Japanese martial art
The crossword clue "Japanese martial art" is answered by KENDO, a 5-letter entry. Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
KENDO
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the KENDO answer page.
Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- JIUJITSU (3 uses in xd)
- JUJITSU (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for KENDO
Every other clue in this collection answered by KENDO, most used first.
- Japanese fencing - used 14 times, most recently in 2017
- Japanese form of fencing - used 12 times, most recently in 2013
- Martial art with bamboo swords - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Sport with bamboo swords - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Japanese fencing style - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
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