Kendo

Similar topics in Freebase

• 

  Shurikenjutsu

  Shurikenjutsu (手裏剣術) is a general term describing the traditional Japanese martial arts of throwing shuriken, which are small, hand-held weapons used primarily by the shinobi (ninja) in feudal Japan, such as metal spikes bō shuriken, circular plates of metal known as hira shuriken, and knives ...
• 

  Jukendo

  Jūkendō (銃剣道) is the Japanese martial art of bayonet fighting. It developed after the end of World War II in order to enable the enthusiasts of the military bayonet training to continue their practice in the form of a regular sport. The foundations of the modern sport came from the Toyama Military...
• 

  Battōjutsu

  Battōjutsu (抜刀術) is a Japanese term meaning techniques for drawing a sword. It is often used interchangeably with the terms iaijutsu, battōdō, or iaidō, although each term does have nuances in the Japanese language and different schools of Japanese martial arts may use them to differentiate between...
• 

  Kyudo

  Kyūdō (弓道 or きゅうどう), literally meaning "way of the bow", is the Japanese art of archery. It is a modern Japanese martial art (gendai budō) and practitioners are known as kyūdōka (弓道か). It is estimated that there are approximately half a million practitioners of kyūdō today. In 2005 the...
• 

  Iaido

  Iaidō (居合道) is a Japanese martial art associated with the smooth, controlled movements of drawing the sword from its scabbard, striking or cutting an opponent, removing blood from the blade, and then replacing the sword in the scabbard. While new students of iaidō may start learning with a wooden...
• 

  Naginata

  Naginata (なぎなた, 薙刀) is a pole weapon that was traditionally used in Japan by members of the samurai class. It has become associated with women and in modern Japan it is studied by women more than men; whereas in Europe and Australia Naginata is practiced predominantly by men - this is however only...
• 

  Iaijutsu

  Iaijutsu (居合術), often translated roughly as the "art of mental presence and immediate reaction", is the Japanese martial art of drawing the sword. At least one author makes the distinction that, strictly speaking, iaijutsu consists exclusively of the portion of combat where the sword is drawn, and...
• 

  Jodo

  Jōdō (杖道:じょうどう), meaning "the way of the jō", or jōjutsu (杖術:じょうじゅつ) is a Japanese martial art using short staffs called jō. The art is similar to bōjutsu, and is strongly focused upon defense against the Japanese sword. The jō is a short staff, usually about 3 to 5 feet (0.9 to 1.5 m) long....
• 

  Sojutsu

  Sōjutsu (槍術 ), meaning "art of the spear" is the Japanese martial art of fighting with the Japanese spear (槍 ,yari). Although the spear had a profound role in early Japanese mythology, where the islands of Japan themselves were said to be created by salt water dripping from the tip of a spear, as a...

• Bojutsu

  Bōjutsu (棒術), translated from Japanese as "staff technique", is the martial art of using a staff weapon called bō which simply means "staff". Staffs are perhaps one of the earliest weapons used by humankind. They have been in use for thousands of years in Eastern Asia. Some techniques involve...