Kendo, meaning "Way of The Sword", is a modern Japanese martial art of sword-fighting based on traditional samurai swordsmanship, or kenjutsu. Kendo is a physically and mentally challenging activity that combines strong martial arts values with sport-like physical elements.
Practitioners of kendo are called kendoka, meaning "someone who practices kendo", or occasionally kenshi, meaning "swordsman". And the old term of kendoists is sometimes used. The "Kodansha Meibo" (a register of dan graded members of the All Japan Kendo Federation) shows that as of September 2007, there were 1.48 million registered dan graded kendoka in Japan.
History:
Since the earliest samurai government in Japan, during the Kamakura period (1185-1333), 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.[citation needed] 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.
Equipment:
Kendo is practiced wearing a traditional Japanese style of clothing, protective armour and using one or, less commonly, two shinai. The shinai is meant to represent a Japanese sword (katana) and is made up of four bamboo slats, which are held together by leather fittings. A modern variation of a shinai with carbon fiber reinforced resin slats is also used.
Kendo employs strikes involving both one edge and the tip of the shinai or bokuto.
Protective armour is worn to protect specified target areas on the head, arms and body. The head is protected by a stylized helmet, called men, with a metal grille to protect the face, a series of hard leather and fabric flaps to protect the throat, and padded fabric flaps to protect the side of the neck and shoulders. The forearms, wrists, and hands are protected by long, thickly padded fabric gloves called kote. The torso is protected by a breastplate, while the waist and groin area is protected by the tare, consisting of three thick vertical fabric flaps or faulds.
Simple 1500 Series Vol.099 - The Kendo - Ken no Hanamichi is a kendo game in which the player can enjoy a great kendo simulation with a realistic IA in which the opponent uses a difficult defense tactic.
Game Modes:
- Story mode: In this mode the player can choose between 3 different characters (Only the first one is playable at the beginning)
- Survival mode: The player character got 5 points and every time that he is hit the points decrease by one.
- Vs Mode: 2 players or 1 player against the computer
Manufacturer's description:
Taking a game like the moment! Birth of a hardball action game that simulates the unique kendo. Kendo reproduce realistic 3D characters with "auto-defense" attack "Faint" technology "pay" with the system increases the depth to meet such a simple operation and reading. Try to enjoy the fun stories of three in kendo.
Features:
- Third person perspective.
- 3D graphics
- Cartoon graphics
- Kendo theme.
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