Kendo is more than a sport, it is a way of life. Practitioners must learn how to control their emotions, remain calm under ...

One is called a shinai, and is less dangerous than a metal or solid wood sword. Harry Goh, both teacher and student, says, despite all the sword strikes, “This is mental martial arts ...

She practices gatka, the traditional Sikh martial art that blends sticks, swords, shields and spinning ... as they try to smack each other with wooden sticks during two-minute bouts.

was invited to train with a master craftsman of wooden practice swords. Known as wasters (when used in European-style swordsmanship) and bokken (when used in Eastern forms of martial arts), the swords ...

leather-covered bamboo swords and dull wooden daggers, called bokuto, fukuro shinai and kaikenjutsu respectively. For a martial arts club, injuries are surprisingly rare, said third-year civil and ...

The nonprofit organization, based in Raleigh, reconstructs Historical European Martial Arts, HEMA ... student and instructor Jonathan Wood (right) practice sword fighting at an advanced Napoleonic ...

Emphasising self-defence rather than victory, Japan's youngest martial art brings both ... each other holding wooden sticks shaped like a katana, the legendary Japanese sword, at arm's length.

Bobby Romero, of Oakland, sheathes his sword during an iaido martial arts class at the Emeryville Center of Community Life in Emeryville, Calif., on Monday, Dec. 9, 2024. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News ...

bokken (wooden swords) and martial arts. “We spent thousands of years with weapons in our hands,” said Paul by phone from Los Angeles. “It’s only in the past 150 years that we’ve turned ...

VADAKARA, Kerala -- Seated in her mud and tiled-roof training center filled with swords, shields ... young women -- are practicing martial art moves with wooden staffs. "Please continue and ...