Armed with a bamboo sword, and cloaked in long black armor, a teacher faces his students in intense combat. This is the Japanese sport of kendo, and 70-year-old Shigeru Aoki is a master. And when ...

Aoki, 70, an eighth-degree kendo master, returns the bow, cutting a menacing but graceful figure in his kendo armour, which hides his face behind metal bars built into a helmet. In May, he will take ...

To celebrate 65 years of Japanese-Pakistani diplomatic relations, the consulate in Karachi held on Saturday a two-day event, 'Hamara Dostana', in which a Kendo and Jujitsu demonstration was showcased.

Although kendo scoring is quite subjective, many kendo practitioners fear that rigid rules or technology could push the martial arts toward Western-style sportification.

In May, he will take off his kendo gear – revealing his wispy, silver hair and soft smile – and hold the torch aloft as he runs the Olympic relay in southwestern Japan.

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 ...

Japan has introduced a new form of Martial Art known as Kendo in Ghana with a at demonstration at the Sports Hall, Accra Sports Stadium. The demonstration was led by the Ambassador of Japan, Mr ...

Although he is an Olympic torch bearer, Aoki says that kendo and the games should stay separate. Kendo has never been an Olympic sport, and the All Japan Kendo Federation has no plans to make it one.