kendo

noun

ken·​do ˈken-(ˌ)dō How to pronounce kendo (audio)
: a Japanese sport of fencing usually with bamboo swords

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Mia Yim interfered after with a kendo stick, and even after Piper absconded the stick, Yim got the better of Niven. — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025 Finn Balor Damian Priest walked out with a Puerto-Rican kendo stick for his street fight with Finn Balor. — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025

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Japanese kendō, from ken sword + dō art

First Known Use

1921, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of kendo was in 1921

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