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Bokken (Japanese wooden swords, also known as bokuto) Iaitō (Practice weapon used in Iaido) Taijijian (Demonstration version of the Jian, Chinese straight sword, for use in tai chi) Dussack (European curved, single edged practice sword) Waster (Wooden European sword simulator)
In the practice of aikidō, happo-giri (or happo-no-giri) is an exercise performed with the bokken, cutting in eight directions.Each cut is a simple strike from the top of the head straight down the centre line, with the bokken ending parallel to the floor at roughly the same height as the lower abdomen.
A tanren bō (鍛錬棒) is a bat used in aikido for strength and suburi training. Despite being only 3 feet (0.91 m) overall, with 10 inches for the handle, the "blade" is a large lump of rectangular wood, with its cross-section being a square with dimension of three square inches, and has an overall weight of 4 to 7 lbs.
Various types of bokken. A bokken (木剣, bok(u), 'wood', and ken, '(double-edged) sword') or bokutō (木刀, boku, 'wood', and tō, '(single-edged) sword') is a Japanese wooden sword used for training in kenjutsu. It is usually the size and shape of a katana, but is sometimes shaped like other swords, such as the wakizashi and tantō.
Aikido shihōnage technique. Aikido (合氣道:あいきどう, aikidō) means "the way to harmony with ki". It is a Japanese martial art developed by Morihei Ueshiba (植芝 盛平 Ueshiba Morihei, 1883 – 1969). The art consists of "striking", "throwing" and "joint locking" techniques and is known for its fluidity and blending with an ...
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I added the part about a special "iai-drawing only" bokken in the article. Just in case anyone is in doubt they actually exist, check this page outBokken with Plastic Saya The aikido bokken part can be found under Iwama Ryu Bokken :) Fred26 12:28, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
Aiki-ken training during a 2006 international seminar at Lesneven Aikido, in Lesneven, France. Aiki-ken (Kanji: 合気剣 Hiragana: あいきけん) is the name given specifically to the set of Japanese sword techniques practiced according to the principles of aikido, taught first by Morihei Ueshiba (aikido's founder), then further developed by Morihiro Saito, one of Ueshiba's most prominent ...