A week since my first Kendo class with the Chennai Kendo Club, I find myself often zoning in and out of a larger cosmic zen. When things go wrong, I say ‘utsuke’ (meaning idiot) and when I ...

said that kendo means “the way of the sword” in Japanese. “It’s literally what samurai trained in; after samurai swords were taken away in Japan, they wanted to keep their art alive ...

Eskrima participants must purchase a $15 fighting stick, available through the instructor. Kendo is the Japanese art of fencing and is one of the oldest forms of martial arts in Japan. Kendo's long ...

00:43 But you can still find a little bit of the heart of the samurai in Japan's martial arts, kendo. 00:52 And I used to be a competitive fencer, so I love swords and swordsmanship and battling ...

Born in Saitama Prefecture, Odachi had loved kendo since childhood. At age 16, he joined the Imperial Japanese Navy’s preparatory pilot training course and became a special unit member in ...

Kyushu is a region where the traditional skills of kenjutsu – Japanese swordsmanship – remain deeply embedded, with more dojo (practice halls) for kendo than anywhere else in Japan.

Karate enthusiasts from various schools and clubs stole the spotlight at the 10th edition of the Japanese Ambassador 39;s Championships, held in Accra, Ghana .