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Want to learn a Kenjutsu Kata?

Kenjutsu Kata, or Kenjutsu rather, is literally “the art of the sword”.

Beginners start off using wooden swords, called bokken, while advanced practitioners use live blades.

The exact activities undertaken when practising kenjutsu vary with school, but commonly include practice of basic techniques and techniques where two persons pair for kata.

Schools incorporated sparring under conditions such as using solid wooden bokutô.

Japanese swordsmanship is more strongly associated with kendo.





Founder

No known "founder" There are groups that are accredited as being the earliest practitioners.



History

The first iron swords were manufactured in Japan based on technology from China.

While swords played a crucial cultural role in ancient Japan, it is in the Heian period when the curved sword came into play.

Swords are also known as symbols to them.

No known Kenjutsu lineage survives, the oldest schools still in existence came from the Muromachi period

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