Tulsa Kendo Dojo is excited to announce our second ever Rensei Taikai for members and guests of the Southwest Kendo and Iaido Federation and the All United States Kendo Federation. It is our goal to provide a dynamic and memorable tournament experience, and provide meaningful growth for all participants. To that end, the Tulsa Rensei Taikai will feature a format with specific conventions for teams and judges.

Our tournament will feature a mass round robin format that is focused on Kenshi getting Taikai experience both as Senshu and Shinpan. With this in mind, we are prioritizing an increased number of matches offered to developing Kenshi, and an increased number of matches judged for those of advanced experience.

While this format at first appears very much opposite to standard, we believe it will offer special opportunities to newer and less experienced Kenshi within the federation, such as:

● Facilitating matches at a higher level for those with more experience.

● Each competitor will be able to compete in at least four matches individually (turn out provided)

● Each Shinpan will have the chance to preside over a significant number of shiai.

With these considerations, we believe all attendants should be able to both learn and grow from the experience.