Neil Shah

2008

Kaizen Academy LLC

Win/Loss Statistics

2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Before 2020 All Time
Victories - 28 10 - - 38
Losses - 46 36 - - 82
Win Ratio - 37.8% 21.7% - - 31.7%
Pool Victories - 23 10 - - 33
Pool Losses - 35 29 - - 64
Pool Win Ratio - 39.7% 25.6% - - 34.0%
DE Victories - 5 - - - 5
DE Losses - 11 7 - - 18
DE Win Ratio - 31.2% 0.0% - - 21.7%

Note: Seasons start on August 1st and end on July 31st.

Scores

2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Before 2020 All Time
Easy wins† - 11 1 - - 12
Easy wins as % of wins - 39.3% 10.0% - - 31.6%
Close wins‡ - 6 5 - - 11
Close wins as % of all wins - 21.4% 50.0% - - 28.9%
Close losses‡ - 10 5 - - 15
Close losses as % of all losses - 21.7% 13.9% - - 18.3%
Big losses† - 16 13 - - 29
Big losses as % of all losses - 34.8% 36.1% - - 35.4%

† Easy victories or big losses are those with the score difference of 4 or more touches in a pool, 7 or more touches in direct elimination, and 5 or more in veteran and youth direct elimination.
‡ Close bouts are those with the score difference of 1 or fewer touches in a pool, 3 or fewer touches in direct elimination, or 2 or fewer touches in veteran or youth direct elimination.

Bouts with Time Expired

2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Before 2020 All Time
Victories - 3 - - - 3
Victories as % of all victories - 10.7% 0.0% - - 7.9%
Losses - - - - - -
Losses as % of all losses - 0.0% 0.0% - - 0.0%
Total - 3 - - - 3
Total as % of all bouts - 4.1% 0.0% - - 2.5%

Events

2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Before 2020 All Time
Events - 11 7 - - 18
Tournaments - 11 6 - - 17

Competition History

SAS Unrated Epee & Foil

Unrated Mixed Épée (E1, U), June 16, 2023
Place 7, Seed 10, Not ranked, Rating U, Kaizen Academy LLC
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:3 HARPSTER Penelope 4 U 9 Salle Auriol Seattle
Pool L 4:5 CURTIS Harrison 1 U 5 Salle Auriol Seattle 1300 1384 16.9 55%
Pool L 2:5 HUYCK Benjamin 5 U 3 Metro Tacoma Fencing Club 1292 1367 17.6 55%
Pool W 5:3 RASMUSS Audrey 9 U 10 Salle Auriol Seattle
Pool L 3:5 POWERS Joseph 8 U 6 Salle Auriol Seattle 1675 1350 8.9 34%
T16 W 15:6 RASMUSS Audrey 9 U 10 Salle Auriol Seattle
T8 L 11:15 HUYCK Benjamin 5 U 3 Metro Tacoma Fencing Club 1336 1237 61.1 45%

Youth Foil/Epee at SAS

Y-14 Mixed Épée (U, Y14), May 21, 2023
Place 3, Seed 7, Not ranked, Rating U, Kaizen Academy LLC
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 3:2 WONG Eva 2 U 10 Salle Auriol Seattle
Pool W 4:2 SHIFF Jackson 10 U 7 Salle Auriol Seattle 910 1373 8.2 76%
Pool W 5:2 JONES Colby 3 U 2 Kaizen Academy LLC 1014 1381 9.7 72%
Pool L 4:5 WANG Kunqi 6 U 5 Rain City Fencing Center 1985 1391 6.4 19%
T8 W 15:9 SHIFF Jackson 10 U 7 Salle Auriol Seattle 1382 1189 85.1 41%
T4 L 9:15 JONES Colby 3 U 2 Kaizen Academy LLC 1804 1274 37.8 22%

