5th Latin American Kendo Championships  5th Latin American Kendo Championships 5th Latin American Kendo Championships was held on 2nd and 3rd Dec 2016 at Vina Del Mar Sport Center in Vina Del Mar Chile. More than 300 Kenshis from 16 countries were participated to the events. Welcome speech was made by Mr. Akinori KOJIMA president of Latin American Kendo federation at the opening ceremony. After that, head of FIK delegation Mr. Takashi FUTAGOISHI Kendo Hanshi 8-Dan who is the Shipan-Cho of this championships gave to the competitors the important points of the Shiai. And this time, other 3 members from FIK participated to this Championships who are Mr. Yoshitel TAGAWA FIK vice president, Mr. Shuichi KAMIKOKURYO Iaido Hanshi 8-Dan/Kendo Kyoshi 7-Dan and Mr. Ari KUROSE FIK assistant secretary general as the official attendance.  The Results is as follows. Individual (Dec 2nd/3rd 2016) Female Jr. Name Country 1st DANBI VELASQUEZ Aruba 2nd YASMIN YAMAMOTO Brazil 3rd LIARA HIRAKAWA Brazil 3rd PALOMA ANZAI Brazil Male Jr. Name Country 1st ALEX DAIKI ITO Brazil 2nd GUILHERME HAYASHI Brazil 3rd ERIC KONISHI Brazil 3rd HENRIQUE HAYASHI Brazil Master Name Country 1st JESUS MAYA Mexico 2nd GERMAN DIAZ Chile 3rd SERGIO VELASQUEZ Aruba 3rd NELSON UENO Brazil Male Name Country 1st CRISTIANE TOIDA Brazil 2nd MARINA KODATO Brazil 3rd BARBARA GARCIA Chile 3rd CAROLINE UEDA Brazil Male Name Country 1st VITOR TACHIBANA Brazil 2nd STEFAN DOMANCIC Chile 3rd MARCOS YAMAMOTO Brazil 3rd RONALDO OMASA Brazil Team (Dec 3rd 2016) Female Country 1st BRAZIL 2nd CHILE 3rd MEXICO 3rd ARGENTINA Male Country 1st BRAZIL 2nd MEXICO 3rd CHILE 3rd ARGENTINA