Achievements (2006-Present)

10th ANNUAL KENT KENDO CLUB INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT - December 9, 2006, Kent Commons

• 9 Years and Under: 1st place - DH Kim

• 9 Years and Under: 2nd place - T. Samkange

• 10-12 Years: 2nd place - C. Blomquist

• 13-15 Years: 2nd place - G. Burgess

• 13-15 Years: 3rd place - A. Samkange

• Womens’: 3rd place - Y. Imiya

• 3-1 Kyu: 3rd place - P. Nozawa

• Junior Team: 1st place - Bellevue Red (G. Burgess, D. Manning, C. Blomquist, C. Villarosa, A. Samkange)

• Senior Team: 1st place - Bellevue (J. Vafaeezadeh, D. Pan, J. Nunokawa, D. Lew, N. Tanimura)

32nd ANNUAL PNKF KENDO TOURNAMENT - November 18, 2006, Kent

• 9 and Under: 1st place - DH Kim

• 3-1 Kyu Men: 3rd place - D. Kim

• Senior Team: 3rd place - Bellevue (D. Pan, J. Nunokawa, S. Blechschmidt, L. Tsybert, N. Tanimura)

7th INVITATIONAL TACOMA JUNIOR TAIKAI - October 21, 2006, Curtis High School, University Place

• 8 to 9 Years Old: 1st place - David H. Kim

• 8 to 9 Years Old: 3rd place - Tosh Samkange

• 8 to 9 Years Old: 4th place - David J.M. Kim

• 8 to 9 Years Old: Honorable mention - Trent Yamada

• 10 to 12 Years Old: 2nd place - Connor Blomquist

• 13 to 15 Years Old: 2nd place - Austen Samkange

• 16 to 18 Years Old: 4th place - Jahan Vafaeezadeh

• Junior Teams: 2nd place - Bellevue White (C. Blomquist, D. Manning, C. Villarosa)

KENDO SHINSA, July 30, 2006, Kent.

• 6TH KYU: Mikayla Blomquist, Ken Maddy, Trent Yamada

• 5TH KYU: Thomas Matsumiya

• 2ND KYU: Gordon Burgess, Sandy Wong

• 1ST KYU: Hide Iba, Peter Thurwachter, Anthony Zee

• 1ST DAN: Sergey Shilov

• 2ND DAN: Darrick Lew, Brendan Vanous

• 3RD DAN: Eric Dycus

16th ANNUAL BELLEVUE JUNIOR TAIKAI - May 7, 2004, Bellevue

• 1st-3rd Grade 1st place - DH Kim

• 7th-9th Grade: 3rd place - G. Burgess

• 7th-9th Grade: 3rd place - L. Cherng

• 7th-9th Grade: 4th place - B. Lim

• 10th-12th Grade: 1st place - J. Nunokawa

• 10th-12th Grade: 2nd place - K. Sasaki

• 10th-12th Grade: 3rd place - J. Koplin

• 10th-12th Grade: 4th place - J. Vafaeezadeh

• 10th-12th Grade: 4th place - K. Ma

• Team: 1st place - Bellevue Red (R. Kim, G. Burgess, P. Lin, D. Manning, L. Cherng)

• Awesome Spirit Award - Bernice Lin

31st ANNUAL UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON INVITATIONAL KENDO TOURNAMENT - April 22, 2006

• Women's Open 3rd place - K. Hinami

• 1-3 Kyu: 2nd place - P. Nozawa

• 1-3 Kyu: 4th place - T. Zee

• 1-2 Dan: 2nd place – K. Sasaki

• 1-2 Dan: 3rd place - L. Tsybert

• 3 Dan: 2nd place - N. Tanimura

• 3 Dan: 3rd place - W. Sakai

• Teams: 1st place - Bellevue (N. Tanimura, W. Sakai, J. Nunokawa, L. Tsybert, S. Blechschmidt)

KENDO SHINSA, February 25, 2006, Bellevue.

• 6TH KYU: David Kim

• 5TH KYU: Raine Blechschmidt, Bernice Lin

• 4TH KYU: Conner Blomquist

• 3RD KYU: Gordon Burgess, Philbert Lin, Dylan Manning, Chris Villarosa, Sandy Wong

• 2ND KYU: Dong-Lok Kim, Anthony Zee

• 1ST KYU: Niall James

• 1ST DAN: Kyoka Hinami, Jayson Nunokawa, Jahan Vafaeezadeh

• 3RD DAN: Yuki Imiya

• 4TH DAN: Kaoru Sasaki, Ai Takado

44th ANNUAL STEVESTON KENDO TOURNAMENT - February 11, 2006

• 10 Years and Under 3rd place - DL Kim

• Non-Degree 1-3 Kyu: 2nd place - A. Zee

• 1-2 Dan: 3rd place - L. Tsybert

• 3 Dan: 3rd place - W. Sakai

42nd ANNUAL VANCOUVER KENDO TOURNAMENT - January 21, 2006, BC Institute of Technology

• 31 to 40 Years: 3rd place - S. Blechschmidt

• Yamada Hironori Cup Kodansha Kohaku Match 2nd place - USA (D. DeJong, H. Samkange, B. McCarry, H. Goh, E. Elliott, D. Yotsuuye, D. Imanishi, C. Marsten, M. Yabe, R. Shimizu, S. Koike)

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