What exactly is Japanese Kendo?

Japanese kendo is a general term, there are many schools, now this take bamboo sword competition, is the competition and ornamental, is now a common Japanese kendo competition. But the real school of many, such as specializing in drawing the sword, specializing in long knives, with short knives of all kinds. But Japanese Kendo is a bit more combat-oriented.

In fact, it is similar to those Chinese martial arts, many schools. But many martial arts are now reduced to a competition show to watch. Fancy, but poor or even no combat.