Those who study kendo regard promotion examinations and matches as vehicles for cultivating self-discipline. Preparing to take a grading is especially ...

Dr. Sotaro Honda (R7-dan), student of H8-dan Masatake Sumi-sensei, has been a longtime contributor to Kendo World, and has spent much of his kendo career ...

Kendo World is devoted to the art of Japanese sword fencing (kendo), and the dissemination of its vast practical, philosophical and historical aspects ...

Content in this issue: Editorial By Michael Ishimatsu-Prime In the editorial, Michael Ishimatsu-Prime reflects on visiting the 109th Kyoto Embu Taikai ...

Kendo World is devoted to the art of Japanese sword fencing (kendo), and the dissemination of its vast practical, philosophical and historical aspects ...

Kendo World is devoted to the art of Japanese sword fencing (kendo), and the dissemination of its vast practical, philosophical and historical aspects ...

Professional soldier, spy, linguist, traveller, international lover, prisoner of war and prolific chronicler of history: Much was written about Charles ...

The Ōshū Kendo Renmei documents kendo’s beginnings and establishment in the UK, its spread into Europe, and the formation of the Ōshū ...

R.A. Lidstone’s story is as unique in its own way as that of “Master Spy” Charles Boxer in that it catalogues an unrivaled study of ...

Serving as an instructor at the elite Japanese Naval Academy in Etajima in the late 1800s, Francis James Norman was one of the first Westerners to take ...