Kendo Armor and Its Parts, including Shinai

1. Part 1 of 4 – Bogu & Shinai
How To Wear
Kendo Armor
(plus Tenugui-Making)
JGM Doc Tore
of Medstar 3
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All rights reserved.
Manila, Philippines
April 2012

2. Ken
- means “blade”
Kendo
- way of the sword
Do
- means “the way”
Kendogi
- Kendo uniform
Gi
- means “garment”
Kenjutsu
- swordsmanship
Jutsu
- means “training”
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Manila, Philippines
April 2012

3. Bogu
- protective armor
consisting of the
Men, Do, Tare, Kote
Shinai
- bamboo practice
sword
- in between fushi
(nodes) represent
Tem (Heaven),
Chi (Earth),
Jin (Person)
- 5 nodes symbolize
Gokoku Houjou
(sacred crops &
grains of Ancients)
1. Kome - rice
2. Mugi - wheat
3. Awa - foxtail
4. Kibi - millet
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Manila, Philippines
April 2012

4. Tenugui
- cotton towel wrapped around
the head under the “men”
- where ryu (school), clan, family,
dojo (training place) and
personal symbols etched in
Japanese Khoin and/or
Chinese Tensho are written
in calligraphy
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Manila, Philippines
April 2012

5. Tenugui
Tare
Kote
Do Kote
Hakama Uwagi
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Men
Manila, Philippines
April 2012

6. Tsukagashira
(end of handle)
Tsuka
(handle)
Tsukagawa
(leather handle) Tsuba
(handle guard)
Tsubadome
(rubber stopper S
for handle guard)
H
I
Take
(bamboo staves) NTsuru
(string)
A
I
Nakayui
(leather binding)
Sakegawa
(leather tip)
Kensen
(sword tip)
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Manila, Philippines
April 2012

7. Darth Vader’s Helmet
and Face Mask
- was based on a Samurai’s
kabuto, shikoro, mengu &
yodare kake (head armor,
neck guard, face armor &
throat guard)
- Kendo was invented so that
sons of Samurais (Warrior
Class) & their Daimyos (Lords
or Masters) can practice safely
kenjutsu or swordsmanship
without hurting each other
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Manila, Philippines
April 2012

8. Continued in
Part 2 - Kendogi
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All rights reserved.
Manila, Philippines
April 2012

9. THE END
Log on to: http://www.slideshare.net/DrArielSTorres to download PPS file
Using ORIGINAL, GENUINE, AUTHENTIC:
Bogu (Men, Do, Kote & Tare), Keikogi, Hakama, Shinai & Mini Shinais
bought from Japan Animation
2011 Philippine Toy Convention
Check out also:
How To Wear Samurai (Mitsuharu Akechi) Armor
or Darth Vader’s costume concept in Star Wars
Courtesy of:
Dr. Ariel S. Torres
Manila, Philippines
yeltres@yahoo.com