International Kendo Federation
The International Kendo Federation (FIK) was founded in 1970. It is an international federation of national and regional kendo associations.
The forms of the Nihon Kendō Kata (日本剣道形) were finalized 1933 based on the Dai nihon Teikoku Kendo Kata, composed in 1912.
Kendo is a modern Japanese martial art, descended from kenjutsu, that uses bamboo swords (shinai) as well as protective armor (bōgu). It began as samurai warriors' customary swordsmanship exercises, and today it is widely practiced within Japan and has spread to many other nations across the world.
Kendo
Takasugi Shinsaku, late Edo period kendo practitioner
Kendo at an agricultural school in Japan around 1920
Lee Teng-hui, later President of Republic of China (Taiwan), wearing kendo protector as a junior high school student in Japanese Taiwan