This past weekend, BUKA participated in Columbia’s first annual Shishiai Intercollegiate Kendo Tournament. Below are the results of the tournament (get pumped!):
Individuals
The Individual tournament was round robin-style and divided by rank: the Yudansha and Dangai played separately. BU had 14 members compete in the tournament – 8 in the Dangai and 6 in the Yudansha. The following members of BUKA played during the individual tournament proceedings:
Dangai
- Genevieve Boudreau
- Raymond Feng
- Peter Iyer
- Christina Lupoli
- Taryn Ross
- Jack Wang
- Youming Ye
- Julie Zhu
Yudansha
- Jessica Alexandria
- Reina Iwase
- Brandon Kesselly
- Shawn Shou
- Lucien Thomas
- John Yi
Results
- Dangai: 2nd – Raymond Feng
- Yudansha: 3rd – Lucien Thomas
Highlights
- Raymond Feng won his first Individual medal!
- Lucien Thomas won his first Yudansha medal!
Teams
The Team tournament was single-elimination and featured multiple teams from about 10 schools. BU sent two teams (A and B) to compete for the gold. The teams were as follows:
A
- Senpo: Lucien Thomas
- Jiho: Brandon Kesselly
- Chuken: Shawn Shou
- Fukusho: Jessica Alexandria
- Taisho: John Yi
B
- Senpo: Genevieve Boudreau
- Jiho: Youming Ye
- Chuken: Julie Zhu
- Fukusho: Reina Iwase
- Taisho: Raymond Feng
Results
- 3rd – BU A
Highlights
- BU A placed 3rd overall!
- B Team Taisho Raymond Feng scored against a 3 Dan opponent!
Columbia was the first tournament of 2014, and BU fought against many tough opponents during this single day tournament. We have taken this as a learning experience and will keep all of what we learned for the upcoming Rutgers Shidogakuin in March. Congratulations to everyone who placed today, and to those who did not, do not lose your fighting spirit: train harder and persevere!