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  2. Ōdachi - Wikipedia

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    Ōdachi became popular in Kamakura period (1185-1333). Until the middle of the Kamakura period, high-ranking samurai mainly fought on horseback with yumi (bows), but as group battles by foot soldiers increased from the late Kamakura period, the importance of weapons possessed by those who did not have horses and did not have sufficient training in bows increased.

  3. Niten Ichi-ryū - Wikipedia

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    Japanese name: Description: Niten Ichi-ryu designation: Kenjutsu 剣術—odachi, kodachi: Sword art—Long and short sword Tachi/Kodachi Seiho Kenjutsu—odachi, kodachi Sword art—Long and short sword used together Nito Seiho Aikuchi [2] [3] Aikuchi roppo Juttejutsu—Jutte [2] [3] Truncheon art Jitte to jutsu Bōjutsu棒術—Bō: Staff art ...

  4. Iaijutsu - Wikipedia

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    The development of Japanese swordsmanship as a component system of classical bujutsu created by and for professional warriors , begins only with the invention and widespread use of the Japanese sword, the curved, single-cutting-edged long sword. In its curved form, the sword is known to the Japanese as tachi in the eighth century.

  5. Japanese sword - Wikipedia

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    As of 2008, only 100,000 swords remain in Japan. It is estimated that 250,000–350,000 sword have been brought to other nations as souvenirs, art pieces or for Museum purposes. 70% of daito (long swords), formerly owned by Japanese officers, have been exported or brought to the United States. [95]

  6. Iaido - Wikipedia

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    Iaidō (居合道), abbreviated iai (居合), [3] is a Japanese martial art that emphasizes being aware and capable of quickly drawing the sword and responding to sudden attacks. [ 4 ] Iaido consists of four main components: the smooth, controlled movements of drawing the sword from its scabbard (or saya ), striking or cutting an opponent ...

  7. Miyamoto Musashi - Wikipedia

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    Musashi agreed to the challenge, and it was scheduled for them to fight on one year later, on April 13, at Ganryūjima Island. When the date arrived, the island was filled with spectators intending to spectate the duel. Kojirō was known for fighting with a nodachi, a sword with a long blade. [19] [20] Musashi, it is said, deliberately arrived ...

  8. Nagamaki - Wikipedia

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    The nagamaki was a long sword with a blade that could be 60 cm (24 in) or more and a handle of about equal length to the blade. [3] The blade was single-edged, resembling a naginata blade, but the handle (tsuka) of the nagamaki was not a smooth-surfaced wooden shaft as in the naginata; it was made more like a katana hilt.

  9. Daishō - Wikipedia

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    The daishō (大小, daishō) —"large and small" [1] —is a Japanese term for a matched pair of traditionally made Japanese swords worn by the samurai class in feudal Japan. The etymology of the word daishō becomes apparent when the terms daitō, meaning long sword, and shōtō, meaning short sword, are used; daitō + shōtō = daishō. [2]

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