Yuhihai

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The UCLA Annual Invitational Yuhihai Intercollegiate Kendo Tournament, or Yuhihai (雄飛杯 Yūhihai), is the largest intercollegiate kendo tournament in North America. This event embodies the aspirations for the future of intercollegiate kendo. Starting in 2008, the tournament is planned, hosted, and run by students in the UCLA Kendo Club every winter. This year's 13th Annual Yuhihai, originally slated for April 26, 2020, was cancelled due to safety concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic. The tournament is usually held in UCLA's Student Activities Center (SAC) second floor gym.

History

Origins

The Annual Yuhihai Intercollegiate Kendo Tournament began in 2008. Masuo Shinotsuka (8 Dan Hanshi) gave the name "Yuhihai" to the tournament in its inaugural year. The term yūhi (雄飛) means a giant leap full of bravery and ambition. As such, the tournament aspires to motivate and challenge students through Kendo competition. The tournament seeks to bring together collegiate kendōka (剣道家) (kendo participants) on the West Coast, which has the largest kendo population in North America, as well as from other regions of the continent.

Perpetual Trophies

There are three perpetual trophies: one for the Kyu Team winners, one for the Women's Team winners, and one for the Co-ed Team winners. Every year, these trophies are brought back to Yuhihai where new teams compete to win them.

Setup

Yuhihai's opening ceremony begins with opening remarks from the Tournament Coordinator. The National Anthem is performed, present guests of honor are introduced, and team division winners from the previous year return the Perpetual Trophies. Afterwards, tournament rules and regulations are briefly discussed, and the UCLA Kendo Captain recites the Sportsmanship Pledge.

After the opening ceremony, the guest(s) of honor performs a kata demonstration.

The first divisions to start are the Non-Bogu division and Individual Kyu division. The Non-Bogu division begins with a round robin, and the winner of each group (determined by referee decision) enters an elimination bracket. The Individual Kyu division is conducted using an elimination bracket. The Individual Dan and Individual Women's divisions soon follow as the Non-Bogu division completes, each using an elimination bracket.

After an hour-long lunch break, the Kyu Team and Women's Team divisions begin. Both divisions start with a round robin that determines placement in an elimination bracket. The Co-ed Team division is the next and final division for the day, also beginning with a round robin that determines placement in an elimination bracket.

During the closing ceremony, first, second, and third-place winners are awarded medals. First place team winners are awarded Perpetual Trophies. After closing remarks, there is a Goodwill Godo Keiko (joint practice) before guests, participants, shinpan (referees), and volunteers head home.

Guests of Honor

Every year, the UCLA Kendo Club hosts these guests, who are highly regarded in kendo, at the Yuhihai Tournament.

Year	Guest of Honor	Rank	Affiliation
2019	Yoshimi Higashi	8 Dan Hanshi	Aichi Prefecture Police Department
2018	Masuo Shinotsuka Koji Origuchi	8 Dan Hanshi 8 Dan Kyoshi	Kanagawa Prefecture Police Department Kanagawa Prefecture Police Department
2017	Masuo Shinotsuka Hojo Tadaomi	8 Dan Hanshi 7 Dan Kyoshi	Kanagawa Prefecture Police Department Kanagawa Prefecture Police Department
2016	Masuo Shinotsuka Fumihiro Miyazaki	8 Dan Hanshi 8 Dan Kyoshi	Kanagawa Prefecture Police Department Kanagawa Prefecture Police Department
2015	Atsushi Hori Atsushi Fujimoto Kevin Abe Dong Su Lee	7 Dan Kyoshi 7 Dan Kyoshi 6 Dan Renshi 5 Dan	All United States Kendo Federation President Emeritus Southern California Kendo Organization President Southern California Kendo Federation First Vice President Western Kendo Federation President
2014	Masuo Shinotsuka	8 Dan Hanshi	Kanagawa Prefecture Police Department
2013	Tamae Fujino Mitsuko Kumano	7 Dan Kyoshi 7 Dan Renshi	Taigijuku Setagaya Dojo Kenshinkai
2012	Kenichi Ishida	8 Dan Hanshi	Osaka Police Department
2011	Atsushi Hori Arthur Murakami	7 Dan Kyoshi 7 Dan Kyoshi	All United States Kendo Federation President Emeritus All United States Kendo Federation President
2010	Arthur Murakami	7 Dan Kyoshi	All United States Kendo Federation President
2009	Masuo Shinotsuka	8 Dan Hanshi	Kanagawa Prefecture Police Department
2008	Atsushi Hori James Yamasaki Masaharu Makino	7 Dan Kyoshi 5 Dan 7 Dan Kyoshi	All United States Kendo Federation President Southern California Kendo Federation President Southern California Kendo Organization President

