Sensei

Founder:

Takeshi Yamaguchi Sensei

Head Instructor:

Yuji Hosokawa Sensei

  • Kendo 7-Dan
  • Started Kendo: 1985
  • 2005-Present: Head Instructor, Costa Mesa Kendo Dojo
  • 1994: Team USA, Youth Goodwill
    (9th World Kendo Championships – Paris, France)
  • 1996: Team SCKF Senior Youth (Cleveland, OH), 2nd Place
  • 2009: Team USA Coach / Assistant Coach
    (14th World Kendo Championships – Sao Paolo, Brazil)
  • 2008-2023: 9x Coach, Team SCKF Youth / Girl’s / Boy’s
  • 2010-Present: SCKF Public Relations
  • 2018-2022: 2nd SCKF Vice President of Competition


Dojo Instructors:

Hiroyoshi Hosokawa Sensei, Senior Advisor

  • Kendo Kyoshi 7-Dan
  • Started Kendo: 1976
  • 2000-2004: Head Instructor, Costa Mesa Kendo Dojo
  • 1993: Team SCKF Senior Team (AUSKF Nationals – Santa Clara, CA)
  • 1994: Team USA, Goodwill 5-Dan+ Division
    (9th World Kendo Championships, Paris, France)
  • 1996: Team SCKF Senior Team
    (AUSKF Nationals – Cleveland, OH), 3rd Place
  • 1999: Team SCKF Senior Team
    (AUSKF Nationals – Las Vegas, NV), 3rd Place
  • 2002: Team SCKF Senior Team
    (AUSKF Nationals – Los Angeles, CA), Kantosho

Spencer Hosokawa Sensei, Senior Advisor

  • Kendo 7-Dan
  • Started Kendo: 1976
  • 1991-2003: 4x Team USA Player (14th World Kendo Championships)
  • 2009: Team USA Coach
    (14th World Kendo Championships – Sao Paolo, Brazil)
  • 2015: Team USA Assistant Manager
    (16th World Kendo Championships – Tokyo, Japan)
  • 2018: Team USA Assistant Manager
    (17th World Kendo Championships – Incheon, Korea)
  • 2024: Team USA Assistant Manager
    (19th World Kendo Championships – Milan, Italy)

Kenji Takahashi Sensei

  • Kendo Renshi 7-Dan

Minoru Segawa Sensei 

  • Kendo Renshi 6-Dan
  • Started Kendo: 1987
  • 2011: AUSKF National Championships Player

Kazunori Kobayashi Sensei 

  • Kendo 6-Dan
  • Started Kendo: 1977
  • 2017: Team SCKF Senior Team
    (AUSKF Nationals – Santa Clara, CA), 3rd Place

Casey Van Zutphen Sensei 

  • Kendo 6-Dan
  • Iaido Shodan
  • Started Kendo: 2004

Sho Shiono Sensei 

  • Kendo 5-Dan
  • Started Kendo: 1982
  • 1993: Team SCKF Men’s Team
    (AUSKF Nationals – Santa Clara, CA), 2nd Place

Allyson Dong Sensei

  • Kendo 5-Dan
  • Started Kendo: 2006
  • 2011-2023: 4x AUSKF National Championships Player
  • 2017: Team SCKF Women’s Team Captain
    (AUSKF Nationals – Santa Clara, CA), 1st Place
  • 2024: Team USA Women’s Team Player
    (19th World Kendo Championships – Milan, Italy)

Nathan Gallinger Sensei

  • Kendo 5-Dan
  • Started Kendo: 2005
  • 2009: Founder, Kendo Club at UCI
  • 2016-Present: Instructor, UCI Campus Recreation Kendo Class
  • 2021-Present: Coach, Kendo Club at UCI
  • 2022: Founder, California Budogu
  • 2024: Team Peru Manager
    (19th World Kendo Championships – Milan, Italy)

Richard Ra Sensei 

  • Kendo 5-Dan
  • Started Kendo: 2004

Satoshi Tauchi Sensei

  • Kendo 4-Dan
  • Started Kendo: 1979

Shiori Segawa Sensei

  • Kendo 4-Dan
  • Started Kendo: 2008
  • 2011-2023: 4x AUSKF National Championships Player

Tom Paik Sensei

  • Kendo 4-Dan
  • Started Kendo: