Practice Iaido in Japan - our selection of clubs
IAIDO or IAI JUTSU according to whether one seeks fluidity, aesthetics and self-esteem, or more accuracy and martial efficiency, is art of the Japanese sword, major discipline of the samurai of the past: the art of unsheathing the sword and cut at the same instant.
Art of spontaneous and natural gesture, it is a discipline that is practiced alone, face to oneself, in the form of kata (codified movements).
Around the practice of the samurai sword were two types of complementary koryu (old schools), ken-jutsu or saber-handling techniques, and iai-jutsu, techniques of slicing by unsheathing.
The iai was codified at the end of the 16th century by Hayashizaki Jinsuke, and quickly spread through traditional schools.
The 4 main phases:
NUKI TSUKE: the stripping
KIRI TSUKE: the main cut
CHIBURI: cleaning the blade