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Picture Gallery
A good example of a strike to the men. Note the straightly stretched arms, the right leg extended far ahead of the left, the shinai making contact 4 inches from the tip, eye contact. Men!
Another hit to the men. If you've noticed that men strikes are shown a lot in the picture gallery that is because it is a very basic manuever that is regularly used to win matches and is rehearsed in practice... A LOT!
Play by play article from Japan's Kendo monthly magazine, illustrating doh, and tsuki points being scored in a match.
A picture of Iaido, or "Way of the Draw." Although not practiced by the UK Kendo club, Iaido is often closely linked to Kendo.
Another hit to the men this time with [some] animation.
Interesting... yet somehow disturbing. "MUSA" the Kendo robot built by the Seoul National University in South Korea. Click here for footage of MUSA in action.
An official Kendo match. Note the flags on the contestants backs, each player wears a different colored flag and when that person scores a point the judges raise a matching colored flag to indicate that the strike was successfully done (usually the flags are white and red but it can be anything).
Although a thrust to the tsuki is usually considered a valid point in most competitions it is not practiced very often in the US and in some competitions, such as the Harvard collegiate tournament, the tsuki is not counted as point in order to discourage risky manuevers. Here is an example of what can go wrong with tsuki.
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