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kendo

kendo

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A Japanese sport where people fight with bamboo swords and wear protective armor
  • noun
  • /ˈkɛn.doʊ/
: kendo
  • Well, he had an appointment for kendo practice with Koji Hitaki.
  • kendo stick
  • kendo, a Japanese
  • kendo is traditional

This is how a real kendo outfit goes.

Examples

  • Can I have a lift to the kendo hall?

    Glen or Glenda (1953)

  • In kendo, we call it kiri oroshi.

    Artemis Fowl (2020)

  • This is kind of like when I was taught to hold a kendo sword.

  • This is how a real kendo outfit goes.

    Adam Savage’s Tested

  • And the guy who owns the pub or runs the pub... ...I think he ran a kendo club.

    Harry Brown (2009)

  • Macduff began practicing kendo moves.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • Out of Japan you have the very familiar karate, judo, kendo.

    Reclaiming the Blade (2009)

  • So, she got a black belt in karate… and Kung Fu… and Kendo… and seven other martial arts.

    Chickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness (2022)

  • Toru snatched a bamboo training sword, the kind used in kendo classes, and swung at his cousin, striking bare flesh.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • Kendo is a Japanese martial art that focuses on kendo with bamboo swords while wearing protective armor.

Surface Forms

kendo singular
kendoes plural

Etymology

The word kendo comes from Japanese parts ken ('sword') and dō ('way'). So kendo literally means the way of the sword, which explains why it is a Japanese art of sword fighting.