KARACHI: There once was a time when Samurais, famous for their sword fighting, were the protectors of the Japanese empire. However, with the advancement of technology and subsequent invention of guns, ...

Before I started practicing kendo, I was living in Japan, but ironically enough had little real interaction with the people. Whether it was work, spending time with friends or colleagues from various ...

COMPARED to other Japanese martial arts, the number of people doing kendo in the Philippines may not be as big, but practitioners of it in the country are undeterred in bringing it to the fore to have ...

New York City now has its own hometown virtuoso in the swordsmanship of the samurai. Shozo Kato, 54, recently became the third person from outside of Japan to pass the notoriously difficult exam for ...

To mold the mind and body, to cultivate a vigorous spirit, and through correct and rigid training, to strive for improvement in the art of kendo; to hold in esteem human courtesy and honor, to ...

The coronavirus pandemic has prompted an embrace of technology in ways people would never have dreamed of before. From the office to the yoga studio, everything is moving online. And now, even the ...

Sensei Temujiin Lowe, the primary instructor for San Jose State University’s Kendo Club, insists the bamboo swords his team uses are not for fighting. “We don’t hit with those,” said Lowe, “It’s kind ...

If someone told you that samurai warriors wage battle with bamboo swords on Harvard’s campus every night of the week, you would accuse the person of lying. And, of course, you’d be right. Harvard’s ...

NAGOYA -- A series of novel coronavirus infections among a group of special kendo trainees in the Aichi Prefectural Police was certified as a cluster infection by the prefectural government on April 7 ...