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Kendo is ideally practiced in a purpose-built dōjō, though standard sports halls and other venues are often used. An appropriate venue has a clean and wooden sprung floor, suitable for fumikomi-ashi. [28] Kendo techniques comprise both strikes and thrusts.
The purpose is to reduce the possibility of an ai-uchi (simultaneous strike, usually resulting in mutual death), which often occurs harmlessly in kendo, but is generally undesirable in actual combat. An additional advantage the stance offers in kenjutsu is to conceal the length of the user's sword.
Bokuto Ni Yoru Kendo Kihon-waza Keiko-ho is a new form of bokken training that is directly translatable to bogu kendo. Bokuto Ni Yoru Kendo Kihon-waza Keiko-ho also facilitates learning the Nihon Kendo Kata, and because of this was adopted by the All Japan Kendo Federation for use in primary and secondary school.
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.
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.
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]
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]
In kendo practice, it is customary for the players to kneel down by bending their left legs first and getting up with their right legs first, commonly known as sazauki (左座右起) in Japanese. It is said to serve the purpose from former times of making sure one can always draw the katana out as quickly as possible in case of emergencies ...