Orion Spring RYC

Y-14 Men's Épée (U, Y14), March 12, 2023
Place 5, Seed 9, Not ranked, Rating U, Kaizen Academy LLC
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:5 PALACIOS Francisco 5 U 3 Kaizen Academy LLC 2708 1352 2.4 7%
Pool L 2:5 PATCHETT Bennett 1 86 E23 2 Kaizen Academy LLC 1554 1349 14.3 37%
Pool W 5:2 GITHINJI Steven 4 U 3 Kaizen Academy LLC 1497 1335 22.7 40%
Pool L 1:5 LU Jacob 2 147 U 1 Kaizen Academy LLC 1994 1358 6.2 15%
Pool W 5:4 WANG aaron 6 U 7 Dynamo Fencing Center Inc. 1513 1352 22.0 40%
Pool W 5:3 MEHROTRA Dhruv 7 U 8 Kaizen Academy LLC 665 1374 5.2 87%
Pool W 5:4 LI Timothy 3 U 9 Kaizen Academy LLC 895 1379 8.2 79%
Pool L 4:5 GOWDA Suyog 8 U 6 Northwest Fencing Center 1528 1387 14.4 41%
T8 L 8:15 GITHINJI Steven 4 U 3 Kaizen Academy LLC 1527 1255 66.2 35%

Cascade Clash SYC

Y-14 Men's Épée (B2, Y14), February 3, 2023
Place 21, Seed 18, Not ranked, Rating U, Kaizen Academy LLC
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:1 GUO Woody 27 U 32 True Focus Sports Academy 1383 1321 22.2 46%
Pool W 5:1 NAIR Sujit 17 U 33 Rain City Fencing Center / Golden State Fencing Academy 1602 1343 27.0 34%
Pool L 1:5 ZHAO Michael(Junyi) 29 U 18 Dynamo Fencing Center Inc. 1740 1370 11.1 27%
Pool L 2:5 RUBIN Daniel 9 95 E22 1 2334 1359 2.9 6%
Pool L 2:5 KIM Ian 5 43 B22 3 Battle Born Fencing Club 2172 1356 4.3 9%
T32 L 9:15 MAZAHERI Fletcher 14 165 U 13 Bluegrass Fencers' Club 2105 1283 27.0 11%

Salle Auriol Seattle RYC

Y-14 Men's Épée (U, Y14), January 14, 2023
Place 7, Seed 13, Not ranked, Rating U, Kaizen Academy LLC
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:0 LIU Zicheng 7 U 12 Dynamo Fencing Center Inc. 2500 1266 28.6 12%
Pool W 5:1 LU Jacob 4 144 U 8 Kaizen Academy LLC 1994 1294 46.5 13%
Pool L 2:5 PATCHETT Bennett 5 E23 5 Kaizen Academy LLC 1389 1341 20.4 47%
Pool W 5:1 JONES Colby 9 U 10 Kaizen Academy LLC 1294 1320 18.6 52%
Pool L 2:5 DONDISCH Ilan 1 65 B23 2 Kaizen Academy LLC 2148 1339 4.8 9%
Pool L 4:5 NAIR Sujit 10 U 6 Rain City Fencing Center / Golden State Fencing Academy 1630 1334 13.4 31%
T16 W 15:2 JONES Colby 9 U 10 Kaizen Academy LLC 1830 1153 140.4 23%
T8 L 6:15 DONDISCH Ilan 1 65 B23 2 Kaizen Academy LLC 2501 1293 10.7 4%

Kaizen Academy New Years Day Tournament

Senior Mixed Épée (A2, SNR), January 1, 2023
Place 21, Seed 28, Not ranked, Rating U, Kaizen Academy LLC
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:5 CHAKRABORTY Zorian 21 U 20 Kaizen Academy LLC 1242 1273 25.5 52%
Pool L 1:5 WEISE Eli S. 5 B22 9 Kaizen Academy LLC / Vassar College Fencing Club NCAA 2633 1248 0.9 1%
Pool L 2:5 OLSON Kevin 12 E22 13 Kaizen Academy LLC 1418 1247 18.7 39%
Pool W 5:2 GUAN Isabella 13 E22 23
Pool L 1:5 KILUK Andrew 4 B22 6 Salle Auriol Seattle 2537 1228 1.2 2%
Pool W 4:3 KIM Teo 20 U 11 Metro Tacoma Fencing Club 1675 1227 38.8 23%
T32 L 14:15 PATCHETT Bennett 17 U 12 Kaizen Academy LLC 1636 1225 72.5 28%

