Kendo - Equipment and Clothing

Equipment and Clothing

Kendo is practiced wearing a traditional Japanese style of clothing, protective armour (防具, bōgu?) and using one or, less commonly, two shinai (竹刀?).

  • A shinai.

  • Men

  • Dō

  • Tare

  • Kote

  • Armour and clothing components

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