Hello Jerry, nice walk.
Those wooden swords are called bokkens (木剣, bok(u), "wood", and ken, "sword") and amor you have asked about is called kendōgu (剣道具, "kendo equipment") which is used in Japanese martial arts, mostly in kendo (as you might already guessed because of its name :-) )
Hey there, Gandalf the grey!
Amazing, thank you for taking your time to fill the holes in my post!
I'm truly thankful, now I have learned something aswell!
(I was hoping someone could tell us more about the kendogu and the bokkens) :)
Much appreciated!!