Kendo World's Alex Bennett narrates "A Brief History of Kendo". Based on Alex's book, "Kendo - Culture of the Sword", and his decades of research into kendo, budo, and bushido, this video gives an excellent overview of how "kendo" became "kendo". Watch it an impress your friends in the "second dojo" with what you know about kendo's history.

If the video gives you a thirst to learn more, why not buy the book that goes into the subject in amazing detail?

"Kendo- Culture of the Sword" by Alexander Bennett
University of California Press, 2015
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0520284372
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0520284371

TIME STAMPS:
00:00 - 00:44 - Message from author or Alex Bennett
00:44 - 00:55 - Intro
00:55 - 02:35 - Kenjutsu from 14th century
02:35 - 06:45 - Kenjutsu during pax Tokugawa
06:45 - 09:20 - Gekkiken Kogyo
09:20 - 10:35 - Keishicho (Police) kendo
10:35 - 12:34 - Kendo in education
12:34 - 14:16 - Dai Nippon Butoku Kai
14:16 - 15:50 - Creation of Dai Nippon Teikoku Kendo Kata
15:50 - 17:13 - Kendo During the Imperial Expansion
17:13 - 19:26 - Budo Ban and Shinai Kyogi
19:26 - 22:15 - Formation of All Japan Kendo Federation
22:15 - 23:21 - Kendo Goes International

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