Iai is aimed not to kill people but to let people live, and we train ourselves to live.
It’s important to control my body to follow the principles. You can develop technique as you gain experience in Iai and you can keep practicing Iai for as long as you live.Įvery motion has its logic, and I find that those individual motions come together to form technique by practicing continuous movement respectively. In other sports your performance declines as your physical strength weakens, but that’s not the case for Iaido. My father had started learning Iaido when I was in elementary school, and then he later talked me into learning Iaido when I became a junior high school student. We spoke to local Iaido expert, Kendo teacher, business person and town councilor, Mr. Iai international competitions have been held in and out of Japan and Iaido is expected to be spread and prosper. Now competitors and enthusiasts in Japan and from abroad increase every year. The first national Iaido competition was held in 1996 and from then on competitions in the sport became more common. In 1952 Iaido joined the All Japan Kendo Federation and Iaido was officially established as a martial art. Training in Iaido was quite dangerous, and one could even lose their life, so during the Meiji period the number of Iaido practitioners dropped significantly due to the dangers. Iaido is said to have been founded 450 years ago in the Muromachi period. Iaido’s serene and quiet movement and Kendo’s rapid and aggressive movement are cited as two sides of the same coin. However, Iaido is performed with sharpened swords and requires absolute control of one’s emotions and mental state. Unlike Kendo, Iaido doesn’t comprise strikes and intense physical exercises, which allows anyone to learn Iaido regardless of any age and gender. This kind of ethos is uncommon for marital arts and it’s very specific to Japan. The focus is on being aware of an opponents motive, and drawing only in response to imminent threat – lest a premature draw be an act of aggression. In Iaido, practitioners value each movement, from drawing the sword, preparing the strike, to returning the sword back into the sheath. Less mainstream than high school taught martial arts such as Judo and Kendo, Iaido’s focus is on the anticipation of imminent attack, and the most efficient response to dispatch an attacker by drawing a sword directly into a cutting technique. The martial art of “Iaido” (ee-eye-do) is an ancient Japanese martial art that uses katana swords in training. The swords aren’t sold at antique stores or even specialist knife stores, and they can’t be taken abroad without permission from the Japanese government.
Fake katana for demonstrations registration#
In present era, all Japanese swords, or Katanas, need to be registered and carried in scabbards with registration certificates attached. When Samurai warriors existed in Japan, the swords they used were revered by the warriors and held the blades in a higher regard than their own lives.
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