KENCHIKAI

Kenchikai is a Kendo club that practices in the Central Eastside Industrial District of Portland, Oregon, USA. Think: "kind of near OMSI."... The name Kenchikai (剣知会), in Japanese, refers to a group that knows the sword: 剣 means sword, 知 means wisdom/knowledge, and 会 means gathering. We are named Kenchikai because we seek knowledge and understanding about what we are practicing - not just hitting people... We break down our learning into three categories: Knowledge, Understanding, and Practice. We started Kenchikai with the idea that the first two points (knowledge and understanding) are just as important as practice. We think this way of learning and improving can be learned and applied to one's self-development, too.