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.
Oct 16-17 was the return of the annual CNF Seminar! It was incredible to have so many clubs gather and to practice safely with everyone in person again.
This year’s seminar focused on solidifying fundamentals, taking bogu practice to the next level, learning to teach, and shinpan training. We hope that everyone found some points to reflect on and take back to home dojos!
Thank you very much to the instructors for all the sessions:
Kaori Kubo (5dan)
Marija Landekic (4dan)
Tomas Almonte (3dan)
Simon Bruins (3dan)
Mary-Kate Proud (3dan)
Lutan Liu (2dan) and Alan McDougall (2dan)
Keep an eye out for a future post on the Regional Taikai results!
We’re excited to announce the return of the annual CNF Seminar, and that Regional Taikai will be held in Western Canada, Toronto, and Quebec. Details below:
CNF Seminar:
Dates: October 16 & 17
Location: Montreal, Quebec
Notes:
In person
CNF members only
Double-vaccination required
Mask required
All local, provincial, and federal health guidelines will be obeyed
Regional Taikai (and the relevant point-person):
Toronto: October 30 – Mary-Kate Proud
Edmonton: November 7 – Alan McDougall
Montreal: November 14 – Marija Landekic
Please contact the point-person for each region for further details!
The CNF has recently selected new officers. Thank you to everyone who applied to help us support and further Naginata in Canada; we look forward to continuing to work together on this mission in the future.
Please welcome:
President: Marija Landekic
Vice President: Kaori Kubo
Treasurer: Birgit Siegert-Iriyama
Executive Secretary: Jordan Macklem
Membership Secretary: Daiki Siegert-Iriyama
We are deeply grateful to the previous officers for their hard work; in particular, Antoine Fromentin-sensei, our previous President. He has been instrumental in shaping CanadianNaginata over the past years and growing the Federation to what it is today. Thank you, Antoine-sensei, for your time as President and we hope to practice with you again soon!
The 7th World Naginata Championships were hosted by the Deutscher Naginata Bund (German Naginata Federation) and took place in Weisbaden, Germany from July 4-10, 2019.
The Championships involved various divisions:
Engi:
Shikake-Oji
Zen Nihon Renmei no Kata
Shiai:
Women’s Team
Men’s Team
Women’s Individual
Men’s Individual
Other than the actual tournament above, there was also the Goodwill Tournament:
Goodwill Shiai Individual Women
Goodwill Shiai Individual Men
Among the many great naginataka, Team Canada earned 2nd place in Women’s Team Shiai! 🍁
