Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
British Kendo Association. The British Kendo Association was founded in 1964 [1] as a non-profit making organization to foster and develop the practice and spirit of Kendo, Iaido, and Jōdō along traditional lines with the objectives of: Organising and regulating the Kendo movement on a national international basis;
Kendo in the early Meiji period (1873) Takasugi Shinsaku, late Edo period kendo practitioner. Swordsmen in Japan established schools of kenjutsu [4] (the ancestor of kendo). These continued for centuries and form the basis of kendo practice today. [5] Formal kendo exercises known as kata were developed several centuries ago as kenjutsu practice ...
A set of bōgu for kendo Kendo practitioners wearing bōgu in training Bōgu ( 防具 , 'armour') , [ 1 ] properly called kendōgu ( 剣道具 , 'kendo equipment') , is training armour used primarily in the Japanese martial art of kendo , [ 2 ] [ 3 ] with variants used for jūkendō , tankendo, and naginata .
eBay, PayPal, Kijiji, and StubHub in Toronto. Kijiji was launched as "a start-up within eBay created by a small team of entrepreneurial employees", according to eBay's March 2005 press release announcing the new service. [10] Kijiji was launched in February 2005 in Quebec City and Montreal, and expanded across the rest of Canada in November ...
Kirikaeshi (切り返し:きりかえし), not to be confused with the backwards throw used in sumo and jujutsu with the same name, and with a literal meaning of "cutting repeatedly", is a kendo exercise, combining the practice of attacking and receiving strikes and is meant to develop physical strength, spirit, and vigor. [1]
This holds the slats together and also marks the proper kendo striking portion of the shinai, or datotsu-bu (打突部). Inserted between the ends of the slats, under the saki-gawa , is a plastic plug saki-gomu ( 先ゴム ) , and under the tsuka-gawa there is a small square of metal chigiri ( ちぎり ) , that holds the slats in place.
These kata are officially known as the "All Japan Kendo Federation Iai" (全日本剣道連盟居合, Zen Nippon Kendō Renmei Iai), or Zen Ken Ren Iai (全剣連居合) and commonly referred to as seitei or seitei-gata. [1] The twelve seitei-gata are standardised for the tuition, promotion and propagation of iaido within the kendo federations
Two kenjutsu practitioners face off, both in jōdan-no-kamae, at the Devonian Botanical Garden at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (June 5, 2005). Jōdan -no- kamae ( 上段の構え:じょうだんのかまえ ) , also known as jōdan-gamae , and frequently shortened simply to jōdan , is a basic kenjutsu posture.