kendo

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“Ken” means sword, and “do” means way, so kendo is the way of the sword.

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She eventually became a Zen priest herself, and continues to live at the temple today, where she trains in a particularly rigorous form of Japanese swordsmanship called kendo.

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In your time at Chozen-ji you studied kendo — the way of the sword — and chado — the way of tea.

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In our approach to kendo we don’t learn any defensive maneuvers.

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The ideal is that the separation between kendo opponents, between the person and the sword, between the tea host, the utensils and the guest — all those boundaries disappear.

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