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English Wikipedia article on iaido, the modern Japanese budo art of drawing the sword. Notes the term appeared in 1932, was popularized by Nakayama Hakudo, and emerged from iaijutsu. Describes the four components of iaido kata (nukitsuke, kiritsuke/kirioroshi, chiburi, noto), solo practice, the koryu forms in the Toho-gata set (Muso Jikiden Eishin-ryu, Mugai-ryu, Shindo Munen-ryu, Suio-ryu, Hoki-ryu), and iaido's status as an intrinsic form of Japanese modern budo.

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