RCFC "Home for the Holidays" Open

Senior Mixed Épée (A2, SNR), December 17, 2022
Place 35, Seed 35, Not ranked, Rating U, Kaizen Academy LLC
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 4:5 GUAN Isabella 27 E22 27
Pool L 1:5 KRYLTSOV Greg 24 D22 22 Rain City Fencing Center 1862 1288 9.9 18%
Pool L 1:5 LEE Tobias (Toby) T. 1 A22 13 Metro Tacoma Fencing Club 2810 1278 0.5 1%
Pool L 4:5 STOCK Jordan 12 B22 11 Salle Auriol Seattle 2298 1278 3.3 5%
Pool L 1:5 CHOI Isaac 13 B22 6 Northwest Fencing Center 2623 1274 1.1 1%
T64 L 9:15 LU Henry 32 U 29 Metro Tacoma Fencing Club 1690 1310 84.2 30%

Salle Auriol Seattle RJCC

Cadet Men's Épée (C1, CDT), December 4, 2022
Place 16, Seed 15, Not ranked, Rating U, Kaizen Academy LLC
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 2:5 WEGENER Soren 4 D22 3 Rain City Fencing Center 1845 1335 12.0 20%
Pool L 1:5 OLSON Kevin 11 U 8 Kaizen Academy LLC 1379 1323 24.0 46%
Pool L 3:5 PARKS Isaac 8 E22 7 Metro Tacoma Fencing Club 1934 1299 8.9 15%
Pool L 2:5 HAMZA Tudor 2 C22 1 Kaizen Academy LLC 2410 1290 2.5 3%
T16 L 7:15 HAMZA Tudor 2 C22 1 Kaizen Academy LLC 2532 1327 17.4 4%

RCFC Youth #2

Y-14 Mixed Épée (U, Y14), November 19, 2022
Place 6, Seed 11, Not ranked, Rating U, Kaizen Academy LLC
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:3 ABUELFUTUH Sama 8 U 11 Kaizen Academy LLC
Pool L 1:5 KIM Teo 6 U 3 Metro Tacoma Fencing Club 1735 1365 16.2 27%
Pool W 5:2 GLATZ Alesia 12 U 9 Northwest Fencing Center
Pool L 1:5 WEGENER Soren 3 D22 1 Rain City Fencing Center 1818 1349 13.3 22%
Pool W 5:4 BEAVER Ava 2 D22 8 Rain City Fencing Center / Kaizen Academy LLC
T16 W 15:8 ABUELFUTUH Sama 8 U 11 Kaizen Academy LLC
T8 L 14:15 GUAN Isabella 4 E22 3

Rain City Fall RYC

Y-14 Men's Épée (U, Y14), October 22, 2022
Place 11, Seed 18, Not ranked, Rating U, Kaizen Academy LLC
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 4:5 PATCHETT Bennett 14 U 14 Kaizen Academy LLC 1327 1333 32.7 50%
Pool W 5:1 MEHROTRA Dhruv 6 U 19 Kaizen Academy LLC 587 1300 9.5 87%
Pool W 5:4 CHENG Trevor 7 U 5 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 1463 1310 37.0 40%
Pool L 3:5 ZHAO Michael(Junyi) 17 U 6 Dynamo Fencing Center Inc. 1924 1347 11.8 19%
Pool L 1:5 LI Samuel 1 40 D22 7 Rain City Fencing Center 2149 1335 7.0 10%
Pool W 5:2 LIU Bryan 11 U 12 Dynamo Fencing Center Inc. 1745 1328 36.9 28%
T16 L 13:15 ZHAO Michael(Junyi) 17 U 6 Dynamo Fencing Center Inc. 3011 1334 7.2 2%

