The striking of bamboo swords echoes off the high ceiling of the Palladium Athletic Facility’s Main Court three nights a week ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

Kyle Umeda was 8 years old when his cousins started asking his parents when he was going to begin learning kendo. His cousins had been involved with it for years, and Umeda had always been interested ...

The Japanese martial art is challenging for mind and body, and connects MSU students and faculty through a love of discipline. EAST LANSING, Mich. - As one of only two senseis—a teacher of martial ...

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 ...