Results

Note: the 13th Annual Yuhihai Tournament, originally slated for April 26, 2020, was cancelled due to safety concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Non-Bogu Division

Participants demonstrate men, kote-men, kote-men-do-men-men, and kirikaeshi strikes. Shinpan (referees) determine winner by hantei (referee decision).

This division was added to the tournament in 2013.

Year	First Place	Second Place	Third Place
2019	Grace Wu, University of California, Los Angeles	Daisuke Nishioka, University of California, San Diego	Zehui (Cheryl) Liu, University of California, Los Angeles	Michaela Ann Scott, University of California, Irvine
2018	Tiffany Hosono, University of California, Irvine	Timothy Hsu, University of California, Irvine	Insiya Bambot, University of California, Los Angeles	Jung Yong (Arnold) Lee, University of California, Los Angeles
2017	Luca Gazoola, University of California, Irvine	Jacob Wiens, University of California, Los Angeles	Heming Huang, University of California, Santa Barbara	Tony Liu, University of California, Los Angeles
2016	Adrian Lee, University of California, Los Angeles	Christiane Pham, University of California, San Diego	Elton Dan, University of California, Irvine	Bolin Chen, University of California, San Diego
2015	Sue Yeom, University of California, Los Angeles	Sergio Muralles, University of California, Irvine	Amanda Hua, University of California, Los Angeles	Vincent Chapeta, University of California, Irvine
2014	Kimi Wang, University of California, Los Angeles	Jenny Chim, University of California, Los Angeles	Jenny Huang, University of California, Los Angeles	Bohan Zhang, University of California, Los Angeles
2013	Kyoko Yamaguchi, University of California, Los Angeles	Luna Li, University of California, Los Angeles	Melody Wang, University of California, Los Angeles	Fion Hung, University of California, Los Angeles

Individual Kyu Division

Kyu-ranked individuals compete in an elimination bracket.

This division was added to the tournament in 2009.

Year	First Place	Second Place	Third Place
2019	Yuichi Nikaido, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona	Kimihiko Sugino, University of California, San Diego	Luchen Gan, University of California, Irvine	Noah Kim, University of California, Riverside
2018	John Oh, University of California, Berkeley	Reid Watanabe, University of California, Riverside	Tae Joon Ahn, University of California, Berkeley	Chang Ki Lee, University of Southern California
2017	Jin Park, University of California, San Diego	Andrew Louie, University of California, Davis	Siddarth Govindan, University of California, San Diego	Mako Inouye, University of California, Berkeley
2016	Darrick Wang, University of California, Riverside	Park Jinsoo, University of California, San Diego	Nathan Tu, University of California, San Diego	Andrew T. Frederick, University of California, Santa Barbara
2015	Austin Kim, University of California, Berkeley	Jonathan Leung, University of California, Santa Barbara	Brendan Carruthers, University of California, Berkeley	Jaydeep Dutta, University of California, Riverside
2014	Minkyun Choi, University of California, Santa Barbara	Ken Ewing, California State University, Long Beach	Aaron Chan, University of California, Los Angeles	Jonathan Leung, University of California, Santa Barbara
2013	J. Wang, University of California, San Diego	Minkyun Choi, University of California, Santa Barbara	S. Alaoui, University of California, San Diego	Daniel Van Beek, University of California, Santa Barbara
2012	Shingo Ujiie, East Los Angeles Community College	Joshua Chan, University of California, Los Angeles	Andrew Kim, University of California, Los Angeles	Andrew Pham, University of California, Davis
2011	Tony Won, University of California, Los Angeles	Jason Ahn, University of California, Irvine	Patrick Kim, University of California, Los Angeles	Yosuke Yazawa, University of Southern California
2010	Nathan Gallinger, University of California, Irvine	Michael Siedlecki, University of California, Los Angeles	D. Hong, University of California, Davis	D. Yao, University of Southern California
2009	Tony Won, University of California, Los Angeles	Michael Siedlecki, University of California, Los Angeles	G. Kim, University of California, Los Angeles	I. Darmali, University of California, Los Angeles

Individual Women's Division

Individual women compete in an elimination bracket.

