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  2. 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.

  3. File:Katana diagram.svg - Wikipedia

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    The original can be viewed here: Katana diagram.png: . Modifications made by Tsaitgaist . This SVG file contains embedded text that can be translated into your language, using any capable SVG editor, text editor or the SVG Translate tool .

  4. Iaido - Wikipedia

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    Two of the largest Japanese organizations, All Japan Kendo Federation (ZNKR) [28] and All Japan Iaido Federation (ZNIR), each created their own representative set of kata for this purpose. Japanese girl practicing iaido with a custom-made student's katana or iaitō. In modern Japan, iaido is seen as one of the traditional martial arts and it ...

  5. Hamon (swordsmithing) - Wikipedia

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    Katana, showing the hamon as the outline of the yakiba. The nioi appears faintly as the bright line following the hamon; especially visible at the tip (kissaki). In swordsmithing, hamon (刃文) (from Japanese, literally "edge pattern") is a visible effect created on the blade by the hardening process.

  6. Worksheet - Wikipedia

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    Having a worksheet template easily accessible can help with furthering learning at home. As an assessment tool, worksheets can be used by teachers to understand students’ previous knowledge and the process of learning; at the same time, they can be used to enable students to monitor the progress of their own learning. [4]

  7. Naginata - Wikipedia

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    In the Edo period (1603–1867), the hilts of naginata were often cut off and made into katana or wakizashi (short sword). This practice of cutting off the hilt of an ōdachi, tachi, naginata, or nagamaki and remaking it into a shorter katana or wakizashi due to changes in tactics is called suriage (磨上げ) and was common in Japan at the time.

  8. 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.

  9. List of National Treasures of Japan (crafts: swords) - Wikipedia

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    from left to right: naginata, tsurugi, tantō, katana and tachi (not to scale) The term "National Treasure" has been used in Japan to denote cultural properties since 1897, [1] [2] although the definition and the criteria have changed since the introduction of the term.