Portland RYC

Y-14 Men's Épée (U, Y14), September 11, 2022
Place 8, Seed 5, Not ranked, Rating U
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 2:5 LU Jacob 4 U 3 1933 1372 15.0 18%
Pool L 2:5 KIM Teo 8 U 3 Metro Tacoma Fencing Club 1608 1357 24.5 35%
Pool L 0:5 DONDISCH ilan 1 E22 2 1892 1333 14.1 18%
Pool W 5:0 LI Timothy 9 U 10 783 1319 14.4 80%
T16 W 15:0 MEHROTRA Dhruv 6 U 9 1189 1203 158.0 51%
T8 L 5:15 HAMZA Tudor 2 E22 1 2430 1362 27.3 7%

Rain City Super Youth Circuit (SYC)

Y-14 Men's Épée (C2, Y14), April 29, 2022
Place 29, Seed 30, Not ranked, Rating U, Kaizen Academy LLC
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:4 MEHROTRA Dhruv 17 U 33 Kaizen Academy LLC 775 1421 14.6 83%
Pool L 2:5 KIM Ian 13 148 D22 8 Battle Born Fencing Club 2068 1436 14.4 15%
Pool L 2:5 PANG Lucas 7 86 U 6 Dynamo Fencing Center Inc. 2543 1421 5.0 5%
Pool L 1:5 YUE Hongrui 24 U 7 Dynamo Fencing Center Inc. 2347 1416 7.5 8%
Pool L 3:5 JIANG Leon 4 63 E22 11 Dynamo Fencing Center Inc. 2925 1409 2.0 2%
Pool L 4:5 LAU Christian 33 U 26 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 1482 1407 34.8 45%
T32 L 3:15 ZHOU Justin 2 48 C21 5 Kaizen Academy LLC 2672 1217 13.2 2%

Rain City Spring RJCC

Cadet Men's Épée (E1, CDT), March 26, 2022
Place 11, Seed 13, Not ranked, Rating U, Kaizen Academy LLC
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 ZHOU Justin 1 C21 5 Kaizen Academy LLC 2418 1355 7.0 5%
Pool L 3:5 BARTELS Marc 8 U 8 Metro Tacoma Fencing Club 1882 1348 23.5 20%
Pool L 4:5 ANDREWS William 10 U 10 Northwest Fencing Center 1528 1325 37.7 38%
Pool L 2:5 DU Shunyu K. 4 E22 3 Northwest Fencing Center 1902 1287 18.2 16%
Pool W 5:4 PARKS Isaac 5 E22 7 Metro Tacoma Fencing Club 1979 1269 97.5 13%
Pool W 5:4 WEGENER Soren 11 U 13 Rain City Fencing Center 1555 1366 54.8 38%
T16 L 6:15 HANNON Owen 7 E21 2 Northwest Fencing Center 2145 1278 61.6 14%

Salle Auriol Seattle RYC

Y-14 Men's Épée (U, Y14), March 12, 2022
Place 10, Seed 11, Not ranked, Rating U, Kaizen Academy LLC
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:4 JANKE Henry 8 U 13 Salle Auriol Seattle 2500 1065 112.0 9%
Pool L 0:5 HAMZA Tudor 16 U 3 Kaizen Academy LLC 2241 1177 10.4 5%
Pool W 5:1 GITHINJI Steven 12 U 12 Kaizen Academy LLC 1277 1167 82.1 43%
Pool W 5:2 HAYNES Odinn 13 U 15 Salle Auriol Seattle 1271 1249 57.5 49%
Pool L 4:5 LU Henry 5 U 5 Metro Tacoma Fencing Club 1721 1307 34.6 27%
Pool W 5:4 BAE-ROBINSON Hejyule 4 U 9 Salle Auriol Seattle 1678 1272 92.2 27%
Pool L 1:5 GUAN Nathan 1 54 C21 2 Kaizen Academy LLC / South Florida Fencing Club 2347 1364 8.9 6%
T16 L 9:15 BARTELS Marc 9 U 7 Metro Tacoma Fencing Club 2067 1372 93.3 21%

