Men (kendo)

The ( also ) Men [men ] (Japanese ,面) is the kendo the name of a blow to the head of the opponent, the name of the corresponding target area and also the mask that is worn to protect them.

Description

The Men, the most important target area in kendo dar. On the Men are three different strokes possible: First, the straight blow to the apex ( shomen ,正面), second and third, the lateral blow to the apex ( sayumen ,左右 面) or left right ( hidari ,左or migi ,右). The only stitch in Kendo, the Tsuki is, though running on an attached under the chin of human head protection throat protector, but counts as a separate hit area. In terms of a head protection is the human part of the armor ( Bogu ,防具) and is made of cotton material. The lattice face ( mengane ) typically consists of an aluminum or titanium alloy. Depending on the design can be covered with leather in order to increase the lifetime of sensitive parts of the human. Is held the Men of the human bands (Men - himo ) that are attached to the face lattice. For cushioning and sweat absorption cloth is worn cotton under the Men, the tenugui (also Hachimaki ).