Cleveland Tournament

On Saturday, UC Kendo traveled to Cleveland to compete in the annual Cleveland/GNEUSKF Championships at Case Western Reserve University.  Everyone had some fantastic fights.

Congrats to UC Team A (Thomas Koizumi, Chris George, Jyoshu Tsushima, Sun Kim, and Kazuhiko Bessho) on taking third place in team matches
Congrats to Bessho-sensei for defeating Burm Kim in individuals
Congrats to Charlie Fan and Sean Senske for participating in their first tournament! You did great!

Let's continue to work hard and continue to succeed!

ECUSKF Kentucky Tournament

Congrats to everyone who attended the Kentucky tournament today!!! I think for the first time, everyone came home with a medal!
Jyoshu-1st place 1dan/2dan individuals
Keafer-2nd place in Mudan individuals
Danessa-2nd place womens division
UC Team-2nd place team matches
Rachel-Fighting spirit award Mudan individuals

Good job everyone, lets practice hard so we can make these all 1st place positions next time!

Detroit Tournament and Promotion

Over the weekend UC had eight members compete in the Annual Detroit Tournament. Everyone fought hard and did well.
Congrats to Kazuhiko Bessho for his promotion to yondan!
Congrats to Jyoshu Tsushima who took first place in the nidan individuals category!
Congrats to team B for their fantastic matches, their fights inspired everyone to do their best as well!

Let's all train hard together, so next year we can do even better!

Shoryuhai

With the help of Fujita sensei, hopefully UC can secure a spot at the Shoryuhai this year at Harvard. So we don't miss two or three days of class, we will be flying, and using the club budget to offset the cost of airfare. So. We need everyone to participate in the fundraiser next week (maning the booth and baking cookies) to help us reach our goal. Contact Danessa with your available times to help out!