GNEUSKF (Greater Northeastern United States Kendo Federation)

06/23/2023

Dear GNEUSKF members:
GNE jackets are now avalable to all the federation members!!

The GNE Team store for all GNE members to order jackets is now open:
https://gnesummer2023.itemorder.com/

Deadline to order: Friday June 30, 2023
Options: Adult size jacket ($104), youth size jacket ($79)
Shipping details: orders ship individually and direct, free shipping is available over $199 (team members in a region may want to combine orders to save on shipping fees).

The minimum order for each item is 6, so if fewer than 6 are ordered, then the items will not be produced and we could wait and then open it again to see if we reach the minimum.
Please distribute this information to your dojo/club members!!

Sincerely,
Inosh*ta

Online ordering for GNE Store 2023 Summer ends on Fri, Jun 30, 2023 (11:59 PM PDT)

02/22/2023

Dear GNEUSKF members,

Please see the schedule of the coming Cleveland Kendo Tournament described below. The registration link will be sent out very soon, probably this week. We are sorry for the delay in setting up this tournament due to the uncertainty of the gym reservation confirmation and others.

For those who are planning to take the promotion exam, the application form for Promotion Exam is attached to this email. If you wish to take promotion exam, please send the form by email to the designated email address shown in the form ([email protected]).

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask us any questions.
Again, we are sorry for the delay in setting up the registration website.

Sincerely,


Shigemi Matsuyama

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Location: Adelbert Gym, Case Western Reserve University (Parking (two locations): Lot 53 in CWRU campus (recommended) or University Hospital's Rainbow Children's' Hospital Parking garage)

Day 1: March 24th, (Friday) Gym open from 6 pm

Joint Practice (Godo-Keiko) (Instruction with Shozo Kato (Kyoshi 8 dan) sensei), 6 pm-8 pm


Day 2: March 25th, (Saturday) Gym open from 8 am

Kendo Seminar and Godo-Keiko (Shozo Kato sensei) 9 am- noon

Tournament : 1 pm- 5 pm
Individual: Adult [ 19 years old and above ]
Mudansha [ 19 years old and above ]
1 & 2 Dan
3 & 4 Dan
5 Dan and above
Senior [ 55 years old and above ]
Women

5 pm- Joint Practice


Day 3: March 26th, (Sunday) Gym open from 8 am

8:30 am-Noon
Individual: Junior
Junior A [ up to 12 years old ]
Junior B [ 13-15 years old ]
Junior C [ 16-18 years old ]

Team:
Youth Team A [ up to 12 years old ] (3 members/team)
Youth Team B [ 13-16 years old ] (3 members/team)
Adult Team [ 17 years old and above ] (5 members/team)

1pm-3 pm
Promotion exams.

01/31/2023

Dear GNEUSKF kenshi,

Please see the tentative schedule of the Cleveland Taikai this year.
This schedule (plan) is the most up-to-date plan after the discussion with Kato sensei and Inosh*ta sensei.

March 24 (Fri). 6-8 pm. Joint Practice.
March 25 (Sat). 9 am-noon. Kendo Seminar and Joint practice.
March 25 (Sat). 1 pm- Tournament starts. Adult individuals match only.
March 26 (Sun). 8:30 am- Noon. Junior individuals and Team. Adult Team.
March 26 (Sun). 1pm-3 pm Promotion Exam (upto 4 dan).

Since many of Japanese Language Schools (Ohio, Michigan, NY, etc.) will have graduation ceremonies on March 25 (Saturday) and junior kenshi and their parents will not be able to participate in the tournament on March 25. To help these families, we plan to host junior and team (both junior and adult) events on Sunday.

The registration website will be ready soon, and we will send you another email with the link for the registration.

Due to the new minor (under 18 years old) protection law, our university (Case Western Reserve University) is asking us to comply with various regulations to have the junior tournament (under 18 years old). We plan to host junior divisions as scheduled. If approved, please understand that all the adult participants (including the parents entering the gym) must go through the compliance regulations. We will be sure to send you more information later.

Sincerely,

Shigemi Matsuyama
Cleveland Kendo Association
Case Western Reserve University Kendo Club

03/09/2020

Dear Kendo Friends:
With a heavy heart, I regret to announce the cancellation of the 32nd annual Cleveland Kendo Tournament / GNEUSKF Championships scheduled for March28, 2020.
We were hoping that the nascent coronavirus epidemic starting to affect the whole world will come under a reasonable control by now, but it appears that this is in fact getting worse. We are seeing exacerbation rather than amelioration, and it does appear that the clusters of outbreak s are just beginning, indeed far from reaching their peaks in the United States. Fortunately Ohio is one of the few remaining states without positive cases, but this may be due to the fact that testing was not widely available until recently. With this in mind, we have decided it is more prudent to make a decision at this point rather than wait until the last moment, jeopardizing everybody’s heath.
We, therefore, will cancel the entire events for the weekend of March 27 – 29, 2020.
As a personal note, I have been directly involved with the tournaments past 31 years consecutively, and this was a heart-wrenching decision. However, everybody’s health is more important than anything else. Please understand the situation, and I apologize sincerely to those who have already made travel arrangements.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Sincerely,
Inosh*ta
Chairperson
Tournament committee.

01/23/2020

The information and online reregistration link for the 32nd Cleveland Kendo Tournament to be held on 3/27-29/2020 is available at www.gneuskf.org.

01/11/2020

https://www.kendo-fik.org/old/english-page/8-dan-Taikai-2018.html

01/11/2020

We are happy to announce that Masaharu Kakehashi Sensei, 8 Dan Hanshi, former chief instructor of Tokyo Metropolitan Police Kendo, and Koji Onda Sensei, 8 Dan Kyoshi, Tokyo Metropolitan Police will be at the Cleveland Tournament on March 28, 2020. They will give a kendo seminar on Sunday March 29, 2020.

09/28/2019

Kodansha Keiko-kai at Case Western Reserve University In Cleveland OH on 9/28/2019.