Kendo exists because the people practicing it have gained the training and knowledge that has been passed on with each generation of kendo masters. We selfishly train and practice kendo yet it is the unselfish act of inspiring and teaching the next person that is the true meaning of kendo and the legacy of kendo. The understanding and awareness that one is indebted to helping the next person is not a trivial matter, it is this selfless and dutiful kindness that is replicated ten fold. We see the physical aspects of kendo clearly from the very instant we enter a kendo dojo, yet it is the unseen aspects and teachings of kendo that can be seen outside the dojo in our personal lives that draws a full circle of the meaning of kendo.