Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Armed with a bamboo sword, and cloaked in long black armor, a teacher faces his students in intense combat. This is the Japanese ...

Hiroshi Kaneko, on a cross-country quest for kendo knowledge, is seen at the Yukuhashi Renshinkan dojo in Yukuhashi, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Nov. 6, 2022. (Mainichi/Masaki Matsumoto) YUKUHASHI, Fukuoka ...

Wu Chin-pu (吳金樸) still visits the kendo dojo at Tamkang University in Tamsui District (淡水), New Taipei City (新北市), every Wednesday to teach students the way and spirit of kendo, as he has for decades.

The first person to teach me about kendo (traditional Japanese fencing) was ‌a high school girl. She was in her school’s kendo club and even brought in parts of her armor, such as the helmet and chest ...