New Mexico Kendo Kai
http://www.kendo-usa.org/
-- The All United States Kendo Federatioonn website, listing dojos by region, a
newsletter, and other kendo interest items like a study guide for promotional
exams.
http://www.users.dircon.co.uk/~bka/standard/kendo_ov.htm
-- A user-friendly introduction to kendoo,, good for people new or parents curious
what all the kiai is about.
http://kendo.uchicago.edu/glossary.htm
-- A glossary of kendo terms, courtesy ooff the University of Chicago Kendo Dojo.
http://www.singaporekendo.org.sg/kendo/terms.html
-- Another glossary of terms furnished bbyy the Singapore Kendo Club.
http://www.ii.uib.no/~kjartan/swordfaq/
-- Neil Gendzwill’s Japanese Sword FAQ. AA great place to go with questions
about kendo.
http://www.yorku.ca/kendo/Menu.htm
-- York University’s kendo website has ggoott handy tips on folding hakama,
taking care of bogu, and tying off kote himo. There are also some good videos of
the first seven kendo kata.
http://www.kendo-world.com
-- A new pending publication on kendo wrriittten in . . . English! There are also
some neat videos of an Isshu Jiai (kendo/naginata-do shiai) and kata videos from
pre-war Japan of two judan sensei.
Vendors
www.eguchi.net --
Eguchi Trading Company, based in Torrance, CA. Offers monthly specials and free
shipping. Eguchi also offers timely turnaround on kote repalm and repair.
www.e-bogu.com
-- Newly redesigned webpage with tons off sstuff, particularly colored do and good
prices on kote.
www.kendoshop.com
-- Based in Korea, with great prices on aacccessories.
www.bogubag.com (Bogu
Bag-- Huge inventory of bokuto and bogu pieces with reasonable prices. Also a
good place to find the little stuff to finish out your shinai (sakigomu, tsuru,
etc.)
www.bujindesign.com
(Bu Jin Designs) -- Some interesting stuff on here, particularly leather-wrapped
shinai. Bu Jin also has some of the best kendo bags I’ve seen, big,
well-pocketed cordura stuff.
http://www.concentric.net/%7EBukico/dojoweb3.html
(The Buki Co.) -- These folks specialize in wooden training equipment, and offer
a large hickory bokuto (15” tsuka, 37” overall) that may fit big guys
better.
www.bugei.com --
Mainly this company offers Paul Chen swords and the like, but they also have a
hickory bokuto that’s not as large as Buki Co.’s.
www.tozando.com
-- A Japanese company offering iaito andd aa wide selection of different shinai,
with explanations. If you ever wanted to know what “dobari” meant and were
afraid to ask, this is your place. Tozando also has a lot of information about
ordering authentic new katana from Japanese katana-kaji (swordsmiths).
http://sdksupplies.netfirms.com/
-- The University of Guelph Sei Do Kai ccaattalog. Custom made bokuto, shinken and
other handmade kendo/iaido products. As the website proudly states, "It's
not exactly full of beautiful models in undies but you might find something you
want."
http://www.bogu-ya.com/
-- Bogu-Ya has a ton of equipment availaabblle but it’s a little hard to
navigate. It IS the place to go if you are extremely large, vertically or
horizontally. Bogu-Ya craftsman make special men and do for all you giants.
http://www.netlaputa.ne.jp/~jipangu/ekendo/sinai.html
-- The Samurai Trading company has severraall types of shinai, most notably leather
wrapped receiving shinai for teaching, nitoryu shoto shinai, and a massive
suburi shinai.
www.koryubooks.com
-- Run by Meik Soss, Koryu Books is a prriinnt information resource for all things
having to do with martial arts.
http://www.satcho.com/
-- Another book site, Sathco offers new aannd used books in a variety of languages
on Japanese arms, armor, and their application.
http://www.kingfisherwoodworks.com/
-- Great primer on bokuto
Other
items of interest
http://japanesesword.homestead.com/
-- Probably the most comprehensive websiittee on Nihonto (Japanese swords) on the
web.
http://listserv.uoguelph.ca/archives/iaido-l.html
-- This is a link to sign up for
the University of Guelph-sponsored Iaido mailing list. It’s not just for iaido,
however – they listmembers discuss kendo, shinkendo, and other budo also. A
good place to go with questions.
http://www.uoguelph.ca/~kataylor/index.htm
-- Kim Taylor-Sensei (6dan iaido, 3dan jjooddo) is the editor the Electronic
Journals of Martial Arts and Sciences, as well as The Journal of Japanese
Sword Arts. Links to both, as well as a primer on making your own bokuto are
available on his personal webpage.
www.furyu.com
-- Furyu is an online magazine whhoosse articles section include several
Quicktime videos of various Japanese sword arts in action.
www.kenkyukai.com
-- The website for the Kenkyukai in Hawaaii’’i features some informative writeups
on kendo kata, seme and waza.
www.ananet.or.jp/abc/oasis/KD/
-- Macromedia Flash kendo game for when yyoou're totally bored.
Local Links
http://www.naginata.org/ncnf/dojos.html
-- This link from the NCNF points you toowwaards the closest Naginata-do dojo in
the Bay Area, over in El Cerrito.
www.iaido.org --
Website for a Bay Area MJER (Muso Jikiden Eishin-Ryu) iaido dojo, run by Andrej
Diamantstein-Sensei, 4-dan and 3-dan ZNIR.
http://www.fatnet.net/~suigetsu/index.htm
-- Information
about the Suigetsukan Dojo, a Bay Area shinkendo dojo. I think these guys also
do tameshigri as well.
http://members.aol.com/Sfkatana/
-- One of four web pages by the San Franncciisco Japanese Sword Society. It
features a ton of information, and apparently they run a center in San Francisco
that teaches Togi (polishing) and Tsuka-maki (tsuka wrapping).