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  2. Swordsmanship - Wikipedia

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    Swordsmanship or sword fighting refers to the skills and techniques used in combat and training with any type of sword. The term is modern, and as such was mainly used to refer to smallsword fencing, but by extension it can also be applied to any martial art involving the use of a sword. The formation of the English word "swordsman" is parallel ...

  3. Iaido - Wikipedia

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    Iaido consists of four main components: the smooth, controlled movements of drawing the sword from its scabbard (or saya ), striking or cutting an opponent, shaking blood from the blade, and replacing the sword in the scabbard. [1] While beginning practitioners of iaido [5] may start learning with a wooden sword ( bokken) depending on the ...

  4. 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. Hyōhō Niten Ichi-ryū is mainly known for the two-sword — katana and wakizashi ...

  5. Kenjutsu - Wikipedia

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    Kenjutsu (剣術) is an umbrella term for all ( ko-budō) schools of Japanese swordsmanship, in particular those that predate the Meiji Restoration. Some modern styles of kendo and iaido that were established in the 20th century also included modern forms of kenjutsu in their curriculum. [1] Kenjutsu, which originated with the samurai class of ...

  6. List of practice weapons - Wikipedia

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    Shinai (Japanese Katana-like sword made of Bamboo strips, used in Kendo) Pugil stick (Heavily padded pole-like weapon) Foil (European fencing weapon) Federschwert (Steel sparring sword used in European martial arts) Foam Weapons, Boffers (Foam Weapons used in live action role playing, SCA, and the like)

  7. Kendo - Wikipedia

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    www .kendo-fik .org. Kendo ( 剣道, Kendō, lit. 'sword way', 'sword path' or 'way of the sword') [1] is a modern Japanese martial art, descended from kenjutsu (one of the old Japanese martial arts, swordsmanship ), that uses bamboo swords ( shinai) as well as protective armor ( bōgu ). [2] It began as samurai warriors' customary ...

  8. Iaijutsu - Wikipedia

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    Iaijutsu is a combative sword-drawing art but not necessarily an aggressive art because iaijutsu is also a counterattack-oriented art. Iaijutsu technique may be used aggressively to wage a premeditated surprise attack against an unsuspecting enemy. [2] : 14, 50 The formulation of iaijutsu as a component system of classical bujutsu was made less ...

  9. Ittō-ryū - Wikipedia

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    Kogen Ittō-ryū (甲源一刀流) was founded by Henmi Tashiro Yoshitoshi, a student of Sakurai Gosuke Nagamase, who in turn was an exponent of the Aizu branch of Mizoguchi-ha Ittō-ryū. The Henmi dojo still stands in Saitama Prefecture. This is Ryūnosuke Tsukue 's sword school in the 1966 historical drama The Sword of Doom (大菩薩峠).