Congratulations to everyone who attended the Nabeshima Cup! Everyone performed well and gave it their all, this year we had a 100% pass rate from our dojo and two awards were won! 

Texas Taikai:
3rd Mosley Sensei

Nabeshima Cup:
3rd Luis Angeli

Testing:
Claire Delpirou (OKC) for niikyu. 
Ben Odom (OKC) for niikyu
Zane Aleson (OKC) for shodan. 
And Mil Mang (OKC) for niidan.
 

Hey guys its that time again for the Dallas Nabeshima Cup 

Taikai Registration Deadline: April 6th, 2013 (Internal Dojo Deadline)

Hotel Registration Deadline: April 11th, 2013

What: Seminar, Taikai, & Shinsa

• Friday, May 3 - Southwest US Kendo and Iaido Federation (SWKIF) Kendo Seminar
• Saturday, May 4 - 14th Nabeshima Cup Taikai
• Saturday, May 4 - 8th Texas Open Kendo Taikai
• Sunday, May 5 - SWKIF Kendo Shinsa / Promotional Exam

History:

• The Nabeshima Cup tournament started in 1992 as a goodwill tournament hosted by the DFWKIK for SWKIF members SanDan and below. In 2005 the tournament was restructured into two divisions, a Mudansha division (IkKyu and below) and a Yudansha division (ShoDan to SanDan), with the Nabeshima Cup awarded to the winner of the Mudansha division. In 2007 a new Youth division was added. 2013’s Nabeshima Cup taikai will be offering four divisions: Mudansha, Yudansha, Women, and Youth. The tournament is open to members of the Southwest Kendo and Iaido Federation (SWKIF), All United States Kendo Federation (AUSKF), and/or the International Kendo Federation (IKF) organizations.
• The Texas Open Kendo Taikai started in 1999 and, like the Nabeshima Cup, is now hosted every other year by the DFWKIK. The Texas Open taikai has been, and continues to be, open to practioners YonDan and above who are current or prospective members of the SWKIF, AUSKF, and/or IKF organizations.

Dear Kendoka the Dojo will be closed today 2-12-2013 due to the inclimate weather today please stay warm and safe

Hi guys its that time of year again the 2013 SWKIF and AUSKF Registration is now up.  If you are not already a member we highly encourage you to sign up.  Membership is required for ranking.

please make all checks payable to: Bryan Mosley
Dojo Due Date will be: March 9, 2013

Hey everyone this year we are going to have the Shinnenkai "new year gathering" a little late.  Please Make room in your calendar, the event will be held at Mosley Sensei's home below is the scheduled time and location for the event.

Date and Time: Friday Jan 25, 2013 8:00pm-11:00pmish
Address:  600 NW 140th Edmond OK, 73013

We encourage everyone to contribute and bring some food or drinks as this will be a pot luck dinner.  

Thanks and Happy New Year!

Nabeshima Cup Takai and Rank Test will be held May 3-5 of 2013. As usual, it will be located in Dallas, Texas. We will provide more information closer to the event. Please mark your calendars!

Hello Everyone Kendo will be Cancelled this thursday 11-22-2012

Kendo WIll resume classes on 11-24-2012

Hey guys, Kendo practice this Saturday will be starting and ending a little early this week, due to visitors from Tulsa's Shin Sou Fu Kan. below is the start and end time of this Saturday practice.

Saturday Nov 17, 2012
8:30am-10:30am

this is only for this Saturday practice.  Normal hours resume on Nov 24,2012

Hey everyone we have some great news... no pun intended.... this past weekend as you know, we were visited by Iwanami Sensei of the Shi Ku Kai Dojo in japan.  We also ended up getting a spot on the Tulsa news.  the clip about kendo begins about 1:00min into the video enjoy!

Hey guys Kendo classes will be canceled tonight and Saturday 11/8/2012-11/10/2012 

classes will resume on tuesday 11/13/2012

Kendoka homework is to watch this video closely:
http://vimeo.com/53034030 
Thank you and see you all next week!