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| Kendo as a martial art has been around for about 2000 years. In the 16th century, the samurai studied the techniques of the sword as a matter of life and death. "Modern" Kendo was developed as this era came to an end around the mid 17th to 18th century, when the bamboo sword (shinai) was devised to enable the safe and free practice of the ancient sword-arts. |  |
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illustration by Oscar Ratti -Secrets of the Samurai (1973) |
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