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  2. Iaijutsu - Wikipedia

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    According to Donn F. Draeger, iaijutsu is a combative art and, therefore, the warrior considered only two starting positions in the execution of a sword-drawing technique: The first technique is the low crouching posture named iai-goshi. The second is the standing posture named tachi-ai. [2]: 50

  3. Kendo Kata - Wikipedia

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    In kendo kata, the teacher role always moves first. [1] Both the student and teacher use bokken (木剣), except in some demonstrations which use blunted katana. [3] The first seven kata use tachi, a long bokken, for both student and teacher. [1]

  4. Nage-no-kata - Wikipedia

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    Nage-no-kata (Japanese: 投の形, "forms of throwing") is one of the two randori-no-kata (乱取りの形, free practice forms) of Kodokan Judo.It is intended as an illustration of the various concepts of nage-waza (投げ技, throwing techniques) that exist in judo, and is used both as a training method and as a demonstration of understanding.

  5. List of Danzan-ryū techniques - Wikipedia

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    The Danzan Ryu lists [1] differ in concept from the Kodokan Judo lists in that the techniques are taught in kata form in some applicable context, rather than simply demonstrating and enumerating a single technique. Deashi Hayanada, for example, is not a single technique, but a combination of Deashi Harai (foot sweep) and Tenada Shime (cross

  6. Chūdan-no-kamae - Wikipedia

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    Kendo practice at an agricultural school c.1920. The person at right in the foreground is in chūdan-no-kamae, the person at left is in jōdan-no-kamae.. Chūdan-no-kamae (中段の構え:ちゅうだんのかまえ), sometimes shortened to Chūdan-gamae or simply Chūdan, is a basic weapon stance in many Japanese martial arts.

  7. Katana - Wikipedia

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    The word katana first appears in Japanese in the Nihon Shoki of 720. The term is a compound of kata ("one side, one-sided") + na ("blade"), [6] [7] [8] in contrast to the double-sided tsurugi. The katana belongs to the nihontō family of swords, and is distinguished by a blade length (nagasa) of more than 2 shaku, approximately 60 cm (24 in). [9]

  8. Kata - Wikipedia

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    Kata originally were teaching and training methods by which successful combat techniques were preserved and passed on. Practicing kata allowed a company of persons to engage in a struggle using a systematic approach, rather by practicing in a repetitive manner the learner develops the ability to execute those techniques and movements in a natural, reflex-like manner.

  9. Japanese swordsmithing - Wikipedia

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    Outside Japan there are a couple of smiths working by traditional or mostly traditional techniques, and occasional short courses taught in Japanese swordsmithing. [45] A very large number of low-quality reproduction katana and wakizashi are available; their prices usually range between $10 and about $200. These cheap blades are Japanese in ...