and photos, click here.

2006 Annual Seminar

Thanks to all who attended and participated in our 17th annual seminar. For more details, click here.

2005 Annual Seminar

Thanks to all who attended and participated in our 16th annual seminar. For more details and photos, click here.

20th Anniversary Party

Thanks to all who attended and participated in our 20th anniversary celebration. For more details and photos, click here.

Participants at a special seminar held in August 97.  Back row l-r Motoki Asaoka (Sunrise, Burnaby), Doug Agnew, Collin Dennison, Neil Gendzwill, Lance Wall, Alain Blanchetot,Shawn O'Gallagher (Calgary), Dave Fenton (Winnipeg), Lynne Higgins, Chuck Murray (Winnipeg).  Middle row Sasuke Miyaoka, Brent Choi, Juhachi Asai, Shingo Miyaoka, Kengo Asai, James Welsh (Calgary), Glen Nakauchi (Winnipeg), Tom Yamashita (Winnipeg).  Front row Ohmi-Sensei (JCCC, Toronto), Haga-sensei (Japan), Miyaoka-sensei.

1999 Team Canada Gasshuku

Saskatoon was pleased to host Team Canada for a weekend of intensive training in September 1999. In addition to getting a chance to watch the team train, we also had several opportunities for keiko with the team members and two evenings of socializing. Many thanks to the CKF, especially coach Ray Murao and president Roy Asa, for choosing Saskatoon as the site for the gassuku. Here's a photo of Team Canada taken at the gasshuku.

2000 Saskatoon Seminar Report

The 2000 Saskatoon Kendo Seminar was held on March 4th and 5th. This was our most successful seminar ever, with about 50 participants from Saskatoon, Regina, Winnipeg, Calgary and Banff. We would like to thank the Canadian Kendo Federation and the B.C. Kendo Federation for their support of this important annual event.

The head instructor was Shinichi Koike, from North West Kendo Club in Seattle. Koike-sensei was assisted by Bob Takagaki of Steveston Kendo Club and David Mori of Brantford Kendo Club. This was Mori-sensei's first visit to Saskatoon. Koike-sensei and Takagaki-sensei were both returning for their second visit. We were pleasantly surprised when Shuya Shiono of Banff came. Shiono-sensei recently started up kendo again after a long absence. The host instructor was Ken Miyaoka of Saskatoon.

Koike-sensei taught seminars on Saturday morning and Sunday afternoon. In both sessions, he emphasized basics. Takagaki-sensei commented that the emphasis on basics made him consider just how hard the basics are. Koike-sensei's reply was that he was only teaching what he himself was working on, and that he would take a similar approach even with national team members.

Saturday afternoon we held our usual small taikai, which everyone enjoyed, and followed that with dinner and a few games of pool. Sunday morning included a kata practice and a grading. We had 12 candidates for ikkyu and 9 candidates for shodan, of which 9 and 7 passed, respectively.

 Prairie Taikai 2000 Results
Kids (14 and under)
1. Koichi Izumi (Regina)
2. Liam Meyer (Saskatoon)
Women
1. Fumiko Kitahara (Winnipeg)
2. Corie Namba (Winnipeg)
Novice (ikkyu and under)
1. David Taguchi (Banff)
2. Koichiro Miyamoto (Winnipeg)
Advanced (1-2 Dan)
1. Masashi Tamura (Regina)
2. Lance Wall (Saskatoon)
Open (3+ Dan)
1. David Mori (Brantford)
2. Shuya Shiono (Banff)