Author Archives: Kazuyo Matsuda

Design Competition – Kendogu for Women: Entries/Members Vote

応募作品・メンバー投票 Click on each entry image and you will be able to see all of the artwork and text in both English and Japanese. Please cast your vote by clicking the ‘Go to vote’ button at the bottom of this page – you will be taken to the member’s only page to vote. One voteContinue reading “Design Competition – Kendogu for Women: Entries/Members Vote”

Entry 02 – Protection and Empowerment

English Bogu is crucial to kendo practitioners as it provides protection to the vital parts of human body. Unfortunately as a female, I realised that the traditional kendo bogu did not address the difference between a male body and a female body. Males normally tie their Tare just above their hipbones as that is theContinue reading “Entry 02 – Protection and Empowerment”

Onna Bugeisha: La Mujer y La Naginata

Por Curtis Abu Traducción al español: José Vargas Las mujeres y su rol como guerreras en la historia de Japón es un tema interesante que me gustaría mencionar. Existe mucha literatura, obras, y piezas de arte sobre onna bugeisha1, o guerreras femeninas en español, que demuestran sus características. Dependiendo del período, se dice que lasContinue reading “Onna Bugeisha: La Mujer y La Naginata”

Design Competition – Kendogu for Women

デザイン公募「女性用剣道具」 Design Brief and submission Design a kendogu for women that can help women wear and train in kendo more comfortably and minimise or eliminate current issues they have with the traditional kendogu. Describe the proposed design. Describe what feature(s) have been added, modified or removed from the traditional kendogu and how to wear etc.Continue reading “Design Competition – Kendogu for Women”

Book by Maeda Shinko

We are pleased to announce that Maeda Shinko sensei’s only book “Josei no tameno Kendo Shido Handbook” (Women’s Kendo Instruction Handbook) is on sale at our Japanese subscription site for people in Japan. Or contact us if you want a copy that needs to be shipped outside of Japan. We will confirm the shipment costContinue reading “Book by Maeda Shinko”