Welcome to the "What's Happening at Chuo" section where you can stay informed about Chuo Kendo Dojo, worldwide kendo news and kendo related topics. Here you will find the most recent kendo announcements and a calendar of kendo events.
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The purpose of practising Kendo is: 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 associate with others ...
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Kendo As Character Building - Kendo is the first step in learning how understand your opponent's intentions. By considering an opponent's mind, our own mind will also be natured. Bushido is monono,which is one of Japan's most significant ...
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Since the earliest samurai government in Japan, during the Kamakura period (1185-1233), sword fencing, together with horse riding and archery, were the main martial pursuits of the military clans. In this period kendo developed under the strong influence of Zen Buddhism. The samurai could equate the disregard for his own life in the heat of battle, which was considered necessary for victory in individual combat, to the Buddhist concept of the illusory nature of the distinction between life and death. Those swordsmen established schools of kenjutsu (the ancestor of "kendo") which continued for centuries and which form the basis of kendo practice today. The names of the schools reflect the essence of the originator’s enlightenment. Thus the Itto-ryu (Single sword school) indicates the founder’s illumination that all possible cuts with the sword emanate from and are contained in one original essential cut.
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