kendo

noun

ken·​do ˈken-(ˌ)dō How to pronounce kendo (audio)
: a Japanese sport of fencing usually with bamboo swords

Examples of kendo in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web This festival offers cultural performances, exhibits and demonstrations on everything from taiko, judo and kendo, obon and classical Japanese dance to ikebana flower arranging. Brittany Delay, The Mercury News, 1 Jan. 2024 Bunny was introduced to a massive pop from the crowd, and pushed a shopping cart filled with traditional street fight weapons (garbage cans, chairs and kendo sticks) to the ring. Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2023 Bunny hit the leg with a kendo stick and a steel chair. Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2023 Damian Priest escaped, leaving Dominik to get lit up with a kendo stick. Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 5 May 2023 Hikaru Shida hit the ring, kendo stick in hand, only to embrace with The Outcasts. Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 3 May 2023 The three-time Grammy winner made his grand entrance wearing a brown cowboy hat, oversize orange button-down and light-wash jeans and wielding a kendo stick, just before Priest was about to finish off Rey Mysterio for throwing a steel chair at his face. Glenn Rowley, Billboard, 25 Apr. 2023 See live entertainment such as dancing, storybox story-telling, a geisha opera singer, kendo and karate demonstrations, taiko drummers and a Japanese lion dance. San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2023 Years ago, Eden organized gatherings in parks using bamboo swords from the martial art of kendo. oregonlive, 6 July 2021

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Word History

Etymology

Japanese kendō, from ken sword + art

First Known Use

1921, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of kendo was in 1921

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“Kendo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kendo. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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