Sensei Temujiin Lowe, the primary instructor for San Jose State University’s Kendo Club, insists the bamboo swords his team uses are not for fighting. “We don’t hit with those,” said Lowe, “It’s kind ...

The Japanese martial art is challenging for mind and body, and connects MSU students and faculty through a love of discipline. EAST LANSING, Mich. - As one of only two senseis—a teacher of martial ...

Thirty years ago, Ron Fox never saw himself as taking over a dying Kendo Club at Michigan State University. Fox studied at MSU and became interested in in the martial art of Kendo during his sophomore ...

If someone told you that samurai warriors wage battle with bamboo swords on Harvard’s campus every night of the week, you would accuse the person of lying. And, of course, you’d be right. Harvard’s ...

Kyle Umeda was 8 years old when his cousins started asking his parents when he was going to begin learning kendo. His cousins had been involved with it for years, and Umeda had always been interested ...

The traditional Japanese martial art of kendo is steeped in tradition and has a strong and growing following in Australia. Kendo, known as 'the way of the sword', was developed in the 1600s as a ...