Virginia Kyudo Renmei
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Understanding and Instruction of
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Activities
2025 International Kyudo Federation (IKYF) Seminar & Shinsa
The seminar and shinsa were held at Carleton College gymnasium in August 2925. The Minnesota Kyudo Renmei co-hosted the event. A total of 173 attendees participated in the shinsa of which 18 were from the Virginia Kyudo Renmei. The promotees are shown below:
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Shodan
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Sean and Tomou
Nidan
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Qianzi, Sam, Taylor and Yung-Lun
Sandan
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Ailene, Brian and Ray
Yondan
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Jan, Jing and Misa (taikai champion - sandan and above)
NYNJ Joint Practice
The New York/New Jersey (NYNJ) Kyudo Kai (affiliate of the Virginia Kyudo Renmei) hosted this practice on June 21, 2025. The combined attendance of 30 members exceeded expectations! It was conducted as a mini-seminar with members of each Tachi (shooting group) receiving a detail critique of their shooting effort. It was a good preparatory practice for those who were registered to attend the IKYF seminar/shinsa in Minnesota scheduled for August 4-8, 2025.
New Years - 2025
The VKR held its annual New Year's event for 2025 on January 4th at the temporary Capital Area Budokai (CAB) training facility located at the Cherrydale Volunteer Fire Department (CVFD). Members who participated in this event are captured in these photos.
Sakura Matsuri
The 2019 Washington, DC Cherry Blossom festival (Sakura Matsuri) was held on April 13. We once again put on a Kyudo demonstration (makiwara shooting). The weather was perfect and the crowd was steady throughout the day!
Joint Kyudo Practice - Virginia
In May 2019, the VKR held a joint-practice with members from the New York/New Jersey Kyudo Kai (Affiliate of the Virginia Kyudo Renmei). We were very fortunate again to have Dan DeProspero, Renshi, 6th Dan, serve as the senior instructor. Because of space constraints, this event was restricted to only renmei members and invited guests. This was a two-day event with practice held at the Capital Area Budokai on Saturday and, at the Chomei Dojo (Bill's place) at King George, VA, on Sunday. It served as a great opportunity to gain deeper insight into what Kyudo is all about and, to promote camaraderie and friendship among the renmei members and guests.
2019 International Kyudo Federation (IKYF) American Seminar
This seminar was held at the University of South Carolina, Upstate, in Spartanburg, South Carolina, on June 24-26. Attendees received three days of comprehensive kyudo training from three master instructors (hanchi hachi-dan) from Japan. It also included a banquet for socializing and a shooting contest (taikai). Testing for rank (shinsa) was held on June 27. Congratulations to the following VKR members on their promotion.
Shodan
Adrian, Diana, Jeremy, Jing, Kelley, Lia, Ray
Sandan
Lisa, Massimo
Yondan
Catherine
Godan
Keiko
Renshi
Fumiko
Joint Kyudo Practice - New York/New Jersey
The New York/New Jersey Kyudo Kai hosted its 7th annual joint Kyudo practice on October 12&13, 2019. Thirty four individuals participated which made this the largest one held to date. The October 13 session included Taikai which was held in accordance with the rules set by the International Kyudo Federation and the American Kyudo Renmei.
