By Darrell Max Craig
The old Kendo teachers loved to ask their new students “What is Kendo?” Then they would sit back and listen to them philosophize about the way of the sword.
The question is like a Zen question. If you find an answer, it will always be wrong for there is no answer.
Kendo is something different to each and every student who picks up a Japanese sword. Old Kenjitsu had no rules. Modern Kendo sometimes described as sport Kendo, does. This is the difference between the two.
This book addresses advance level Kendo skills including equipment, exercises, wazas and the last three katas of the All Japan Kendo Federation, which uses the short sword (Wakizashi).
280 pages, 558 Illustrations