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Atlanta Kendo Kai June 2, 2019

2019 Annual GKA Taikai

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Over Memorial Day weekend we had several members competing, testing and attending the seminar at the GKA annual taikai. Thank you to GKA for hosting a great event! It was wonderful to see kendo friends from around the southeast and we all learned a lot from the visiting sensei in the fantastic seminar. Here are the results for Atlanta Kendo Kai.

Tournament:
Ryoko Barr sensei won 1st place in the women’s division.
Richard Fueston in won 1st place in the mudansha division.
Lisa Wiest won kanto-sho in the women’s division.

Testing:
Lisa Wiest passed 1st Kyu.
Sakura Toriyama passed 2nd kyu.
Richard Fueston passed 2nd kyu.
DeVon Williams passed 3rd kyu.
Haruhiko Shidara passed 5th kyu.

Congratulations to everyone!

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