Kendo

剣道
Japan
calendar_month1912

Description

Kendo (剣道, Kendō, lit. 'sword way' or 'way of the sword') is a modern Japanese martial art, descended from kenjutsu (traditional Japanese swordsmanship), that uses bamboo swords (shinai) and protective armor (bōgu). It originated from samurai swordsmanship exercises and was formalized as a modern budo in the early 20th century, with the All Japan Kendo Federation established after World War II.

Related styles

Longest documented lines

  1. 2 generations
    Konishi YasuhiroUeda HeitaroNaitō Takaharu
  2. 2 generations
    Georges StobbaertsNakakura KiyoshiNakayama Hakudō

Tags

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Sources

Kendo - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia (English)link history info
The History of KENDOlink history info

Identifiers

https://martial.is/entity/01KJJAWN29MA64W22606R3WD9W
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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Kendo. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01KJJAWN29MA64W22606R3WD9W - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
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@incollection{martialis_01KJJAWN29MA64W22606R3WD9W, author = {Muñoz, Frederico}, title = {Kendo}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url = {https://martial.is/entity/01KJJAWN29MA64W22606R3WD9W}, urldate = {ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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