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Fighting styles that use a katana from the beginning
What are the fighting styles which employ the katana from the beginning of training?
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Why does Seido Karate only teach weapons training at black belt level?
I am a student of the Seido karate fighting style, I would like to know why weapons training starts only at the black belt level?
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What's the difference between Iaijutsu and Iaido?
For what I've been found, this two arts have some similarities, but I can't fully understand it, this is pretty much the definition of each.
Iaido: The art of sword drawing. All katas begin and end ...
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Blocking with a katana blade
Are there any school/style of Japanese swordsmanship that teach blocking (a parry or deflect is fine as long as there is contact between them) incoming attacks with the sharp edge of the blade of a ...
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Is there a US-based organization supporting Iaijutsu?
I've trained with a bokken for many years, mostly though instruction by students in various arts and David Lowry's text. I'm at a point in my life where I would like to formalize my knowledge and ...
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What are the key differences between kendo and kenjutsu?
I was wondering what are the key differences between kenjutsu and kendo?
I know that kendo is considered as an art of fighting where as the kenjutsu is the art of killing, or am I wrong here?
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Alexandre Dumas' Three Musketeers: 17th century French Rapier
In "Les Trois Mousquetaires", we have a lot of sword fights. We have a dozen different people who are described as really good sword fighters. What sword schools were active during the 17th century ...
