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  2. Tameshigiri - Wikipedia

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    Tameshigiri (試し斬り, 試し切り, 試斬, 試切) is the Japanese art of target test cutting. The kanji literally mean " test cut " ( kun'yomi : ためし ぎり tameshi giri ). This practice was popularized in the Edo period (17th century) for testing the quality of Japanese swords . [ 1 ]

  3. List of Wazamono - Wikipedia

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    Wazamono (Japanese: 業 ( わざ ) 物 ( もの )) is a Japanese term that, in a literal sense, refers to an instrument that plays as it should; in the context of Japanese swords and sword collecting, wazamono denotes any sword with a sharp edge that has been tested to cut well, usually by professional sword appraisers via the art of tameshigiri (test cutting).

  4. Hundred man killing contest - Wikipedia

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    The hundred-man killing contest (Japanese: 百人斬り競争, romanized: hyakunin-giri kyōsō, Chinese: 百人斬比賽) was a newspaper account of a contest between Toshiaki Mukai (3 June 1912 – 28 January 1948) and Tsuyoshi Noda (1912 – 28 January 1948), two Japanese Army officers serving during the Japanese invasion of China, over who could kill 100 people the fastest while using a sword.

  5. Kiri-sute gomen - Wikipedia

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    Kiri-sute gomen (斬捨御免 or 切捨御免) is a Japanese expression regarding the feudal era tradition of right to strike: the right of samurai to strike and even kill with their sword anyone of a lower class who compromised their honour. [1]

  6. Japanese sword - Wikipedia

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    Testing of swords, called tameshigiri, was practiced on a variety of materials (often the bodies of executed criminals) to test the sword's sharpness and practice cutting techniques. Kenjutsu is the Japanese martial art of using the Japanese swords in combat. The Japanese swords are primarily a cutting weapon, or more specifically, a slicing one.

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    Dance class instructor, yoga teacher Leanne Lucas, who was stabbed told the court , she believed the killer "targeted us because we were women and girls, vulnerable and easy prey".

  8. Toyama-ryū - Wikipedia

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    Toyama-ryū (戸山流) established in 1925 by a committee of senior experts of several sword traditions for the curriculum of the Rikugun Toyama Gakkō.. The special school for training army personnel founded in 1873, called Rikugun Toyama Gakkō or "Toyama Army Academy" in Toyama, Tokyo, Japan, led to the establishment of Toyama-ryu. [1]

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    Walmart's 'Birkin for the wirkin' class' is now just $32. Show comments. Advertisement. Search Recipes. Gnudi: Spinach and Ricotta Dumplings. Gluten-Free Giant Cookie Cake. Gin Sling. Gnocchi Verdi.