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Kendo Equipment Manual - Useful reference for the maintenence of you equipment

Kendo History - a well researched history charting the transformation of kenjustu into contemporary Kendo. This treatise concentrates on the effect of the Black Ships of Commodore Perry on the relevance of traditional martial arts and their subsequent devlopment into Kendo as we practise it.

The effect of Korea on contemporary Kendo. The article draws on the analogy of the effect the opening of Japan by US Admiral Perry's Black Ships had on the shogunate and the relevance of Budo.

Niten Ichi a brief treatise on Niten ryu and its originator Miyamoto Musashi.

Yamaoku Tesshu student interview - a true Kendo Master

Noma Hisashi - READ IT!

Japanese martial Arts