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Two taikai in one month!

SFU hasn’t participated in the UW taikai for couple years, so it was great that we had a team going down to Seattle! Everyone put up a great fight in their respective individual categories, and although we did not get far in the team match, it was a very valuable experience!

1-3 Kyu Division
2nd place – Lily Wang
3rd place – Becca Hsu

We had a great turnout for the VKC Taikai – 10 people, two teams. While we did not have anyone finishing top 3 in the individual categories, we’re very happy to announce that our Team A (Julio, Michael, Hawon, James, David) made it to the semi finals! Despite sporting all different injuries, they showed great spirit and won two team matches, finishing 3rd. That made history for the club in terms of team placement at VKC Taikai! Definitely a moment worth remembering~

From the taikai and practices, we can really see each member’s self improvement in kendo, and our club growing as a whole :) So proud of everyone! Let’s continue to practice hard, eat lots, and keep getting better and better!

>> UW Taikai

>> VKC Taikai

Thanks everyone for coming out to our 2012 Spring Icebreaker yesterday, and also joining the celebration of our Sensei’s birthday! After all that Chinese food and chocolate cake, everyone better come diligently to practice to burn off those calories! We’ll train hard and do our best in April’s Taikai right? :)

Happy Birthday Sensei! Please continue to teach us Kendo for many, many years!

Congratulations to SFU Kendo participants for a job well done at both tournaments!

Intercollegiate results for SFU:

Non-bogu:
1st place – Justin si
2nd place – Hannah Schofield
3rd place – Gelang Ouyang & Richard Kim

Ikkyu & under:
1st place – Julio Oliviera
2nd place – Ronnie Ma
3rd place – Becca Hsu

Shodan & up:
3rd place – Alan Song

Steveston Taikai results for SFU:

Women Shodan & under:
1st place – Becca Hsu

Mens Ikkyu & under:
3rd place – Julio Oliviera

>> 7th Intercollegiate Taikai

>> 50th Annual Steveston Taikai