Brother Production Presents: 1/6th scale KENDO Armour & Clothing Components for 12" figures

Kendo is a modern Japanese martial art, which descended from swordsmanship (kenjutsu) and uses bamboo swords (shinai) and protective armour (bōgu). Today, it is widely practiced within Japan and many other nations across the world. Kendo is an activity that combines martial arts practices and values with strenuous sport-like physical activity. The introduction of bamboo practice swords (shinai) and armour (bōgu) to sword training is attributed to Naganuma Shirōzaemon Kunisato during the Shotoku Era (1711–1715). Naganuma developed the use of bōgu and established a training method using the shinai.

The shinai is meant to represent a Japanese sword (katana) and is made up of four bamboo slats, which are held together by leather fittings. Protective armour is worn to protect specified target areas on the head, arms and body. The head is protected by a stylised helmet, called men (面), with a metal grille (面金 men-gane) to protect the face, a series of hard leather and fabric flaps (突垂れ tsuki-dare) to protect the throat, and padded fabric flaps (面垂れ men-dare) to protect the side of the neck and shoulders. The forearms, wrists, and hands are protected by long, thickly padded fabric gloves called kote (小手). The torso is protected by a breastplate (胴 dō), while the waist and groin area is protected by the tare (垂れ), consisting of three thick vertical fabric flaps or faulds. The clothing worn under the bōgu comprise a jacket (kendogi or keikogi) and hakama, a garment separated in the middle to form two wide trouser legs.

Brother Production presents: 1/6th scale KENDO - Armour and clothing components. Arriving third quarter 2017, these 1:6th scale accessories ill be available as two sets: Set A ( Black Colour 胴 Do ) and Set B ( Brown Colour 胴 Do ). Parts list: 面 Men (PVC Made), 胴 Do (PVC Made), 稽古著 Keigoki, 篭手 Kote (PVC Made), 垂れTara (PVC Made), 袴 Hakama, 竹刀 Shinai (PVC Made), 竹刀袋 Shinai Bag. Base body and head not included.

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