Useful Links
Kendo Federations around the world
Where to buy equipement online
Books online, Magazines, texts and thoughts of all kind
Videos, guides and pictures of Kendo basics
Kendo World Forum - The best place to meet Kenshis from all over the world - http://www.kendo-world.com/forum
Kendo Blog - Akihito ABE - Interesting blog from one of the first english web resources about Kendo - http://www.isenokami.com/Kendo/kendoblog.html
BLOG USAGI SAN - Another interesting Kendo Blog - http://usagikendo.blogspot.com
Japanese - English Online Dictionary - Great online resource from Jim Breen - http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/wwwjdic.html
Suburi Diary - 1000 suburi for 1000 days. Wow! - http://www.geocities.com/kendosuburi/index.htm
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Kendo Federations around the world
All Japan Kendo Federation (ZNKR) - http://www.kendo.or.jp
All US Kendo Federation - http://www.auskf.info/
Canadian Kendo Federation - http://kendo-canada.com
Kendo America - http://www.kendo-usa.org
British Kendo Association (BKA) - http://www.kendo.org.uk/
Australian Kendo Renmei- http://www.kendoaustralia.asn.au
European Kendo Federation - http://www.ekf-eu.com/ekf.htm
International Kendo Federation (IKF) - http://www.kendo.or.jp/english-page/english-page2/IKF-pages.htm
South California Kendo Federation - http://www.eanet.com/sckf
Where to buy equipement online
e-Bogu - The only place I buy, because Taro is my friend. Great quality, great service... - http://www.e-bogu.com
Eguchi - Competitor to e-bogu. Never tried them, but they're good too apparently. - http://www.eguchi.net
Bugei Trading company - Swords and related equipement - http://www.bugei.com/
Electronic Journals of Martial Arts and Sciences - Lots of stuff that has nothing to do with Kendo, but interesting read nonetheless - http://ejmas.com/
Kendo World Magazine - In English, published in Japan, by contributors worldwide. Expensive, but worth reading. - http://www.kendo-world.com/
Go Rin No Sho - A Book of Five Rings - Classic from Miyamoto Musashi – http://www.samurai.com/5rings
Journal of Japanese Sword Arts - http://www.uoguelph.ca/~kataylor/jjsanow.htm
Kendo Jidai - In Japanese, the Kendo reference - http://www.taiiku-sports.co.jp/kendo.htm
Kendo Nihon - In Japanese - http://www.skijournal.co.jp/kendo/top.html
Bokuto Ni Yoru Kendo Kihon-waza - Kendo basics using Bokken - http://www.mushinkankendo.com/kendo_kihon_waza.html
JCCC Kendo Kata - Excellent description with pictures of the Kendo Kata, from my friends at JCCC in Toronto - http://www.jccckendo.com/kendo/aboutkendo/abkata.html
Kendo Curriculum & Handbook - Interesting and very thorough guide on kendo basics, from folks in Hawaii - http://www.hawaiikendo.com/Kenkyukai/curricu.htm
Kendo Kata - Old videos of the 10 Kendo Kata - http://kenwakai.org/videos.htm
Kendo in the 20th century - Excellent historical article by one of the fathers of Kendo in California, Benjamin Hazard - http://www.auskf.info/mainpages/article2.htm
Training tips - Kendo guides from Mizobe sensei in California - http://home.earthlink.net/~stalemate/training.htm
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