2012-2013


2012 SEUSKF Tournament - MKC Team


Aug 2013 - Germantown International Festival Kendo Demonstration











2009 AUSKF Kendo Summer Camp (Millington, TN)

Participants at the 2009 AUSKF Kendo Summer Camp

(L) Kotaro Yoshida-sensei (5.dan) and (R) Guest Sensei from Tokyo, Toshiaki Takahashi-sensei (Hanshi, 8.dan)









Guest Sensei from Kagoshima, Japan, Eiji Sueno-sensei (Hanshi, 8.dan)





2009 AUSKF Kendo Summer Camp (Millington, TN)

(L) Craig Philbeck of Charlotte Kendo and (R) James Kim-sensei of Triangle Kendo


Front Row L to R: SEUSKF VP of Promotions Shinobu Maeda-sensei (7.dan, Summerlin Kendo Club), Yoshimi DeSouza-sensei (4.dan, GKA), Satomi Lane-sensei (4.dan, Charlotte Kendo), Susumu Yazaki-sensei (7.dan, Nashville Kendo), Scott Brooks-sensei (4.dan, Charlotte Kendo)
Back Row L to R: James Kim-sensei (4.dan, Triangle Kendo), Craig Philbeck (3.dan, Charlotte Kendo), Glenn Weyler (2.dan, Charlotte Kendo), Yashuhiro Yokote (2.dan, Charlotte Kendo)


Front Row L to R: Jeff Marsten-sensei (7.dan, PNKF), Shozo Kato-sensei (7.dan, AEUSKF), Eiji Sueno-sensei (Hanshi, 8.dan, Kagoshima, Japan), Diane Thornton, Dave Royer (Memphis Kendo), Yoshiteru Tagawa-sensei (8.dan, Detroit)
Second Row L to R: _____ , Shinobu Maeda-sensei (7.dan, Summerlin Kendo), _____, Susumu Yazaki-sensei (7.dan, Nashville), Satomi Lane (4.dan, Charlotte)
Back Two Rows L to R: Yuki Kasuya (2.dan, Memphis), Rogers Gossett (4.dan, Memphis), Kotaro Yoshida('s head)(5.dan, GNEUSKF) Reiko DeSouza (4.dan, GKA), Yuka Kamimura (3.dan, Memphis), Koji Takahashi-sensei (5.dan, Ken Zen (NYC)), Hiro Inaba (Memphis), Sakae Imai-sensei (5.dan, Nashville), Tanaka (4.dan, GKA), Ken Tamura-sensei (5.dan, GKA)


L to R: Ken Tamura (GKA), Susumu Yazaki-sensei (Nashville), James Kim (Triangle), Koji Takahashi (Ken Zen, NYC), Sakae Imai (Nashville), Tanaka (GKA)



Front Row L to R: _____, Daniel Ebihara-sensei (7.dan, Ken Zen, NYC), Yoshiteru Tagawa-sensei (8.dan, Detroit), Toshiaki Takahashi-sensei (Hanshi, 8.dan, Tokyo, Japan), AUSKF President Arthur Murakami-sensei (7.dan, California)
Standing L to R: James Kim, Craig Philbeck, Reiko DeSouza, Glenn Weyler('s head), Scott Brooks, Jay Lane, Susumu Yazaki-sensei (7.dan, Nashville), Yoshimi DeSouza, Yashuhiro Yokote, Satomi Lane, Sakae Imai, Kotaro Yoshida



2009 AUSKF Kendo Summer Camp (Millington, TN)


















2009 AUSKF Kendo Summer Camp (Millington, TN)
















11apr09 ~ Godogeiko and Shinsa ~ Memphis/Nashville

Lysa Walterhouse (R) starts to move against her opponent, Shinnosuke Taniguchi (L)

(L to R) Shinn Taniguchi, Masumi Kamimura, Wayne Edge, Lysa Walterhouse

(L to R) Warren Oster, Jon Kahre, Shinn Taniguchi


Iko Bullington of Nashville



(must learn to set proper shutter speed on camera)
(L) Don Crittenden works with Chris Cole (R) on kendo kata





11apr09 ~ Godogeiko and Shinsa ~ Memphis/Nashville

(L to R) Chris Corleone and William Thornton-Leonard

(L to R) Imai-sensei (of Nashville) and Yuki Kasuya

(L to R) Kazuto Yasuda and Yazaki-sensei (of Nashville)


(L to R) Walter White and Imai-sensei



Jim Atkins, one of Memphis Kendo's early students, flew down from Kentucky for the event!





Recent pics from class..

Yasuda-sensei works with the beginners


Wild guess, but this looks like Don Crittenden on the left

Looks like Jon Kahre (left)


Beginning of class line-up. Looks like nearly 75% of the senior students took the night off!




2008 SEUSKF Tournament - Memphis, TN

L to R:  Patrick Register-sensei, Kazuto Yasuda-sensei, Yuki Kasuya, Rogers Gossett-sensei, Don Crittenden


Lto R:  Patrick Register-sensei, Ken Tamura-sensei (Georgia Kendo Association), Pavel Litterbach-sensei (Atlanta Kendo Kai)

2008 SEUSKF Tournament

John Aqadro-sensei (4.dan Iaido) provided a very strong demonstration during the event's Opening Ceremony

2008 SEUSKF Tournament

Memphis Kendo Club's (L to R) Bill Delancey, Conrad Delancey, and Don Crittenden

Nashville Kendo Club's Bullington Family
(L to R): Iko, Chris, and Galen

St. Louis Kendo Club's Guido Stucco looks to be fixing a minor case of Kendo Foot


Cleveland Kendo Club's Jon Lyons (3.dan) and Dr. Inoshita-sensei, M.D. (7.dan)



A few folks from Memphis Kendo
(names withheld to protect the innocent!)





2008 SEUSKF Tournament

Arthur Murakami-sensei (7.dan), AUSKF VP of Promotions gives James Kim of Triangle Kendo Club a few pointers
Bob Souder (3.dan) of Gulf Coast Kendo (FL) and Takeshi Yamaguchi-sensei (7.dan), AUSKF Board Member
Georgia Kendo Alliance "A" Team advances to the Team Finals
(L to R) Ken Tamura (in bogu)(4.dan), Tomoya Tanaka (4.dan), Ryoko Barr (5.dan), Pavel Litterbach (2.dan), Akira Hara (3.dan)
Memphis Kendo Club "A" Team advances to the Team Finals
(L to R) Yuki Kasuya (2.dan), Don Crittenden (2.dan), Rogers Gossett (3.dan), Kazuto Yasuda (4.dan), Pat Register (in bogu)(4.dan)