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After seeing a samurai movie featuring a dual-wielding fighter as a child, she has always wanted to fight with two swords, and planned to compete in two-sword style as adult. As such, she is a strong opponent capable of using the two-sword style of kendo, despite high school competitions prohibiting the use of the two sword technique.
The Sword (剣, Ken) is a 1964 Japanese film directed by Kenji Misumi. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] From a screenplay by Kazuro Funabashi, based upon the short story Ken ( Sword ) by Yukio Mishima . [ 3 ] [ 4 ]
Shinai is written with the kanji 竹刀, meaning "bamboo sword", and is an irregular kanji reading. In kendo, it is most common to use a single shinai, sometimes called ittō (一刀) style. Some kendōka choose to use two shinai.
Hyohō Niten Ichi-ryū (兵法 二天 一流), which can be loosely translated as "the school of the strategy of two heavens as one", is a koryū (ancient school), transmitting a style of classical Japanese swordsmanship conceived by Miyamoto Musashi.
A distinguishing feature of many kenjutsu syllabi is the use of a paired katana or daitō and wakizashi or shōtō, commonly referred to as nitōjutsu (二刀術, two sword methods). Styles that teach it are called nitōryū (二刀流, two sword school); contrast ittō-ryū (一刀流, one sword school).
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 ...
Kendo (Japanese: 剣道, Hepburn: Kendō, lit. ' sword way ' or ' sword path ' or ' way of the sword ') [1] is a modern Japanese martial art, descended from kenjutsu (one of the old Japanese martial arts, swordsmanship), that uses bamboo swords as well as protective armor (). [2]
Gordon Warner (1913 – March 4, 2010) [1] [2] was an American one-legged swordsman who became the highest-ranked westerner in the Japanese martial art of kendo. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] He was also a world-record-holding breaststroke swimmer, a decorated World War II Marine officer, an academic in educational administration, and an author of books on kendo ...