Hi guys,
I was wondering, what is the difference between kendo and kenjutsu?
2006-12-18 10:40:52 · 10 answers · asked by deliah 3 in Sports ➔ Martial Arts
There the same thing. There just said differently
2006-12-18 14:43:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 8⤋
Kendo is the art of fencing. Much like european fencing, it has become a very refined sport rather removed from the practice of deadly combat with a sword.
This is the understanding I get from the various experts through the web. In practice, things can be a bit more ambiguous. In the go club I attended things were rather informal. We usually did not have armor (only the teacher and a couple others had suits and they seldom felt like lugging them in), and some of what we practices leaned more towards kenjutsu than kendo.
Given the difficulty of finding either nearby here in the states, I'm not too picky. Even if you are lucky enough to have a choice I'd say your best bet (if you're interested in learning) would be to check out the individual dojos. Speak with the teacher, ask them about what they teach and what they charge. Make a decision based on your own personal situation.
Hope this helps. Good luck.
2006-12-21 20:51:28 · answer #2 · answered by maxdwolf 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kenjutsu is an ancient Japanese art of sword (ken=sword, jutsu=martial art). Kenjutsu reach it's peak in Samurai age. In the Samurai age, kenjutsu is all about from sword drawing, sword cutting to sword fighting.
Japanese modernization under Meiji emperor (around 19th century), put an end of Samurai era. Sword fighting now was consider obsolete to modern gun. And the new law forbid people from carrying sword. This make kenjutsu was facing it's own extinction.
Some sword masters tried to preserve this art from extinction. They must make kenjutsu fit in ever modernizing Japan. So they developed Kendo, which use bamboo stick (shinnai) instead real sword (shinken) and special body armour (bodu) for protection from hard strike. In this way, people can train without risk of fatal injury. Because of this, kendo become more acceptable in modern Japan. Now, many people doing kendo for sports as well for inner mind development.
Of course, kendo is not kenjutsu. Kendo only a part of vast kenjutsu techniques. Also, hitting with shinai is a slightly different than cutting with real sword, which make some kendo techniques not applicable with the real sword.
2006-12-18 23:45:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Kendoka learn some kenjutsu kata as part of their training. However there are many styles of kenjutsu which have been preserved that do not have their kata included in contemporary kendo.
Obviously you can't spar with a live sword, anymore than judoka can actually choke each other to death. So the difference is basically between the kata of kenjutsu and the kumite of kenjutsu.
2006-12-18 16:35:23 · answer #4 · answered by michinoku2001 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As mentioned.... Kendo was derived from Kenjutsu.
Most basic easiest definition (without trying to offend any of those who practice either).... Kendo is a sport version of the Japanese sword arts. Kenjutsu is a fighting version.
2006-12-19 07:38:51 · answer #5 · answered by Shaman 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Kendo uses swords for kihongata (basic forms) and then focuses on unrealistic competition fencing. Kendo, as a sport, is not designed to teach realistic Japanese swordsmanship techniques. Aikido, while Ueshiba trained in Yagyu Shingan Ryu for a period of about two years, he did not gain any substantial rank, and thus probably didn't include much of it into his curriculum for Aikido. Most of the techniques against a sword are in order to disarm the sword, as opposed to attacking with the sword. I have read that some Aikidoka have introduced other styles of swordsmanship into their Aikido training, but it is still not much. Kenjutsu is actual Japanese battlefield sword techniques with the sword drawn out of the saya. It is a visual boring art to those whom desire a fast-paced free form style fighting, but the significance is highly useful for understanding how the sword was used and in using it effectively for Tameshigiri.
2016-03-28 23:32:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
just lookin ad vocabulary ken = blade (i think) jutsu= technique and do=way. So kenjutsu is just the technique and kendo is the way, path w/e. basic its the technique yes but its about makeint it part of your life. do it til you die and they fill you with philosophy and other stuff... and i know that doesnt mean that if you go 2 a kendo school they will teach you philosophy and enstill zen buddism values in you and it doesnt mean that a kenjutsu dojo wont.... but thats what the words mean
2006-12-18 12:41:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Kendo was derived from Kenjutsu. It takes different aspects of it and changes the way they are tought slightly.
Both teach techniques of the Katana/samarai sword
2006-12-18 10:49:52 · answer #8 · answered by Judoka 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
kendo is the sport form of kenjutsu.
Much like foil fencing is the sport form of traditional rapier fencing.
the tools are different and not weapons anymore vs. a system that trains (or should if it is a reputable teacher) in realistic weapon techniques with appropriate training versions of the weapon (bokuto) or live blades for cutting practice or blunt steel to train against your opponent (with protective gear obviously).
2006-12-19 04:56:54 · answer #9 · answered by bluto blutarsky2 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
THey are differant paths to the same destination.
2006-12-18 15:55:16 · answer #10 · answered by hisROYALbadnes 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