September 06, 2015

Kendo armor is comprised of a stylized helmet (men), a breastplate (do), gauntlets (kote) and a loin guard (tare).
The armor started to be produced in the mid-Edo period (18c). It changed kendo matches and training methods dramatically. Up to that time, practitioners trained by following the fixed patterns (kata); kendo armor allowed them to practice mock combats with bamboo swords.

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Translation by: Satomi Hirasawa Yamashita, reviewed by Marie Mine

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