Garden State Kendo Tournament 2018
Kendo Shudokan · Tournament · Garden State Kendo · GSK · New Jersey
We participated Saturday in the 2018 Garden State Kendo Tournament. Every year, this excellent tournament attracts competitors from New York to Canada.
Team Shudokan
Students of Meishin Muso Ryu competed as well. We formed a team under our kendo dojo’s name, Shudokan Dojo. Here our team members pose for a group photo. From left: our friend Namsoo Kim, sempo; Michael Luckenbill, fukusho; Raj Subrahmanian, chuken; Katsunori Matsushita, taisho; and Gary Pang, jiho.
Making friends
Kendo tournaments are a great place to meet old friends and make new ones. Here, Zahn Kenon of Baltimore-Annapolis Kendo Dojo discusses Kendo with us during lunch break. Zahn and another member of his dojo joined our team just a couple weeks ago at the Keystone Goodwill Kendo Tournament in Exton, PA.
Indeed, when Shuji Matsushita sensei spoke at the Keystone tournament, he asked all the competitors to make at least two new friends.
Until next year
This year’s GSK Tournament took place on Saturday, April 28, 2018, at the City Sports on 4 complex in Englewood, NJ.
It was organized by Garden State Kendo (GSK) of Palisades Park, NJ. GSK graciously hosted an afterparty with excellent Korean food.
We look forward to another GSK tournament next year.