Iaijutsu

Description

Iaijutsu (居合術) is the combative quick-draw sword technique, one of the koryu (classical) disciplines of the Japanese warrior. It focuses on the drawing of the katana and immediate response to an attack, a counter-attack-oriented art developed for the relatively static applications of the warrior's daily life rather than the battlefield. Originally a part of kenjutsu, it became a dedicated discipline as masters concentrated exclusively on the drawing of the sword. Koryu schools that include iaijutsu in their curriculum include Musō Jikiden Eishin-ryū, Suiō-ryū, Mugai-ryū, Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū and Hōki-ryū. Its modern form is iaido.

Related styles

Variant ofKenjutsu

Longest documented lines

2 generations

Nakayama Hakudō Morimoto Tokumi Goto Magobei Masasuke

Sources

Iaijutsu - Wikipedia EN. Wikipedia (English)link history info

Introduction to Iaido - Suomen Musō Shinden Ryū Yhdistyslink history info

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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Iaijutsu. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01KZ6XT5DSFQG9TRGDK9AQFZCW - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.

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