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 ...

Learning the ways of the samurai and making new friends while doing it: That is what the Kendo Club at Ohio State does. Dennie Patton, a graduate student in physics and president of the Kendo Club, ...

Third-year political science student Steven Yang removes his tenugui during practice. The tenugui helps keep sweat from dripping onto the swordsman. Members of the UCLA Kendo club gather around as ...

Balance is the key to surviving college, or at least that’s how graduates, administrators, and professors might counsel undergrads who are overdosing on either classes or the social pleasures of ...

Kendo (剣道), often referred to as “the way of the sword,” is a modern Japanese martial art that has captured the hearts of countless people around the world. This guide offers a concise introduction to ...

The coronavirus pandemic has prompted an embrace of technology in ways people would never have dreamed of before. From the office to the yoga studio, everything is moving online. And now, even the ...

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 ...

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 ...