Backstory, About

Kendō is a martial art with very old origins. The origin is the samurai's martial art with the Japanese sword. Ever since the first Japanese swords began to be made in the eighth century, people have also trained in the art of using them in battle. Several sword schools were founded through the centuries. A common problem was that you wanted to test your knowledge without having to fight a violent duel. During the 17th century, Shinzen Kai often dueled with weapons made of wood, however, even a hard blow with such a weapon against the head could be deadly. Kendō is not trained to defeat an enemy in battle, but to practice intuitive action, to maintain calm in stressful situations, balance, harmony and concentration.

Japanese words

“Japanese words, these are important.”

Oss - means: “hi”, “do you understand?”, “I understand, ”bye”, etc
(オス) Rei - bow (礼)
Kiai - battlescream (気合)
Uke - block (受け)
Mokuso - Meditation

(黙想) Gedan - It roughly means "lower level", and refers specifically to the lower part of the body, from the belt and below.

Chudan - It roughly means "middle level", and refers to the lower part of the body, from the waist to below the shoulders.

Jodan - It roughly means "high level", and refers to the upper part of the body, from which the shoulders and above.

Hajime - Begin/start
Yame - Yame literally means "stop" in Japanese.
Antai - change direction.
Bango - No

Counting to 10 in Japanese

One – Ichi
Two – Ni
Three – San
Four – Shi
Five – Go
Six – Roku
Seven – Shichi
Eight – Hachi
Nine – Kyu
Ten – Juu