kendō

See also: kendo and kendő

English

Noun

kendō (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of kendo.
    • 1969, Donn F[rederick] Draeger, Robert W[illiam] Smith, “Japan”, in Asian Fighting Arts, Tokyo; Palo Alto, Calif.: Kodansha International Ltd., published 1970 (3rd printing), →ISBN, page 102:
      Modern kendō is largely practiced as a thriving sport in educational institutions, military and police agencies, and in companies. While predominantly a sport, kendō includes the essence of spiritual training.
    • 2012, Naoki Inose with Hiroaki Sato, “Shinpūren, Men of the Divine Wind”, in Persona: A Biography of Yukio Mishima, Berkeley, Calif.: Stone Bridge Press, →ISBN, page 481:
      A natural at kendō while a student who later headed his alma mater’s Kendō Club, he was also an important figure in the publishing field and a friend of Mishima’s.
    • 2019, Raúl Sánchez García, “Reformulation, expansion, and hybridisation of Japanese martial arts”, in The Historical Sociology of Japanese Martial Arts (Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society), Abingdon, Oxfordshire; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, part III (Martial artists):
      The same approach was maintained through the 1990s, when the guidelines for budō in school encouraged kendō practice as a way for every individual to ‘be rich in humanity and strong in body’ but also emphasised the idea of Japanese budō as a unique component of their we-group identity.

Japanese

Romanization

kendō

  1. Rōmaji transcription of けんどう
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