Kendo
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HISTORY OF KENDO:
Swordsmen in Japan established schools of kenjutsu (the ancestor of kendo), which continued for centuries and which form the base of kendo today. The kendo exercises known as kata were developed centuries ago as kenjutsu training for soldiers. They are still studied today, in a different way.
The introduction of bamboo practice swords (shinai) and armour (bogu) to sword training is because of Naganuma Shinzaemon Kunisada during the Shotoku Era (1711–1715). Naganuma developed the use of bogu (armour) and established a training method using the shinai (sword).
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WHEN IT WAS FOUNDED:
The first kendo sword (bamboo) was made in the Sheian Era, leading up to kendo being founded in the Shotoku Era (1711-1715). The first kendo practices were made, although it wasn’t popular. The Edo period is when it became popular among Japanese armies to train Japanese soldiers for battle using kendo.
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WHEN IT BECAME POPULAR:
While it first became a popular exercise for Japanese armies in the Edo Era, the Muromachi Era was when it became normal in Japanese schools and inter-school competitions. During this time many schools of Kenjutsu was founded for students.
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IS IT POPULAR IN OTHER COUNTRIES?
Not very much, although there are many kendo clubs in Melbourne and internationally. Many international kendo federations and organisations have been made.
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Kendo is not in the Olympic Games
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KENDO IN JAPAN TO KENDO INTERNATIONALLY
Right from the Muromachi Era kendo was being remade and reformed. For Japanese sword was made differently using the Tatarafuki casting method with high quality iron sand obtained from the riverbed. Now, Kendo is mostly done relatively the same in Japan in comparison to other countries, though obviously they teach Kendo in Japanese in Japan. Also, while in Japan they teach Kendo more traditionally, in other countries they don’t use all rules and regulations in traditional Kendo, and slightly change the form and moves.
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SIMILAR INTERNATIONAL SPORTS
Fencing. Fencing has a basis nearly identical to kendo, as they both use a sword/rapier type object to hit an opponent which wins the game. While fencing has a more quick and balanced approached in the duels/fights, kendo has a more strong and warlike approach to kendo-it is very much like a actual sword battle, rather than the soft and easy simulation that is fencing. Kendo also uses a harder wooden or bamboo sword replica, while fencing uses slightly flimsier metal rapier with a soft material at the tip. Although the technicalities of each sport are different, the basis of which both have been founded on are the same.
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HERE IS A KENDO DEMONSTRATION
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