This division was added to the tournament in 2013.

Year	First Place	Second Place	Third Place
2019	Youyun Bao, New York University	Tiffany Cedeno, University of California, Santa Barbara	Nadia Lee, University of California, Los Angeles	Melanie Shum, University of California, Irvine
2018	Nadia Lee, University of California, Los Angeles	Wendy Jeong, University of California, Berkeley	Bianca Cung, University of California, Irvine	Eugene Gil, University of California, Berkeley
2017	Bianca Cung, University of California, Irvine	Hiromi Miyawaki, University of California, Los Angeles	Vicky Lau, University of California, Los Angeles	Yoon Hee Cho, University of California, Riverside
2016	Hiromi Miyawaki, University of California, Los Angeles	Akiko Yoshimura, University of California, Davis	Vicky Lau, University of California, Los Angeles	Elisabeth Kwon, University of California, Santa Barbara
2015	Hiromi Miyawaki, University of California, Los Angeles	Yoon Hee Cho, University of California, Riverside	Grace An, University of California, Los Angeles	Bianca Cung, University of California, Irvine
2014	Ling Chen, University of California, Los Angeles	Tomoko Kamimoto, Soka University of America	Grace An, University of California, Los Angeles	Haruna Ariga, University of California, Santa Barbara
2013	Isabel Lorimer, University of California, Irvine	A. Ono, Diablo Valley College	C. Lin, University of California, San Diego	E. Haraguchi, Soka University of America

Individual Dan Division

Dan-ranked individuals compete in an elimination bracket.

This division was added to the tournament in 2009.

Year	First Place	Second Place	Third Place
2019	Sung Park, University of California, Berkeley	Shunsuke Maekawa, University of California, Davis	Gen Takahashi, University of California, Los Angeles	Brandon Wang, University of California, Riverside
2018	Shunsuke Maekawa, University of California, Davis	Christopher Piggot, University of California, San Diego	Kenichiro Mizobe, University of California, Irvine	Kahn Jo, University of California, Berkeley
2017	Brian Wi, University of California, Irvine	Shoryu Watanabe, University of California, Riverside	Hiroshi Harada, University of California, Santa Barbara	Gaku Sasaki, University of California, Irvine
2016	Sung Park, University of California, Berkeley	Brian Wi, University of California, Irvine	Kentaro Hirai, University of California, Davis	Viet Nguyen, University of California, San Diego
2015	Kentaro Hirai, University of California, Davis	Alex Piggot, Stanford University	Hiroyuki Ogikubo, University of California, Irvine	Sung Park, University of California, Berkeley
2014	Damian Williams, University of California, Santa Barbara	Kensuke Ukai, University of California, San Diego	Kouji Kamimoto, California State University, Long Beach	Nobuo Takahashi, Soka University of America
2013	A. Choi, University of California, San Diego	David Moon, University of California, Riverside	A. Wolff-Takahashi, University of California, San Diego	K. Fujiwara, University of California, Santa Barbara
2012	Isabel Lorimer, University of California, Riverside	Shingo Amano, University of California, Irvine	Shinataro Takahashi, University of California, San Diego	Takahiro Suzuki, University of California, Los Angeles
2011	Kyle Umeda, University of California, Davis	Kentaro Hirai, University of California, Davis	Shinataro Takahashi, University of California, San Diego	John Song, University of California, Los Angeles
2010	K. Nakayama, Diablo Valley College	M. Nagatome, University of California, Davis	Takeshi Yokoyama, University of California, Los Angeles	Akane Kinjo, University of California, Riverside
2009	Takeshi Yokoyama, University of California, Los Angeles	Y. Mori, Soka University of America	Aki Goya, University of California, Los Angeles	Hojin Park, University of California, San Diego

Kyu Team Division

Teams consist of three Kyu-ranked members. A round robin determines placement in an elimination bracket.

This division was added to the tournament in 2018.

Year	First Place	Second Place	Third Place
2019	University of California, Riverside Team A	University of California, Los Angeles	University of California, Berkeley	California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
2018	University of California, Berkeley Team A	University of California, San Diego Team A	University of California, Los Angeles Team A	University of California, Riverside Team A

Women's Team Division

Teams consist of three female members. A round robin determines placement in an elimination bracket.

