Oct. 15-16 was the annual CNF Seminar! Thank you very much to the sensei and organizers for a wonderful seminar.
We’re especially grateful to Schmucker-sensei (Renshi), D’hose-sensei (Renshi), and Kubo-sensei (5dan) who were in attendance. We had the opportunity to practice kata, learn new drills, review basics, and strengthen our fundamentals. We all learned much from sensei to take back into our regular practice.
Congratulations also to the new yudansha and kyu ranks earned this seminar! Three new 2-dan, one new shodan, and several kyu ranks were graded.
We’re excited to see the community grow and we look forward to seeing everyone again!
Our yearly CNF Seminar will be held on October 15-16 in Montreal. There will be grading up to 2-dan available at the seminar – please check with your dojo leaders about grading. Note that there will be no taikai this year. In exciting news, we will have in attendance two sensei from overseas!
A shinpan seminar was held in Montreal on August 14 to teach beginners the basics of being shinpan for shiai matches – we went through basic vocabulary, motions, and how to judge ippon!
June 18th was the return of the Toronto Naginata Tournament, rounding off our flurry of Spring events! Special thanks to Jordan Macklem for organizing the tournament. Congratulations to everyone!
Individuals
First Place: Marija Landekić
Second Place: Jordan Macklem
Third Place: Tomas Almonte
Teams
First Place:
Lutan Liu, Kaori Kubo, Bryce Hu, Muchun Han
Second Place:
Mira Wu, Mary Phan, Erin, Marija Landekić, Richard Yang
Third Place:
Mary-Kate Proud, Wendy Leung, Grace Yoo, Jordan Macklem, Kevin Hallé
The annual UTNC gasshuku was held May 27-29, with participation from both our university clubs (UofT & McGill). It was three-day whirlwind full of practice, hard work, and fun. Everyone had the chance to reflect on their naginata and set priorities for what to work on for their next practices!
The annual TNT is returning this year! It will be held in Toronto on Saturday, June 18th. There will be individuals and team matches, and volunteers are welcome to help run the tournament! Please check the Facebook event page for the latest details via this link.
Date: Saturday, June 18th, 2022
Location:
Marshall McLuhan Catholic Secondary School 1107 Avenue Rd, Toronto, ON M5N 3B1
March 19th marked the fourth annual Canadian Winter Classic Tournament! It was a jam-packed day with engi, individual shiai, and team shiai matches. Thank you to the volunteers who helped to run the tournament, and thank you to Marija Landekic for organizing the entire event.
Engi
First Place: Julia Luo & Marija Landekic
Second Place: Joanna Nguyen & Keisuke Nakajima
Third Place: Lutan Liu & Tomas Almonte
Individual Shiai
First Place: Tomas Almonte
Second Place: Marija Landekic
Third Place: Kevin Hallé
Team Shiai
First Place:
Tianyu Zhang, Marija Landekic, Grace Yoo
Second Place:
Kevin Hallé, Keisuke Nakajima, Jason Lujan
Third Place:
Jérémy Frandon, Raquel Trentin, Tomas Almonte
Best Match Award
The Third Place Engi Match – Grace Yoo / Akiko Nakagawa vs. Lutan Liu / Tomas Almonte
Three different Canadian Regional Taikai took place this year during the months of October and November. See below for the results of each one!
Toronto Regional Taikai
October 30 was the Toronto Regional Engi Tournament!
It was a busy 10-match round robin engi tournament and everyone had the opportunity to shinpan for multiple matches. We hope everyone had the chance to show off what they’ve been working on and to practice being shinpan. Special thanks to Mary-Kate Proud for organizing the tournament.
Congratulations to:
1st Place: Tianyu Zhang & Lutan Liu
2nd Place: Juliette Lee & Tomas Almonte
3rd Place: Mirage Wu & Victor Lu
Edmonton Regional Taikai
November 30 was the Edmonton Regional Tournament!
It was a peer-ranked uchikaeshi, engi, and kakari keikotournament. Everyone had two attempts to try and improve their score where the highest scores counted towards a total. Excited to see everyone incorporate their feedback into regular practice for the next tournament! Special thanks to Alan McDougall for organizing the event.
Top scorers:
1st Place: Dan Bouchard
2nd Place: Alan McDougall
Montreal Regional Taikai
Nov 13-14 was the Montreal Regional Tournament. It was a shiai and engi tournament each with two pools of round robin. We were excited to see such an amazing turn out, and especially to welcome McGill Naginata beginners to their first tournament ever! Everyone had the opportunity to shinpan and to help run the tournament. Special thanks to Marija Landekic for organizing the event.
