kendo tshirt

the japanese martial art of kendo sword fighting is featured on this tshirt to honor the nobel art. Wikipedia.com states Kendo (剣道 kendō?), meaning "Way of The Sword", is a modern Japanese martial art of sword-fighting based on traditional swordsmanship (kenjutsu) which originated with the samurai class of feudal Japan. Kendo is a physically and mentally challenging activity that combines martial arts practices and values with sport-like strenuous physical activity. Practitioners of kendo are called kendōka (剣道家?), meaning "someone who practices kendo",[13] or occasionally kenshi (剣士?), meaning "swordsman".[14] The old term of kendoists is sometimes used.The "Kodansha Meibo" (a register of dan graded members of the All Japan Kendo Federation) shows that as of September 2007, there were 1.48 million registered dan graded kendōka in Japan