SAS E & Under Epee

E & Under Men's Épée (D1, E), December 17, 2021
Place 12, Seed 13, Not ranked, Rating U, Kaizen Academy LLC
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 PETERSEN Ephraim 10 U 5 Metro Tacoma Fencing Club 1591 827 33.0 14%
Pool L 2:5 BERKE Daniel (Dan) L. 4 E19 8 Rain City Fencing Center 1898 794 13.8 5%
Pool W 5:2 CAMPBELL David 15 U 18 Salle Auriol Seattle 1510 780 135.6 20%
Pool L 3:5 LOESER Jacob 3 E21 1 Salle Auriol Seattle 2195 916 8.0 3%
Pool W 5:3 KANIA Robert 9 U 15 Salle Auriol Seattle 1649 908 157.5 15%
T16 L 4:15 ZHOU Gavin 2 E21 2 Kaizen Academy LLC 2410 1439 67.3 11%

Rain City Regional Youth Circuit (RYC)

Y-14 Men's Épée (U, Y14), October 16, 2021
Place 11, Seed 5, Not ranked, Rating U, Kaizen Academy LLC
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:2 MEHROTRA Dhruv 8 U 13 Kaizen Academy LLC 1077 770 185.4 35%
Pool L 2:5 GUAN Nathan 1 27 E21 1 Kaizen Academy LLC / South Florida Fencing Club 2064 955 20.1 5%
Pool L 2:5 HAMZA Tudor 4 U 3 Kaizen Academy LLC 2200 935 12.6 3%
Pool L 0:5 JUNG Won Joon 10 U 5 Metro Tacoma Fencing Club 2003 923 19.8 6%
Pool L 2:5 LU Jacob 13 U 8 Kaizen Academy LLC 1537 903 48.3 18%
Pool L 3:5 WEGENER Soren 9 U 7 Rain City Fencing Center 1730 854 27.4 10%
T16 L 9:15 DONDISCH Ilan 6 U 6 Kaizen Academy LLC 1856 1707 267.8 43%

Portland RJCC + RYC

Y-14 Men's Épée (U, Y14), September 12, 2021
Place 13, Seed 10, Not ranked, Rating U, Kaizen Academy LLC
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 4:5 HAMZA Tudor 15 U 8 Kaizen Academy LLC 2180 910 24.6 4%
Pool L 3:5 STRONG David 9 U 3 Northwest Fencing Center 1915 886 39.5 8%
Pool L 2:5 BARTELS Marc 3 U 11 Metro Tacoma Fencing Club 1607 846 62.4 17%
Pool L 3:5 DOWDELL Riley 4 U 3 Academy Of Fencing Masters (afm) 2142 784 14.0 3%
T16 L 5:15 GUAN Nathan 2 E21 2 Kaizen Academy LLC / South Florida Fencing Club 2259 2079 372.8 42%

Portland RJCC + RYC

Cadet Men's Épée (D1, CDT), September 11, 2021
Place 17, Seed 14, Not ranked, Rating U, Kaizen Academy LLC
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 2:5 DONDISCH ilan 8 U 14 Kaizen Academy LLC 1033 2500 1237.9 92%
Pool L 1:5 HANNON Owen 16 U 7 Northwest Fencing Center 1700 1262 172.7 33%
Pool L 4:5 PARKS Isaac 2 E21 5 Metro Tacoma Fencing Club 1862 1089 100.3 16%
Pool L 2:5 HUANG Thomas 5 E19 1 2424 989 20.7 3%
Pool L 1:5 STRONG David 11 U 10 Northwest Fencing Center 1911 968 58.0 11%
T32 L 7:15 GROVE Michael 9 U 16 2500 2500 420.5 50%