Kendo has never been an Olympic sport, and the All Japan Kendo Federation has no plans to make it one. “I personally worry that kendo would become commercialized and all about winning.

00:43 But you can still find a little bit of the heart of the samurai in Japan's martial arts, kendo. 00:52 And I used to be a competitive fencer, so I love swords and swordsmanship and battling ...

Kendo Nagasaki (83) officially enters Guinness ... becoming a star in the 1970s thanks to his involvement in ITV's World of Sport television programme. In 1977, the moment when he took off his ...