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The All Japan Kendo Championship is regarded as the most prestigious kendo championship. Despite it being the national championship for only Japanese kendōka, kendo practitioners all over the world consider the All Japan Kendo Championship as the championship with the highest level of competitive kendo. The World Kendo Championships have been ...
Chūdan-no-kamae is also called Seigan-no-kamae (正眼之構), or "right/correct eye posture," because the stance points the tip of the sword at the opponent's eyes. [1] In most traditional schools of swordsmanship, and in the practice of kendo , chūdan-no-kamae is the most basic posture, as it provides a balance between attacking and ...
Kendo training at an agricultural school in Japan around 1920. Kendo (剣道:けんどう, kendō), meaning the "way of the sword", is based on Japanese sword-fighting. [citation needed] It is an evolution of the art of kenjutsu, and its exercises and practice are descended from several particular schools of swordsmanship.
Kenjutsu (剣術) is an umbrella term for all schools of Japanese swordsmanship, in particular those that predate the Meiji Restoration. Some modern styles of kendo and iaido that were established in the 20th century also included modern forms of kenjutsu in their curriculum. [ 1 ]
Two of the largest Japanese organizations, All Japan Kendo Federation (ZNKR) [28] and All Japan Iaido Federation (ZNIR), each created their own representative set of kata for this purpose. Japanese girl practicing iaido with a custom-made student's katana or iaitō. In modern Japan, iaido is seen as one of the traditional martial arts and it ...
In 2003, the All Japan Kendo Federation (AJKF) introduced a set of basic exercises using a bokutō called Bokutō Ni Yoru Kendō Kihon-waza Keiko-hō. This form of practice is intended primarily for kendo practitioners up to Nidan ranking, but can be beneficial for all kendo students. [6] Suburitō (素振り刀) are bokken designed for use in ...
Ritualize Morning Matcha. In Japan, tea ceremonies have profound cultural significance. Called chanoyu, a traditional tea ceremony revolves around preparing and drinking matcha, emphasizing the ...
Practitioners of the Niten Ichi-ryū school of kenjutsu demonstrating a kata.The man on the left is in gedan-no-kamae. Gedan-no-kamae (下段の構え Hiragana: げだんのかまえ), frequently shortened simply to gedan, occasionally shortened to gedan-gamae, is one of the five stances in kendo: jōdan, chūdan, gedan, hassō, and waki.