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Haowen Chan wrote:
Kendo is a martial art that is not for self defense.
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Good point. While I tend to think of Kendo as sport, I suppose "Martial Art" refers more to the tradition from which it came than how it is applied today. Still, I think the unifying theme among all martial arts is centered around self-protection, even if the particular means are highly situation specific. By definition, all martial arts are born from the various issues which result from conflict and its various forms, aren't they...even if semantically we use the phrase loosely?