Ken-Zen Institute

08/13/2026

Congratulations to James Noble on passing 1-Kyu at this month’s AEUSKF Summer Promotion Exam!

08/08/2026

Thank you Aaron Yu of UB Kendo Club for spending your summer with us!

08/01/2026

Congratulations to Ken-Zen Members on their outstanding performances at this year’s AUSKF Iaido Summer Camp Seminar, Taikai, and Shinsa! Results: Shinsa – 1-Kyu: Lisa Urban; 1-Dan: Valentine DeWeck, Hao Li, Ved Patel; 3-Dan: Deegan Hockstein, Shihori Yamamoto. Taikai – 1-Dan Div.: 1st Pl., Shihori Yamamoto; 2-Dan Div.: 2nd Pl., Deegan Hockstein; 6-Dan Div.: 2nd-Pl., Gordon Hall; 3rd-Pl., David Bressler. (Photos by: Nancy James)

07/13/2026

Congratulations to *all* All Eastern US Kendo Federation (AEUSKF) Members who placed at this year’s All United States Kendo Championships! We’re especially proud of Ken-Zen’s Cabrera Sensei’s dedication to this effort!

• Individual Divisions: Junior Youth Girls – Kantosho (“Best 8”), Suzuha Noelle Winters; Senior Youth Girls: 1st Pl., Lynn Uemoto; Senior Youth Boys – Kantosho, Ken Uemoto; Women’s: Kantosho (Best 8), Eri Kosakaya; Men’s –
2nd Pl., Satoshi Kubo and Kantosho, Kei Takahashi; Senior Women’s Div.: Kantosho – Misao Kono-Grivas; Senior Men’s: Kantosho – Joshua Caroll
• Team Divisions: Women’s – 3rd Pl., AEUSKF Women’s Team; Men’s – 3rd Pl., AEUSKF Men’s Team; Senior’s – 3rd Pl., AEUSKF Senior Team
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07/04/2026

Last Sunday Ken-Zen Kids closed out the season with our traditional Suikawari – blindfolded watermelon splitting – at Washington Market Park! Thanks to our “sunshine monks” (https://shorturl.at/uuMpv) for keeping the event rain-free!
See you in September!

07/02/2026

Members and Friends,
As you may be aware, Moises Becerra Sensei (a Student of Kan Sensei; Instructor at Ken-Zen; President of the South Eastern US Kendo Federation) is now recovering from double lung transplant surgery as treatment for progressive interstitial lung disease. Please consider helping our friend. Thank you.

Dear friends, my name is Mike Watson, and I am the Treasurer for the So… Michael Watson needs your support for Help Moises Becerra with Life-Saving Transplant

06/13/2026

We were thrilled to return for this year’s Town/Village of Harrison, NY Japanese Festival where Ken-Zen Dojo Kendo and Enshinkan Kendo Dojo Iaido both made presentations. Thanks to sponsor Oishinbo, the Volunteers, and congratulations to Stage Leader Mei Maehara on the celebration’s success!

06/07/2026

Ken-Zen and Enshinkan Kendo Dojos wish to thank GSK’s Henry Lee Sensei, Palisades Park Jr./Sr. High School, and the Volunteers who made last Saturday’s Garden State Kendo Tournament a success! Congratulations to NYU’s Mitsuki Nakajima on her 3rd-Pl. win in the Women’s 1-2-Dan Div. (under Ken-Zen’s banner).

05/29/2026

Congratulations to Ken-Zen Youth Naginata Students Lynnz Fukuda and Caroline Powers on achieving 3-Kyu!

05/17/2026

Ken-Zen, Enshinkan Kendo Dojo, NYU Kendo, and Ken-Zen Naginata were again honored to participate in last Saturday’s Japan Parade! Thank you to all the organizers and volunteers and to Mother Nature for sparing us!