May 2024

The Canadian Naginata Federation held its Annual General Meeting on April 28th, 2024. The representatives from each dojo of the Federation were presented with updates from the Board’s officers, and an update on the status of the Federation, including membership numbers and finances. As part of this meeting, two new members of the Board of Directors were elected by the voting members.

The CNF Board of Directors welcomes Dan Bouchard (Alberta) and Jordan Macklem (Ontario) to the team! This brings the total member count of the Board to 5. In alphabetical order, your current Directors are:

  • Alan McDougall  (Alberta)
  • Dan Bouchard  (Alberta)
  • Jordan Macklem  (Ontario)
  • Kaori Kubo  (Ontario)
  • Marija Landekic  (Quebec)

The Board is always here to serve.  If you have question, concerns, comments, or ideas that you would like put to the leadership of the Federation, please speak with your dojo leader.  They can in turn inform us, and the Board of Directors is happy to discuss!

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  • May 20, 2024

The 2024 Toronto Naginata Tournament was held on May 11-12th 2024 at Loretto College School, Toronto Canada. Thank you very much to Jordan Macklem for organizing the tournament!

Individual Shiai
1st – Marija Landekic
2nd – Jordan Macklem
3rd – Alex Lin

Team Shiai
1st – Team Terra (David Luong, Will Choi, Andrew Boyd)
2nd – Team Venus (Taiga Jay, Rose Ly O’Brien, Jordan Macklem)
3rd – Team Jupiter (Khoa Doan, Athena Vithal, Kaori Kubo)

Shikake-Ouji
1st – Jordan Macklem / Marija Landekic
2nd – Mary Phan / Kaori Kubo
3rd – Andrew Boyd / Dan Bouchard

Kantosho (Fighting Spirit)
David Luong

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  • May 15, 2024

The Canadian delegation at the 42nd All Japan Student Naginata Federation Seminar held in Tokyo from Feb 29 to March 3!

At this seminar, we drilled on fundamentals, worked on shikake-ouji, had bogu practice, learned about emergency first aid, and did rhythm performances!
Thank you so much to sensei and the AJSNF for allowing us to participate in this seminar. We learned so much and had a lot of fun practicing and meeting everyone!

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  • May 1, 2024