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Japanese for kendo
Target calls, equipment names, commands and etiquette for kendo - including the shouts you're expected to make yourself.
Kendo is unusual in that you announce your own strike as you make it, so the vocabulary isn't only for understanding: you have to say it, loudly.
The strikes you call
You shout the target as you strike it:
A point only counts with きあい (kiai) - the shout - plus correct posture and ざんしん (zanshin, follow-through awareness). Striking the right target silently is not a point, which is why beginners are told to be louder than feels comfortable.
Equipment
The armour pieces share names with the targets - you strike the めん because that's the piece protecting the head. That overlap makes the vocabulary much smaller than it first looks.
Commands and practice types
けいこ (keiko) means practice, and it compounds constantly: じげいこ (free practice), きりかえし (cutting drill), うちこみげいこ (strike drill). Spotting けいこ inside a word tells you it's a type of training session.
Etiquette
けんどう = けん (ken, sword) + どう (dō, way). The same どう as じゅうどう and あいきどう - and the same おねがいします / ありがとうございました bookends. Learn that pair once and it works in every martial art you ever try.
These phrases get built into real conversation in the90 day course. The first week needs no account.