Kendo, The Way of the Sword

The "Way of the Sword", Kendo is a modern Japanese martial art of sword-fighting based on Kenjutsu traditional Japanese swordsmanship.
An organization, The All Japan Kendo Federation, was founded in 1952 to promote and popularize kendo, iaido and jodo.
In 1975 they developed and published a book, The Concept and Purpose of Kendo, showing the concept and purpose of the art.
Kendo's roots go far beyond the 1975 book and the 1952 forming of the All Japan Kendo Federation.
It developed all the way back in the Kamakura period (1185-1233) of Japan.
Kendo practitioners are called kendōka (meaning "one who practices kendo") or kenshi (meaning "swordsman").
For more information on Kendo you can go to the International Kendo Federation here.