This division was added to the tournament in 2015.

Year	First Place	Second Place	Third Place
2019	University of California, Los Angeles	University of California, Irvine	University of California, Riverside Team A	University of California, Riverside Team B
2018	University of California, Berkeley Team A	University of California, Santa Barbara Team A	University of California, Los Angeles	University of California, Berkeley Team B
2017	University of California, Los Angeles	University of California, Santa Barbara Team A	University of California, Berkeley	University of California, San Diego
2016	University of California, Los Angeles Team A	University of California, Santa Barbara	University of California, San Diego Team A	University of California, Berkeley
2015	University of California, Los Angeles Team A	University of California, San Diego Team A	University of California, Los Angeles Team B	University of California, Berkeley

Co-ed Team Division

Teams consist of five members. A round robin determines placement in an elimination bracket.

This division began with the tournament in 2008.

Year	First Place	Second Place	Third Place
2019	University of California, Irvine	University of California, Riverside	University of California, Los Angeles	University of California, Berkeley
2018	University of California, Riverside	University of California, San Diego	University of California, Los Angeles	University of California, Davis
2017	University of California, Irvine Team A	University of California, Santa Barbara Team A	University of California, Los Angeles Team A	University of California, Davis
2016	University of California, Berkeley Team A	University of California, Riverside Team A	University of California, Los Angeles Team A	University of California, Irvine Team A
2015	University of California, Santa Barbara Team A	University of California, San Diego, Team A	University of California, Los Angeles Team B	University of California, Berkeley
2014	University of California, San Diego, Team A	University of California, Berkeley Team A	University of California, Los Angeles Team A	University of California, Santa Barbara Team A
2013	Diablo Valley College	University of California, Berkeley Team A	University of California, San Diego, Team A	University of California, Riverside Team A
2012	University of California, San Diego, Team A	University of California, Berkeley Team A	University of California, Los Angeles Team A	University of California, Riverside Team A
2011	University of California, Riverside Team A	University of California, Berkeley	Soka University of America Team A	University of California, Irvine Team A
2010	University of California, Los Angeles Team A	University of California, Davis Team A	Soka University of America	Diablo Valley College
2009	University of California, Los Angeles Team A	Diablo Valley College	University of California, Los Angeles Team B	University of California, Davis Team A
2008	University of California, San Diego, Team A	University of California, Riverside, Team A	University of California, Los Angeles Team A	(none)

Goodwill Alumni Division

College alumni compete in an elimination bracket.

This division was a special addition to the 10th Annual Yuhihai, held in 2017.

Year	First Place	Second Place	Third Place
2017	Daniel Van Beek, University of California, Davis	Jessie Park, University of California, Berkeley	Hwoyoung Choi, University of California, Los Angeles	Jason Ahn, University of California, Irvine

UCLA Kendo

The UCLA Kendo Club student organization was founded in 2002 under the head instruction of Masaharu Makino, 7-Dan instructor from Long Beach Kendo Dojo, to promote the art of Japanese swordsmanship. The UCLA Kendo Club was formed with the desire to introduce a unique life-long activity to UCLA students, providing them the opportunity to receive proper instruction, whether they wish to practice leisurely or to become avid competitors. The UCLA Kendo Club strives to practice and teach proper kendo, as well as balance competitiveness and self-cultivation. Our club has grown significantly since being established and has gained recognition as a top competitor in the growing collegiate kendo community.

The UCLA Kendo Club currently consists of a committed group of roughly 40 active participants ranging from undergraduate students to faculty. The majority of members are new to Kendo, but the senior students and head instructors have since been committed to introducing the fundamentals towards developing strong Kendo.

As a community at UCLA, our purpose is oriented towards providing students opportunities to attain educational benefits as well as personal and social enrichment that derive from participation in Kendo. With the support of UCLA Recreation, SCKO, SCKF, teachers, officers, and members, our club will continue to be a driving force in Southern California collegiate kendo.

External Links

• Official Yuhihai Website
• UCLA Kendo Club Website
• UCLA Recreation
• UCLA Club Sports - Martial Arts
• Southern California Kendo Organization (SCKO)
• Southern California Kendo Federation (SCKF)
• Western Kendo Federation (WKF)

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