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  2. Iaijutsu - Wikipedia

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    Archaeological excavations dated the oldest sword in Japan from at least as early as second century B.C. [2]: 4 The Kojiki (Record of Ancient Matters) and the Nihon Shoki (History of Japan), ancient texts on early Japanese history and myth that were compiled in the eighth century A.D., describe iron swords and swordsmanship that pre-date recorded history, attributed to the mythological age of ...

  3. Musashi no Ken - Wikipedia

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    The manga was adapted as a 72-episode anime television series by Eiken. The manga was also adapted into a Famicom platform game called Musashi no Ken – Tadaima Shugyō Chū (六三四の剣 ただいま修行中, lit. ' Sword of Musashi - Now in the Middle of Training '). The game was developed and published by Taito. It was released in Japan ...

  4. Iaido - Wikipedia

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    Iaido is for the most part performed solo as an issue of kata, executing changed strategies against single or various fanciful rivals. Every kata starts and finishes with the sword sheathed. Regardless of the sword method, creative ability and concentration are required to maintain the feeling of a genuine battle and to keep the kata new.

  5. Musashi Miyamoto (Vagabond) - Wikipedia

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    Musashi has a meeting with the 4 seniors, a solo fight against the Yagyū men, as well as an encounter with Sekishūsai Yagyū. [5] [6] While preparing for the rematch with the Yoshioka, Musashi meets the disabled samurai Kojirō Sasaki. Both play with a snowman, simulating a brief sword fight in the process and forming a friendship.

  6. Niten Ichi-ryū - Wikipedia

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    Hyohō Niten Ichi-ryū (兵法 二天 一流), which can be loosely translated as "the school of the strategy of two heavens as one", is a koryū (ancient school), transmitting a style of classical Japanese swordsmanship conceived by Miyamoto Musashi.

  7. Katana Maidens: Toji No Miko - Wikipedia

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    The government authorizes the Toji to wear swords and serve as government officials, and the government has set up five schools throughout the country for the girls to attend. The girls live ordinary school lives, while occasionally performing their duties, wielding their swords and using various powers to fight and protect the people.

  8. Samurai Girl: Real Bout High School - Wikipedia

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    Daimon High's principal, an avid supporter of the K-Fight system and in the anime, former teacher to Nagumo. Tamaki Nakamura. Voiced by: Sayuri Yoshida (Japanese); Julie Maddalena [1] (English) [2] Daimon High School's fast talking K-fight announcer. Shinsengumi In the manga, Ryoko teams up with a group of girls for some group fights.

  9. Sōjutsu - Wikipedia

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    The Yari was a popular weapon throughout the feudal period of Japan, [2] being cheaper to produce and requiring less training than other contemporary battlefield weapons, and lending itself to close formations of ashigaru troops, in conjunction with firearms upon their adoption in Japan. The height of sōjutsu's popularity was immediately after ...