Any kendoka (a person practicing Kendo) can easily recognize many movements during a Jedi duel because their duels were inspired in many moments from Kendo. Star Wars creator George Lucas, actor Mark Hamill, and sound designer Ben Burtt discuss the concept and creation of the lightsaber.

One o of the existing Youtube videos about how to make a katana.

Just a brief history of Kendo completing the explanations you can find here.

Age almost does not count when a person wants to practice kendo: when that person do want to practice he or she just finds a dojo and the person starts to practice. To learn or to continue, whatever it fits the best.

There are several martial arts that are complementary each to another. Kendo and Iaido are two of them: one should know how to fight with other person, and the fight is done with the sword already drawn, and the same person should know how to draw the sword. Kendo and Iaido are very different and the same person can practice both martial arts to have a better undestanding of using the katana (one of the Japanese swords).

Every person has his or her reasons for start practicing and for practicing kendo and even the priests of a Shinto shrine in Tokio can practice kendo. It's a entirely personal decision and you can take if for yourself and if you want to practice it you are welcome in any kendo club not just in ours.

In case you may want more information about what kendo is and what kind of training we have (just in general because the details you'll be learning in dojo) this is a video you want to watch.

This is not Kendo music but you can listen it after a kendo training. It may be good for you if you listen it relaxed or you do relaxe while listening it. Being relaxed you definetly help you in life and doring kendo trainings - relaxation is a part of being fast.

If you still don't know what Kendo is you can find some informations from the video. The Japanese sword fencing is rather old but many people especiall from Europe and America don't know much about this full contact martial art.

Just a few minutes talk about Kendo to help you understand better what Kendo really is. Kendo practice does not mean only learning the necesary techniques to fight using a sword, it means also getting the mindset adequate for that. This attitude is useful in many aspects of life, including in the activities of the Japanese police.

Kyu examination subjects (cumulative for each grade and the conditions for previous grades)

• 6 kyu ≥10 keiko după înregistrare - reiho, ashi sabaki, denumirile părţilor shinaiului
• 5 kyu ≥15 keiko după ce obţine 6 kyu - chakuso, suburi, denumirile părţilor uniformei
• 4 kyu ≥20 keiko după ce obţine 5 kyu - kihon waza, denumiri bogu
• 3 kyu ≥25 keiko după ce obţine 4 kyu - uchikomi, bokuto ni yoru kendo kihon-waza keiko-ho (1-4)
• 2 kyu ≥30 keiko după ce obţine 2 kyu - kiri kaeshi, bokuto ni yoru kendo kihon-waza keiko-ho (1-9)

 This short movie is part of the opening sequence of Kendo taken from The Empty Mind Documentary. It is mostly the 2003 All Japan Kendo Championship at the Budokan, Tokyo. Go to emptymindfilms.com for the feature length DVD. The soundtrack is by Richard Brookens (the narator) of Yellowbell.

You can only understand kendo by practicing it. The words and the images in the documentary are only a small introduction... just to give you a hint. After a time of hard practice you may became addicted by the way of thinking beyond practicing kendo.

1. Sometimes you respond to people with “Hai”.

2. You bow every time you go in/out of a room, despite wherever you are

3. When you see a mirror, you always check your kamae;

4. You get commented on having ugly feet

5. You watch kendo videos on youtube on your free time

6. You feel good after getting your ass kicked by a sensei

7. You do fumikomi, suriashi, or just casually go to kamae in public for no reason