2015 Okinawa Traditional Kobudo World Tournament
These are the Tesshinkan placings at the World Tournament as posted by Sensei Frank Pelny. Omigoto everyone!
1st place : Hagen Walter (GER) / SAI adult male
Sergei Mirutenko (BLR) / BÔ senior male
Kyoka Yamakawa Shapland (CAN) / BÔ Junior High female
2nd place : Frank Pelny (GER) / BÔ senior male
Pavel Dolgachev (RUS) / BÔ-SHIAI
Pavel Dolgachev (RUS) / BÔ-SHIAI
4th place place: Brian Ash (USA) / BÔ senior male
Kevin Mellor (CAN) / SAI senior male
5th place: Lisa McLain Ash (USA) / BÔ senior female
6th place: Sebastian Edelmann (GER) / SAI adult male
Igor Mirutenko (BLR) / BÔ adult male
Andrea Bernhardt (GER) / SAI adult female
7th place: Doreen Schilling (GER) / BÔ adult female
Pavel Dolgachev (RUS) / SAI adult male
13 of 14 Tesshinkan-paticipants placed!
5th place: Lisa McLain Ash (USA) / BÔ senior female
6th place: Sebastian Edelmann (GER) / SAI adult male
Igor Mirutenko (BLR) / BÔ adult male
Andrea Bernhardt (GER) / SAI adult female
7th place: Doreen Schilling (GER) / BÔ adult female
Pavel Dolgachev (RUS) / SAI adult male
13 of 14 Tesshinkan-paticipants placed!
Honor-Award (Honor-Certificate) of the Okinawa Ken Kobudô Renmei
At the Sayonara-party after the World Tournament, 9 foreigners received an Honor-Award in acknowledgment of their work spreading Ryûkyû Kobudô.
3 of them were Tesshinkan-members:
* Donald Shapland (CAN)
* Frank Pelny (GER)
* Rainer Seibert (GER)
DAN-tests
5. DAN Ryûkyû Kobudô Tesshinkan – Frank Pelny (GER)
3. DAN Ryûkyû Kobudô Tesshinkan – Doreen Schilling (GER)
3. DAN Ryûkyû Kobudô Tesshinkan – Doreen Schilling (GER)
– Viktor Vollmer (GER)
3. DAN Ryûkyû Shôrin-Ryû Tesshinkan – Hagen Walter (GER)