Head Coach Katie Roche
Rank: 5-dan
Number of years: 12
School: TC '16
Ed.M.: Motor Learning & Control
M.A.: Physical Education
B.A.: Asian Studies
(Mount Holyoke College)
Hometown: NYC
Tournament History
UNITED STATES NAGINATA CHAMPIONSHIPS:
Women’s Individuals: 1st Place (2008, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2017), 2nd Place (2012), 3rd Place (2006)
Women’s Team Matches: 1st Place (2010, 2012, 2013, 2016), 2nd
Place (2017)
Engi-Kyogi: 3rd Place (2010)
WORLD NAGINATA CHAMPIONSHIPS:
Women’s Team Matches: 2nd Place (2007, 2011)
GREATER NEW YORK NAGINATA CHAMPIONSHIPS:
Women’s Individuals: 1st Place (2006, 2007), 2nd Place (2005, 2009, 2010)
Team Matches: 1st Place (2005, 2006, 2007, 2009), 2nd Place (2010)
College Individual Shiai: 2nd Place (2009, 2010)
Zen Nihon no Kata: 2nd Place (2010)
Engi-Kyogi: 1st Place (2006, 2010)
Mudansha Engi-Kyogi: 1st Place (2005)
EAST COAST NAGINATA
CHAMPIONSHIPS:
Women's Yudansha
Individuals: 1st Place (2013)
Assistant Coaches
Shirley Chu
Rank: 2-dan
Tournament Record:
GREATER NEW YORK
NAGINATA FEDERATION SPRING TAIKAI:
Women's Individuals, 2nd Place (2011)
C.L. Chen
Rank: 2-dan
Tournament Record:
INTERNATIONAL NAGINATA FEDERATION: PAN-AMERICAN TAIKAI:
Men's Individuals: Winner,
USA (2017)
UNITED STATES NAGINATA
CHAMPIONSHIPS:
Dangai Engi-Kyogi: 1st
Place (2016)
Dangai Men's
Individuals: 1st Place
JSS NICHIBUKAN ANNUAL TAIKAI: Dangai Men's Individuals, 1st Place (2016)