Kendo

Kendo is a Japanese martial art and sport in which practitioners spar with bamboo swords and protective armor. Its rules and training draw on traditions of Japanese swordsmanship.

Shinai: A shinai is a practice sword made from split bamboo slats bound together. Competitors use it to strike targets without wielding a live blade.
Kenjutsu: Kenjutsu is the collection of Japanese techniques and traditions for wielding the sword. Kendo developed from older swordsmanship schools while adapting their practice to modern training.
Sakakibara Kenkichi: Sakakibara Kenkichi was a nineteenth-century Japanese swordsman who helped popularize public fencing matches. His matches helped bring armored bamboo-sword sparring to wider audiences.
Kendo grading: Kendo grading is the system of examinations that awards practitioner ranks and teaching titles. It recognizes development through both technical performance and demonstrated understanding.
Iaido: Iaido is a Japanese martial art focused on drawing the sword and executing controlled solo forms. Unlike kendo's armored sparring, iaido emphasizes precise forms with a sword.
Bōgu: Bōgu is the protective armor worn in kendo, including a helmet, body protector, gloves, and hip flaps. Its protected zones define where legal strikes can land.
Bokutō: A bokutō is a wooden Japanese sword used for training and formal practice. It appears in paired forms that complement armored shinai sparring.
Nakanishi Chūta: Nakanishi Chūta was an eighteenth-century Japanese swordsman associated with the use of protective equipment and bamboo swords in training. His innovations helped establish equipment-based practice that preceded modern kendo.
Kendo competition: Kendo competition is organized sparring in which practitioners seek valid points under formal rules. It applies the art's scoring and conduct standards in tournament matches.
Jōdō: Jōdō is a Japanese martial art that trains techniques with a short staff against a sword. It shares a swordsmanship heritage but centers on the staff rather than sword-on-sword sparring.

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