with a Summer camp in Bryn Mawr,  PA.

It included parallel seminars inIaido, Naginata, Kendo and Jodo.

We also had a Shinsa in Naginata:

Andrew Walsh and his son Peter Walsh - Yonkyu,
Seth Davis and Edward Kim                  - Sankyu,
Mark Bonanomi and Margaret Murphy  - Ikkyu.

Photos here, here and here

  

The Instructors, Judges and Shinpans for the events were: Sachiko Yamauchi Prough, Kyoshi, GNYNF; Helen Nakano, Kyoshi, SCNF; Fran Vall, Yondan, ECNFand  Mr. Ray Sosnowski, Sandan, ECNF

Sho-dan

 12th ECNF Fall Atarashii Naginata Seminar and Shinsa was held on October 12-24, 2007 in Capital Area Budokan, Alexandria, VA.

Two JSS members were promoted:

• Cheuk Tang, Shodan
• Frank Dimarco, Ikkyu

The Instructors for the Seminar were: Sachiko Yamauchi Prough, Kyoshi, GNYNF; Fran Vall, Yondan, ECNFand  Mr. Ray Sosnowski, Sandan, ECNF

For a Photo tour click here

The 4th International Naginata Championship was held on September 1st, 2007 in Brussels, Belgium.

For more details click here.

GNYNF Spring Naginata Seminar and Shinsawas held on March 23-25, 2007 in the CERC, Jersey City, NJ

Four JSS members were promoted:

• Arthur Cain, Ikkyu
• Chao-I Huang, Ikkyu
• Cheuk Tang, Ikkyu
• Serena Tang, Sankyu

The Instructors for the Seminar were: Sachiko Yamauchi Prough, Kyoshi, GNYNF; Helen Nakano; Renshi; SCNF; Fran Vall, Yondan, ECNFand  Mr. Ray Sosnowski, Sandan, ECNF

For a Photo tour click here

The 10th ECNF Seminar was held in October 13-15, 2006 in Watertown, MA.

Three of our members were promoted:

• Cheuk Tang, nikyu
• Chao-I Huang, nikyu
• Arthur Cain, nikyu

The Instructors for the Seminar were: Miyako Tanaka, Kyoshi; Sachiko Yamauchi, Kyoshi; Takami Tanner, Godan; and Fran Vall Yondan. Among other visitors to the ECNF were Andy Gibson, Sandan from Denver, Louraine DÕArtois, Sandra Jorgenson, and Antoine Fromentin from the CNF.

For a Photo tour of the Seminar click on this link.

The USNF held its Summer Naginata Camp at Sonoma State University in Sonoma California. July 3 to 9, 2006

This camp was two-fold in that it was the normal Naginata camp and at the same time the try-outs for the USA Team for the 4th World Naginata Championship in Brussels, Belgium in 2007.  There was some concern at the time that choosing a team over a year in advance would cause a problem if a team member had to drop out for whatever reason.  This proved to be a real concern.  The camp itself was sparsely attended and the USNF lost money on the guarantee of at least 40.  Even the NoCal members were not all there for the camp.

There has not been a USNF Naginata Camp since this one.  The World Championship took all the efforts of the USNF in 2007.  In 2008, holding an election for new officers seems to have a similar effect.

This match represented the shift of momentum in Naginata east ward.  This was a quarter final between Takami Turner, Godan, from RMNF and Katie Roche, Shodan, from GNYNF.

For video of womens indiv. shiai match between Katie Roche and Takami Tanner at the 2006 national campionship click here.

The ECNF Seminar was held in October 2004 in Glen Burney, MD.

Two of our members were promoted:

• Patrick Magpayo, Ikkyu
• Mai Naito, Yonkyu

The Bryn Mawr USNF Camp was held in August 2004.

Three of our members were promoted:

• Mark Magpayo, Nidan
• Ellery Engalla, Nidan
• Yulin Zhuang, Shodan

The 6th Annual NY Naginata Seminar and 4nd Annual Naginata Taikai is scheduled at the CERC on the weekend of March 18-20, 2005.

The 5th Annual NY Naginata Seminar and 3nd Annual Naginata Taikai was held at the CERC on the weekend of March 26-28, 2004.

On June 28 & 29, 2003 the INF World Championship was held in San Jose California at San Jose State Univeristy. Nichibukan members win two first place titles in Friendship Tournament. Full Report on Taikai click here.

April 25 & 26, 2003 Yamauchi Sensei attended special high level naginata training in Nagoya Japan (click here for photos). This was followed on May 2 by a day of training in Kizu of Tendo Ryu (click here for photos). The next day at the 99th Annual Kyoto Taikai, Yamauchi Sensei and Tanaka Sensei demostrated Tendo Ryu.

The 4th Annual NY Naginata Seminar and 2nd Annual Naginata Taikai was held at the CERC on the first weekend of April. The schedule was

• 7:30-9:30 PM Friday April 4, 2003 Naginata basics for beginners and special bogu training
• 9 AM - 4 PM Saturday April 5, 2003 Naginata Seminar followed by a shinsa, a short meeting of the ECNF, and dinner
• 9 AM - 4 PM Sunday April 6, 2003 NY Naginata Championship Tournament was won by the Nichibukan Team

Nichibukan Naginata held a 4 hour naginata seminar at Bryn Mawr College on November 23, 2002, February 8, 2003 and March 15, 2003. Photos. Details.

The ECNF held its annual fall seminar for 2002 in Northern Virginia on the weekend of November 8-10. For photos, ECNF members can logon to ECNF Yahoo group.

The USNF held its Seminar and Taikai on July 10-14, 2003 outside Philadelphia.

Yamauchi Sensei assisted by Margaret Welsh conducted a Naginata Seminar in Eaton PA on April 27, 2002. 18 very interested people with a variety of Budo backgrounds got a nice introduction to Naginata during the 4 hour seminar. Some Photos from the Seminar can be seen here.