You're no stranger to secret societies, codes of honor, and ancient ways of doing things. But there's one thing your underground organizations have always lacked: swords. Until now... Which is why we ...

Whether the Japanese martial art of kendo or its Korean counterpart, kumdo, came first is the subject of a debate that spans continents and goes back thousands of years. But in Fairfax County, there ...

The first person to teach me about kendo (traditional Japanese fencing) was ‌a high school girl. She was in her school’s kendo club and even brought in parts of her armor, such as the helmet and chest ...

A week since my first Kendo class with the Chennai Kendo Club, I find myself often zoning in and out of a larger cosmic zen. When things go wrong, I say ‘utsuke’ (meaning idiot) and when I wish to ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The spirit of the samurai will be on display during the ninth annual Knox Asian Festival. Shigetoshi Eda has taught kendo classes in Knoxville since 2006. His students wear ...