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Slug: kenjutsu

Title: Kenjutsu

Description: <p><strong>Kenjutsu</strong>&nbsp;(剣術)&nbsp;is&nbsp;an&nbsp;umbrella&nbsp;term&nbsp;for&nbsp;all&nbsp;(ko-budō)&nbsp;schools&nbsp;of&nbsp;Japanese&nbsp;swordsmanship,&nbsp;in&nbsp;particular&nbsp;those&nbsp;that&nbsp;predate&nbsp;the&nbsp;Meiji&nbsp;Restoration.&nbsp;Some&nbsp;modern&nbsp;styles&nbsp;of&nbsp;kendo&nbsp;and&nbsp;iaido&nbsp;that&nbsp;were&nbsp;established&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;20th&nbsp;century&nbsp;also&nbsp;included&nbsp;modern&nbsp;forms&nbsp;of&nbsp;kenjutsu&nbsp;in&nbsp;their&nbsp;curriculum.[1]&nbsp;Kenjutsu,&nbsp;which&nbsp;originated&nbsp;with&nbsp;the&nbsp;samurai&nbsp;class&nbsp;of&nbsp;feudal&nbsp;Japan,[2]&nbsp;means&nbsp;&quot;methods,&nbsp;techniques,&nbsp;and&nbsp;the&nbsp;art&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;Japanese&nbsp;sword&quot;.&nbsp;This&nbsp;is&nbsp;opposed&nbsp;to&nbsp;kendo,&nbsp;which&nbsp;means&nbsp;&quot;the&nbsp;way&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;sword&quot;&nbsp;and&nbsp;uses&nbsp;a&nbsp;bamboo&nbsp;sword&nbsp;(shinai)&nbsp;and&nbsp;protective&nbsp;armour&nbsp;(bōgu).[3]</p><p>The&nbsp;exact&nbsp;activities&nbsp;and&nbsp;conventions&nbsp;undertaken&nbsp;when&nbsp;practicing&nbsp;kenjutsu&nbsp;vary&nbsp;from&nbsp;school&nbsp;to&nbsp;school,&nbsp;where&nbsp;the&nbsp;word&nbsp;school&nbsp;here&nbsp;refers&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;practice,&nbsp;methods,&nbsp;ethics,&nbsp;and&nbsp;metaphysics&nbsp;of&nbsp;a&nbsp;given&nbsp;tradition,&nbsp;yet&nbsp;commonly&nbsp;include&nbsp;practice&nbsp;of&nbsp;battlefield&nbsp;techniques&nbsp;without&nbsp;an&nbsp;opponent&nbsp;and&nbsp;techniques&nbsp;whereby&nbsp;two&nbsp;practitioners&nbsp;perform&nbsp;kata&nbsp;(featuring&nbsp;full&nbsp;contact&nbsp;strikes&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;body&nbsp;in&nbsp;some&nbsp;styles&nbsp;and&nbsp;no&nbsp;body&nbsp;contact&nbsp;strikes&nbsp;permitted&nbsp;in&nbsp;others).&nbsp;Contact&nbsp;striking&nbsp;during&nbsp;kata&nbsp;is&nbsp;used&nbsp;for&nbsp;example&nbsp;in&nbsp;Ono&nbsp;Ha&nbsp;Ittō-ryū.&nbsp;Although&nbsp;kata&nbsp;training&nbsp;has&nbsp;always&nbsp;been&nbsp;the&nbsp;mainstay,&nbsp;in&nbsp;later&nbsp;periods,&nbsp;schools&nbsp;incorporated&nbsp;sparring&nbsp;under&nbsp;a&nbsp;variety&nbsp;of&nbsp;conditions,&nbsp;from&nbsp;using&nbsp;solid&nbsp;wooden&nbsp;bokutō&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;use&nbsp;of&nbsp;a&nbsp;bamboo&nbsp;sword&nbsp;(shinai)&nbsp;and&nbsp;armor&nbsp;(bōgu).[3]:&nbsp;XII,&nbsp;XIII&nbsp;In&nbsp;modern&nbsp;times&nbsp;sparring&nbsp;in&nbsp;Japanese&nbsp;martial&nbsp;art&nbsp;is&nbsp;more&nbsp;strongly&nbsp;associated&nbsp;with&nbsp;kendo&nbsp;and&nbsp;is&nbsp;mainly&nbsp;practiced&nbsp;by&nbsp;students&nbsp;or&nbsp;the&nbsp;police&nbsp;force.&nbsp;Although&nbsp;kendo&nbsp;is&nbsp;common&nbsp;in&nbsp;Japan,&nbsp;it&nbsp;is&nbsp;also&nbsp;practiced&nbsp;in&nbsp;other&nbsp;countries&nbsp;around&nbsp;the&nbsp;world.</p><p>Check:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wikiwand.com/en/articles/Kenjutsu" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.wikiwand.com/en/articles/Kenjutsu</a></p>

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Published at: 2025-06-02 00:14:18 UTC

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