Kendo: Culture of the Sword Book by Alexander Bennett Keenan Cornelius Genryu Shinden Chinese Orthodox Kung

Genryu Shinden Chinese Orthodox Kung Fu

Using fundamentally sound skills performed by a motivated and well-conditioned athlete

Cus D'Amato's numerical system

without exclusively focusing on sparring competition

the denomination for the techniques

Kendo: Culture of the Sword Book by Alexander Bennett Keenan Cornelius Genryu Shinden Chinese Orthodox KungKendo is the first in depth historical, cultural, and political account in English of the Japanese martial art of swordsmanship, from its beginnings in military training and arcane medieval schools to its widespread practice as a global sport today. Alexander Bennett shows how kendo evolved through a recurring process of inventing tradition, which served the changing ideologies and needs of Japanese warriors and governments over the course of history.