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  2. Ninjatō - Wikipedia

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    1973: Ads selling newly manufactured and imported ninja swords appear in the American magazine Black Belt. [15] 1981: Books containing references to the sword written by Masaaki Hatsumi, the founder of the Bujinkan, [4] and Stephen K. Hayes, [5] an American who studied under Hatsumi in 1975, [16] are published.

  3. 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)

  4. Japanese sword - Wikipedia

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    Japanese swords were often forged with different profiles, different blade thicknesses, and varying amounts of grind. Wakizashi and tantō, for instance, were not simply scaled-down versions of katana; they were often forged in a shape called hira-zukuri, in which the cross-sectional shape of the blade becomes an isosceles triangle. [130]

  5. List of Wazamono - Wikipedia

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    Wazamono (Japanese: 業 ( わざ ) 物 ( もの )) is a Japanese term that, in a literal sense, refers to an instrument that plays as it should; in the context of Japanese swords and sword collecting, wazamono denotes any sword with a sharp edge that has been tested to cut well, usually by professional sword appraisers via the art of tameshigiri (test cutting).

  6. Kodachi - Wikipedia

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    A kodachi (小太刀, こだち), literally translating into "small or short tachi (sword)", is one of the traditionally made Japanese swords (nihontō) used by the samurai class of feudal Japan. Kodachi are from the early Kamakura period (1185–1333) and are in the shape of a tachi.

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

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    Confiscated by the GHQ in the aftermath of World War II and subsequently lost, but re-discovered by chance in 1963 and returned to Terukuni shrine a year later by an American Dr. Walter Compton (owner of one of the greatest Japanese sword collection outside Japan, he returned Kunimune by himself and without seeking any compensation) ; curvature ...

  8. Kyoketsu-shoge - Wikipedia

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    The kyoketsu-shoge (Japanese: 距跋渉毛) [1] is a double-edged blade, with another curved blade attached near the hilt at a 45–60 degree angle. This is attached to approximately 10 to 18 feet (3–5 m) of rope , chain , or hair which then ends in a large metal ring .

  9. Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai - Wikipedia

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    The Nihon Bijutsu Tōken Hozon Kyōkai (日本美術刀剣保存協会, 'The Society for Preservation of Japanese Art Swords', NBTHK) is a public interest incorporated foundation established in February 1948 to preserve and promote Japanese swords that have artistic value. They run a Japanese Sword Museum in Tokyo and have a secretariat in the ...

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