American Kyudo Renmei

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American Kyudo Renmei

We are an organization devoted to the instruction and practice of Kyudo, traditional Japanese archery.

We have a number of member organizations located at various locations across the United States.

Please see AKR Member Federations tab for a list of our member organizations.

Please contact the local federation for information about local practice locations and times. Contact information for each federation is provided on their page.

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Official results of the 2017 Special Overseas Provisional Chuo Shinsa - Argentina, UK, and US.

posted Sep 14, 2017, 8:20 AM by Hunter Gott [ updated Sep 14, 2017, 8:30 AM ]

Please see the attached PDFs.

| Attachments: Argentina - The Results of the 2017 Special Overseas Provisional Chuo Shinsa.pdf California - US The Results of the 2017 Special Overseas Provisional Chuo Shinsa.pdf UK - The Results of the 2017 Special Overseas Provisional Chuo Shinsa.pdf

Blackwell Sensei has passed his 7th Dan shinsa.

posted Sep 7, 2017, 12:05 PM by Hunter Gott

Congratulations to Blackwell Sensei of the SCKR. He passed his 7th Dan shinsa in Fukuoka on September 2^nd 2017.

South American seminar photos.

posted Aug 9, 2017, 6:59 AM by Hunter Gott

The first South American Seminar went well! Below are a few photos from the event.

South American Shinsa results

posted Jul 30, 2017, 11:33 AM by Hunter Gott [ updated Jul 30, 2017, 11:34 AM ]

Shodan 1,3,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,12,13,14,16,17,18,19,20,27,28,29,30,32,35 (24 of 35 passed)

Nidan 36,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,45 (10/11 passed)

Sandan #50 & #53 (2/7 passed)

Yondan #56 & #59 (2/6 passed)

No Godan candidates

Renshi #63 (passed)

AKR 2017 Special Chuo Shinsa news!

posted Jul 28, 2017, 6:25 AM by Hunter Gott [ updated Jul 30, 2017, 11:34 AM ]

AKR 2017 Shinsa results:

Shodan #1-20 (all 20 passed)
Nidan #22 - 38 (all 17 passed)
Sandan #40, #46, #49, #52, #54, #55, #56, #57 and #60 (9 of 22 passed)
Yondan #67, #73, #76, #79 (4 of 18 passed)
Godan #84 (1 of 11 passed)
Rokudan 0 (0 of 4 passed)
Renshi Dai-ichiji #97 (1 of 6 passed)
Renshi Dai-niji 0 (0 of 1 passed)