Coffee with Sensei

Thoughts and comments by Sensei Jorge Kishkawa

Return to last Posts

23-Oct-2018

1st WORLD KENJUTSU Championship - RESULTS

Results of the 1st WORLD KENJUTSU CHAMPIONSHIP held on October 20th and 21st, 2018 in São Paulo with the participation of delegations from:
Portugal, England, United States, Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil.

KENJUTSU Kids (5 - 11 years, demonstrative)

1st Renan Franco (Santo André)
2nd Eduardo Chen (São Paulo)
3rd Lucas Cortes (Rio de Janeiro)
3rd Massaru Shimonaga (Florianópolis)

KENJUTSU Teenagers (12 - 15 years, demonstrative)

1st Yoshimitsu Kishikawa (São Paulo)
2nd Hiromitsu Kishikawa (São Paulo)
3rd Rafael Puig (São Paulo)
3rd Felipe Gallinaro (São Paulo)

KENJUTSU Beginners (without Bogu, demonstrative)

1st Luiz Pacheco (Belo Horizonte)
2nd Luiza Perazzini (Brasília)
3rd Vitor Botinhão (Rio de Janeiro)

KENJUTSU Women´s 0-7th KYU

1st Luz Citlaly (México)
2nd Bianca Degasperi (Ribeirão Preto)
3rd Beatriz RoMen´sellia (Argentina)
3rd Noemi Lopes (Caxias do Sul)

KENJUTSU Men´s 0-7th KYU

1st Chigeo Tsuyama (São Paulo)
2nd Juan Borrero (Miami)
3rd Jocemar Balthazar (Caxias do Sul)
3rd Samuel da Silva (Brasília)

KENJUTSU Women´s 6th KYU

1st Fernanda Fonseca (Juiz de Fora)
2nd Sayuri Oshiro (São Paulo)
3rd Toshi Nagumo (São Paulo)
3rd Carla Puertas (Argentina)

KENJUTSU Men´s 6th KYU

1st Alejandro Barrientos (Chile)
2nd Ariel Catalan (Chile)
3rd Rodrigo Contreras (Chile)
3rd Leonel Moreira (Uruguay)

KENJUTSU Women´s 5th KYU

1st Luciana Rovere (Ponta Grossa)
2nd Larissa Botelho (Campinas)
3rd Barbara Huarte (Argentina)
3rd Nagyla Barros (Curitiba)

KENJUTSU Men´s 5th KYU

1st Carlos Verzine (São Paulo)
2nd Carlos Morales (Chile)
3rd Rafael Palacios (Chile)
3rd Thomas Spanos (USA, Denver)

KENJUTSU Women´s 4th KYU

1st Luiza Estevão (Brasília)
2nd Laura de Marsico (Argentina)
3rd Paula Cintioni (Argentina)
3rd Tai Cheng (Argentina)

KENJUTSU Men´s 4th KYU

1st José Pereira (Sorocaba)
2nd André Kiryu (Campinas)
3rd Isao Yoshimura (Chile)
3rd Gabriel Dalla Pria (São Paulo)

KENJUTSU Women´s Senior

1st Carla Puertas (Argentina)
2nd Beatriz RoMen´sella (Argentina)
3rd Yumi Kanemaru (Rio de Janeiro)
3rd Mara da Silva (Porto Alegre)

KENJUTSU Men´s Senior

1st Takeshi Kamimura (USA, Miami)
2nd José Pereira (Sorocaba)
3rd Dierk Roesler (São Paulo)
3rd Marcio Neubauer (São Paulo)

KENJUTSU Absolut Champion - Women, Individual

1st Paula Cintioni (Argentina)
2nd Ana Lucia Pieri (São Paulo)
3rd Marina Saieva (Argentina)

KENJUTSU Absolut Champion - Men Individual

1st Gilberto Vieira (São Paulo)
2nd Ronaldo Costa (Rio de Janeiro)
3rd Alexandre Vaz (Rio de Janeiro)

KENJUTSU Team, Women

1st Brasil A (Estevão-DF, Larissa-CAMP, Kate-SOR, Tiemi-PR, Ana Lúcia-SP)
2nd Argentina A (Saieva, Paula, Sabrina, Laura , Bárbara)
3rd Brasil B (Gabriella-MG, Cavalheiro-RS, Uenojo-RJ, Gabrielle-RS, Bianca-PR)

KENJUTSU Team, Men

1st Brasil B (Marques-SP, Mendes-RS, Silva-SP, Vaz-RJ, Gilberto-SP, Estevão-SP)
2nd Brasil A (Costa-RJ, Meloni-SP, Drawin-MG, Massao-SP, Kenzo-RJ, Felipe-SJC)
3rd Argentina A (Basilio, Huarte, Sangiorgio, Osella, Joel)

Kenjutsu Absolut Champion - Men, Individual
Alexandre Vaz (3rd, RJ), Gilberto Vieira (1st, SP) and Ronaldo Costa (2nd, RJ)



Kenjutsu Absolut Champion - Women, Individual
Melissa (Fighting Spirit Women´s Award) receiving 3rd place award in the name of Saieva (3rd, ARG), Ana Lúcia (2nd, SP) and Daiana receiving 1st place award in the name of Paula (1st, ARG)



Thomas Spanos (USA, Denver) receiving the Fighting Spirit Men´s Award

• Home Niten
• News
  • Coffee with Sensei
  • Newsboard
  • Students Section

• Send to a friend
• Print

• blog dos alunos
• facebook

The website of the Niten Institute aims to transmit information about the universe of samurai sword arts and Japanese culture to students of the Institute and to those interested in general. This site reserves the right to transmit only what is in accordance with its proposals, guaranteeing the seriousness of its content. In respect of this same right to propagate and endorse only what is recognized as approved by the Institute´s management, we reserve the right to reply. The texts on this site are subject to correction and do not necessarily reflect the views of the traditional schools with which we have links.

The articles of authorship of the Niten Institute can be reproduced, quoted and distributed freely, provided that this is done for free. We only request that the address of the source be disclosed. Other authors´ articles - listed in the Bibliography of this site - are protected by copyright. The quotations are made according to the permission of Article 46 of brazilian Law 9.610 on Copyright. Materials of United States origin are cited under the authority of the Fair-Use Statute United States Code, Title 17, Section 107. The Niten Institute respects the intellectual property of others. If you believe that your work has been violated, please contact us so that this can be remedied.

To better protect the privacy of its visitors, Instituto Niten undertakes not to disclose the personal data of those who contact us and register in our newsletter. We also agree not to send spam, and we restrict ourselves to only responding to questions and requests that are sent to us via email. The Niten Institute sends its registered members only their Newsletter, EGAN, to those who have opted to receive it, or in an attachment to an answer to questions sent by email or our form.

The Niten Institute website is developed by the Institute´s management team. We thank all the students and friends who contributed and added some of their energy to the site.