Kendo Clothing and Bogu
Kendo clothing and bogu (equipment) consists of the following:
  1. shinai
  2. tenugui
  3. keikogi
  4. hakama
  5. tare
  6. do
  7. kote
  8. men
The following equipment manual sections (pdf) were downloaded from the Fukuda Budogu site: section 1 2 3 4 5

At Norwalk Dojo, there is a set of guidelines for when beginners can begin to wear different items of clothing and bogu.

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The image below illustrates how to tie the nakayui:

The image below illustrates tying various parts of the shinai (click on it for an enlargement):

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The image below illustrates folding the keikogi (click on it for an enlargement):

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The image below illustrates folding the hakama (click on it for an enlargement):

(see also this more complete description)

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