Hi Muhammed, if you would like to know more about Kendo, hakama, shinai, bogu and gi, you may look at some useful links given by namabiru. Let me summarize this type of martial art (quoted from Wikipedia):
Kendo or "way of the sword", is the Japanese martial art of fencing. If you have ever watched the movie "Last Samurai" (actor: Tom Cruise), you may have a description of this type of martial art. Kendo developed from traditional techniques of Japanese swordsmanship known as kenjutsu. The movie "Star Wars" (Luke Skywalker, Lord Vader etc) is also inspired from Kendo.
Since the earliest samurai government in Japan, during the Kamakura period (1185-1233), sword fencing, together with horse riding and archery, were the main martial pursuits of the military clans.
Kendo is practised wearing traditionally styled clothing and protective armour (bōgu), using one or two bamboo swords (shinai) as weapons. Kendo may be seen as a Japanese style of fencing. The movements in kendo are different from European fencing because the design of the sword is different, as is the way it is used.
Protective armour (BOGU), is worn to protect specified target areas on the head, arms and body.The head is protected by the helmet-like (MEN) , the forearms and hand by gauntlets called KOTE, and the body by the DO and TARE. The clothing worn under the bogu comprises a jacket, or kendogi/keikogi and a hakama, which is a trouser-like garment with wide legs.
Hi Muhammed, if you would like to know more about Kendo, hakama, shinai, bogu and gi, you may look at some useful links given by namabiru. Let me summarize this type of martial art (quoted from Wikipedia):
Kendo or "way of the sword", is the Japanese martial art of fencing. If you have ever watched the movie "Last Samurai" (actor: Tom Cruise), you may have a description of this type of martial art. Kendo developed from traditional techniques of Japanese swordsmanship known as kenjutsu. The movie "Star Wars" (Luke Skywalker, Lord Vader etc) is also inspired from Kendo.
Since the earliest samurai government in Japan, during the Kamakura period (1185-1233), sword fencing, together with horse riding and archery, were the main martial pursuits of the military clans.
Kendo is practised wearing traditionally styled clothing and protective armour (bōgu), using one or two bamboo swords (shinai) as weapons. Kendo may be seen as a Japanese style of fencing. The movements in kendo are different from European fencing because the design of the sword is different, as is the way it is used.
Protective armour (BOGU), is worn to protect specified target areas on the head, arms and body.The head is protected by the helmet-like (MEN) , the forearms and hand by gauntlets called KOTE, and the body by the DO and TARE. The clothing worn under the bogu comprises a jacket, or kendogi/keikogi and a hakama, which is a trouser-like garment with wide legs.