New York City now has its own hometown virtuoso in the swordsmanship of the samurai. Shozo Kato, 54, recently became the third person from outside of Japan to pass the notoriously difficult exam for ...

Learning the ways of the samurai and making new friends while doing it: That is what the Kendo Club at Ohio State does. Dennie Patton, a graduate student in physics and president of the Kendo Club, ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The spirit of the samurai will be on display during the ninth annual Knox Asian Festival. Shigetoshi Eda has taught kendo classes in Knoxville since 2006. His students wear ...

KEEPING ALIVE the martial traditions of the samurai has been a lifelong labor of love for Shozo Kato – a devotion that doesn’t take a break even for the dog days of summer. Kato, 50, is one of the ...

If someone told you that samurai warriors wage battle with bamboo swords on Harvard’s campus every night of the week, you would accuse the person of lying. And, of course, you’d be right. Harvard’s ...

THERE IS NO trash-talking in kendo. But there is intimidation — even through the metal grille of the helmet, called a men. The opponent can see the eyes, very well. And body posture establishes a ...