The CNF Seminar was a great success! It is always incredible to see everyone come out from across Canada. Thanks to all who attended, and thank you to those who served as instructors at the seminar. A special thank you to Marija Landekic-sensei for organizing and instructing and Kaori Kubo-sensei for instructing. We hope that everyone learned something to take back to their home dojo and to their own practices.
Below are some updates for next year’s World Naginata Championships.
The CNF National Championships were a great show of the effort everyone’s put into training in the past year. We’re excited to see where everyone will go from here as we head into the last year of training before 2024 Worlds! Thank you to everyone who came to participate and help run the tournament! And thank you to Marija Landekic for organizing the tournament.
Without further ado, here are the results:
Dangai engi-kyogi:
Yudansha engi-kyogi:
Dangai shiai-kyogi:
Open shiai-kyogi:
Teams shiai-kyogi:
Fighting Spirit: Taiga Jay (UofT) and Trivinh Truong (McGill)
Thank you to everyone who submitted a tenugui design for the 20th Anniversary of the CNF, and thank you to all who voted for their favourite designs – here (above) is the winner!
The date and location for the 8th World Naginata Championship has been confirmed! It will be held at the University of Colorado, Boulder on July 13, 2024. The Goodwill Tournament will be held the next day on July 14, 2024. More details to come!
This year’s Toronto Naginata Taikai was a resounding success! Thank you to everyone who came and participated, and an extra special thank you to our corps of volunteers who ran the whole day. Thank you also to Ellery Engalla-sensei and Rebecca Pomeroy who visited from the States! And finally, thank you to Jordan Macklem for organizing this tournament!
Shiai-kyogi (teams):
Shiai-kyogi (individuals):
Fighting Spirit: Natsuko Haw
The CNF National Championships is coming soon on June 10th in Montreal. There will be 5 divisions for competition: Dangai engi-kyogi (#1, 2, 4), yudansha engi-kyogi (#6, 7, 8), dangai shiai-kyogi, open shiai-kyogi, and team shiai-kyogi. We look forward to seeing everyone there!
The weekend of March 25-26th was the annual JSS Spring Seminar and Taikai. Thank you to Tyl Dermine-sensei, Ellery Engalla-sensei, and Gabriel Djinn-sensei for your instruction and guidance at the seminar. We hope everyone took back some key lessons to their home dojos.
Congratulations to everyone who competed for a fantastic showing at the taikai!
Yudansha Engi:
Yudansha Men Shiai:
Dangai Engi:
Dangai Men Shiai:
Dangai Women Shiai:
Fighting Spirit: Grace Yoo and Kevin Hallé
March 4th was the 5th Annual Canadian Winter Classic tournament. CWC is our yearly community taikai focused on fostering connection between dojos and ranks, and on providing the opportunity for everyone to have shinpan, shiai-kyogi, and engi-kyogi experience. This year we were excited to have participation from 7 Canadian dojos: Québec, Montréal, Rosemont, Concordia, McGill, UofT, and JCCC Naginata clubs! We were glad to welcome new faces and say hello again to our regulars.
It was a great tournament to kick off our last year of training leading up to 2024 World’s! Thank you to Marija Landekic for organizing this tournament. And now, the results:
Engi-kyogi 4kyu & below:
Engi-kyogi:
Shiai-kyogi (individuals):
Shiai-kyogi (teams):
Best Match: Audrey Sassi vs Banrong Hu (Shiai-kyogi)
Fighting Spirit: Grace Yoo and Banrong Hu
Best Student Shinpan: Joy Meng
Congratulations to everyone!
The CNF fiscal year will be changed as of 2023 to line up with the calendar year. This means that going forward, dojo and membership fees will be due on January 1st of the given year. A couple notes on some caveats: