| 释义 |
‖ kendo|ˈkɛndəʊ|
[Jap.]
The Japanese sport of fencing with bamboo swords.
1921S. K. Uyenishi Text-bk. Ju-Jutsu i. 14 Kendo or Ken-jutsu, ‘the hard way’ and ‘the hard art’..is the elaboration of the old two-sword play of the samurai or ‘two-sworded men’. 1933Official Guide to Japan (Jap. Imperial Govt. Railways) p. clxxxvi, Kenjutsu or Kendō (also called Gekken), the art of handling a sword, corresponds to European fencing and is as old as Japanese history. 1939R. Kaji Japan facing p. 56 (caption) Kendô, Japanese fencing, in which the participants use bamboo swords. 1958Economist 1 Nov. 422/1 The government has reintroduced the forbidden kendo or military fencing in schools. 1964R. A. Lidstone Introd. Kendō 15 Quite understandably Kendō, with its militant background, lost favour after the last war. 1966J. Ball Cool Cottontail (1967) iv. 37 He had become interested in the basic Oriental martial arts: judo, kendo, aikido, and karate. 1974Publishers Weekly 28 Jan. 100/1 (Advt.), Kendo, or Japanese sword fighting, is an ancient method of training body and mind that now is becoming popular throughout the world. |