ECUSKF

ECUSKF Camp Training for All US Championship

Date, Time, and Location:
Saturday, May 10th from 1- 3:30 PM @ OSU RPAC MPR A200

Practice Menu:
Practical matches for US Champ senshu (team or any individual division)

Dinner:
1st suggestion
Imperial Garden Restaurant (Chinese food)
2950 Hayden Run Plz
Columbus , OH 43235

ECUSKF Regular Joint Practice
Anybody welcomed

Date, Time, and Location:
Sunday, May 11th from 11 AM - 1:30 PM @ OSU RPAC MPR A200

Tentative Upcoming Schedule
Saturday – Camp Training , Sunday – Regular joint practice

5/24, 25 @PITTSBURGH
6/7, 8 @OSU
6/21, 22 @KY

Thanks
Shuhei Ito

Team ECUSKF 2008
President: Koki Ariga
Manager: Mitsuya Koizumi
Coach: Yohei Nagata
Men’s team: Yoshihiro Kojima, Takashi Nomiyama, Akira Inoue, Shuhei Ito, Chris Ruggiero, Jangguen Lee, Wataru Ishii(Sr. Youth in Individual).
Men’s Individual: Takashi Nomiyama, Chris Ruggiero, Jangguen Lee, Shuhei Ito, Joshua Kan, Eric Gildea, Steve Perry
Senior: Toshiya Otsuki
Women: Elizabeth Hahn, Shigemi Ishii
Mudansha: Joseph Clark, Chris George, Jared Bernstein.

Date: March 22nd, 2008 (Saturday)

Location: Ohio State University RPAC (Recreation & Physical Activity Center)
Address: (Building 246) 337 W 17th Ave Columbus, OH 43210 - map

Room: MPR A200 (same room where we held the Johnson Cup Tournament)

Timeline:
11:00 am - Practice room opens
12:00 pm - All United States Championship ECUSKF Team Tryout starts
1:00 pm - Tryout ends
Take a group picture of the participants/coaches/managers of
ECUSKF for All US Kendo Championship.
1:30 pm - Joint Practice begins
3:30 pm - Practice ends

Parking:
Parking Garage: Tuttle Park Place ($3 maximum per day) Building 088
Address: 2050 Tuttle Park Pl Columbus, OH 43210 - map

ECUSKF Joint Practice Info

Date:

Feb. 23rd, 2008

Location:

Edythe J Hayes Middle School
260 Richardson Pl
Lexington, KY 40509

Schedule:

1:30 ~ 3:00 PM Joint Practice/Registration
3:00 ~ 4:30 PM Promotion test
5:00 ~ 6:00 PM The Spring ECUSKF Board Meeting by officer and dojo rep

2008 Spring ECUSKF promotion announcement

2008 Spring ECUSKF promotion application

Mudansha:
1st: Carlos Escobedo [OSU]
2nd: Jared Bernstein [UC]
3rd: Neil Adelman [Cleveland]

Steve Johnson Cup (1dan - 3dan)
1st: Shuhei Ito [Miami Valley]
2nd: Jangguen Lee [OSU]
3rd: Josh Kan [UK]

4dan+
1st: Yoshihiro Kojima [U. Pittsburgh]
2nd: Takashi Nomiyama [UK]
3rd: Akira Inoue [OSU]

Teams
1st: OSU
2nd: Miami Valley B
3rd: U. Pittsburgh

Louisville Kendo Club will be hosting the 2008 New Year’s Hatsugeiko practice.

Location:
Louisville Kendo Club
901 Baxter Ave.
Louisville, KY 40204

Parking is available on Baxter Ave. and E. Breckinridge St.

Time:
Practice - 6:00 am to 8:00 am
Party - 8:30 am to 10:30 am

Hotel Suggestions:
Ramada Inn $99.00+tax
1041 Zorn Ave. Louisville KY, 40206
Phone: (502) 897-5101

Quality Inn & Suites From $45.00+tax
3255 Bardstown Rd. Louisville, KY 40205
Phone: (502) 454-0451

Holiday Inn From $97.50
120 West Broadway Louisville, KY 40202
Phone: (502) 584-8591

As of 11/19/2007, the new regulations for AUSKF promotion examinations have been released. It can be downloaded here or in the ‘About Kendo’ section of this website.

AUSKF Promotion Examination Regulations

Any member of the East Central U.S. Kendo federation interested in applying for this coming year’s All U.S. Kendo Championship must fill out the following application form and return it to Shuhei Ito (s_ito@hotmail.com) or Elizabeth Hahn (kendoka69@mac.com). Deadline is:  December 31st 2007.

2008 All U.S. Championship application

The exam will be held on Nov. 18th, 2007 at the OSU gym in Columbus, OH. Registration begins promptly at 10a.m.

Important:
- Email the promotion exam application form to Shuhei Ito (s_ito@hotmail.com) no later than November 14th.

- Please make sure to bring the testing fee and a copy of your latest Menjo.

- If you are not a member of AUSKF or ECUSKF, you need to pay membership fees at the promotion exam. Please fill out the ECUSKF membership form and bring it, along with one check (covering both fees) to the exam. Please make the check payable to “ECUSKF“.

Promotion application announcement

Promotion application form

ECUSKF/AUSKF Membership form

To ECUSKF Dojo Reps and Officers: The Fall ECUSKF board meeting will be held at 3pm on the day of the promotion exam.

Schedule and Duty

Tryout Match Rule and Matrix

14th WKC Team USA – First Tryouts Detailed Information

Bento order form - Please order bento before Oct. 23th

The first elimination tournament for the east coast participants will be held on October 27, 2007 at the Ohio State University at South - Gym of RPAC (Bldg #246) located at: 337 W. 17th. Ave. Columbus, OH, 43210.

Federations who will be participating in the east coast elimination tournament are: AEUSKF, EUSKF, ECUSKF, GNEUSKF, MWKF, SEUSKF