• Iaidō (居合道), abbreviated iai (居合), is a Japanese martial art that emphasizes being aware and capable of quickly drawing the sword and responding to sudden...
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  • Kendō Renmei Iaidō is the iaidō style of the All Japan Kendo Federation (AJKF, Zen Nippon Kendo Renmei or ZNKR). This style of standardised iaido is also known...
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    Isao Machii (町井勲, Machii Isao, born August 20, 1973) is a Japanese Iaido master (Shūshinryū Iaijutsu hyōhō, Shūshin-kan head master) in Kawanishi, Hyōgo...
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  • The Zen Nippon Iaidō Renmei (ZNIR) or All Japan Iaidō Federation (全日本居合道連盟 abbreviated 全日居 "Zen Nichi I" or 全居連 "Zen I Ren") is a national non-governmental...
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    arts. Kata are used by most Japanese and Okinawan martial arts, such as iaido, judo, kendo, kenpo, and karate. Kata originally were teaching and training...
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  • The Iaido Division has been led by some of the greatest iaido figures, including Tsugiyoshi Ota, Meijin Iaido 10-dan, Katsuo Yamaguchi, Meijin Iaido 10-dan...
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    seppuku. Still preserved in modern-day movements (kata) of the martial art Iaidō, the ritual of performing kaishaku varies very little between Japanese fencing...
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    metal practice sword, without a cutting edge, used primarily for practicing iaido, a form of Japanese swordsmanship. A real (sharp) katana is called a shinken...
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  • Aiki-jūjutsu Enshin kaikan Gensei-ryū Gōjū-ryū Hakkō-ryū Hojōjutsu Hōjutsu Iaido Isshin-ryu Jōdō Japanese kickboxing Judo Jūkendō Jujutsu Juttejutsu Karate...
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    men separate them slightly. Some martial arts, notably kendō, aikidō, and iaidō, may prescribe up to two fist widths of distance between the knees for men...
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    Similar to Kendō, Iaidō is largely practiced under the All Japan Kendo Federation and it's not unusual for a Kendō club to offer Iaidō practice as well...
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  • be translated as "shaking off the blood". In the Japanese martial art of iaidō, this is done before nōtō or placing the blade back into the scabbard (known...
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    was called battōjutsu, which is still kept alive through the teaching of iaido.) The katana further facilitated this by being worn thrust through a belt-like...
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  • with their emblem sold well. The "standard bokken", mostly used in Kendo, Iaido, and Aikido, was created by master Aramaki Yasuo in collaboration with the...
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    based on his study of modern kendo (the way of the japanese sword), and Iaido (the way of drawing the japanese sword) under sensei Nakayama Hakudō. Gigo's...
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  • Ninjutsu Kenjutsu Karate Sojutsu Naginatajutsu Bojutsu Okinawan kobudo Iaido Kusarigamajutsu Kendo Kyudo Tessenjutsu Shurikenjutsu Bajutsu Jujutsu Taidō...
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    David Levinson; Karen Christensen (2002). Encyclopedia of Modern Asia: Iaido to Malay. Charles Scribner's Sons. p. 48. ISBN 978-0-684-80617-4. François...
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    non-governmental organisation and its aim is to promote and popularise kendo, iaido and jōdō. Seventeen national or regional federations were the founding affiliates...
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    writer with extensive training in Shindō jinen-ryū Karate, Kendo, Judo, Iaido, Kobudo, Aikido and Ninjutsu. A former All Japan Karate Champion, he gained...
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    kenjutsu yubijutsu kumiuchi koppō roikomiuchi iaijutsu fukihari shikaku iaidō suihokojutsu tantōjutsu shubaku Horse riding sumai bajutsu sumo jobajutsu...
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    founder, when he chose to name his art judo instead of jujutsu. Aikido Iaido Jodo Judo Jujutsu Karate Kendo Kūdō Kyūdō Shōrinji kempō Sumo In modern...
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    schools, for example, Yagyū Shinkage-ryū, Shin musō Hayashizaki-ryū and Iaidō, only Enshin-ryū seems to have used it to improve the drawing speed of an...
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    and that "in Budo the point is...to find peace and mastery of the self" Iaidō, in its transmission and its practice, is the martial art which takes up...
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    traditional martial art of Kendo-Iaido in Iran. In 1980, the International Martial Arts Federation started supervising Kendo & Iaido (Samurai). The formal training...
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    yakuza war. The reason for this is that in Japanese swordsmanship (kendo and iaido), the sword cannot be held tightly, and the little finger's grip is the...
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    Shinbukan: Iran Kendo and Iaido Association Israel Kendo and Budo Federation (IKBF) The federation represents Kendo, Iaido and Jodo in Israel. All Japan...
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  • Musō Jikiden Eishin-ryū (category Iaido)
    became the second person (after Nakayama Hakudō) to be awarded hanshi in iaidō by the Dai Nippon Butoku Kai. Ōe died at Enokuchi on April 18, 1926. His...
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  • Musō Shinden-ryū (category Iaido)
    Musō Shinden-ryū (夢想神伝流) is a style of sword-drawing art (iaido) founded by Nakayama Hakudō (中山博道) in 1932. Nakayama Hakudō studied under Hosokawa Yoshimasa...
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  • karate (10th dan), judo (5th dan), aikido (5th dan), kendo (2nd dan), and iaido. Kubota was born on September 20, 1934, in Kumamoto, Japan, into the family...
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    Hideyoshi as opposed to an administrator and a general. He excels in using Iaido and darkness-based attacks there. In one anime he hates Ieyasu Tokugawa...
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