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    Iaijutsu (居合) is a combative quick-draw sword technique. This art of drawing the Japanese sword, katana, is one of the Japanese koryū martial art disciplines...
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    Battōjutsu (抜刀, battō-jutsu) ("the craft of drawing out the sword") is an old term for iaijutsu (居合). Battōjutsu is often used interchangeably with...
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  • Tamiya-ryū Iaijutsu (民弥流居合) is a martial art founded by Kamiizumi Magojirō Yoshitane (上泉孫次郎義胤), who later took his mother's name and became known as...
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  • Eishin-Ryū: The Iai Forms and Oral Traditions of the Yamauchi Branch (京都山内派無雙直傳英信流居合) (in Japanese and English). Kyoto: Maruzen. ISBN 4-944229-48-8. "Muso Jikiden...
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    battōjutsu to one school may be iaijutsu to another.[citation needed] Iaijutsu (居合:いあいじゅつ), approximately "the art/science of mental presence and immediate...
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  • Japanese martial art of restraining a prisoners using cord or rope. Iaidō (居合道), a Japanese martial art associated with the smooth, controlled movements...
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  • Iaidō (居合道), abbreviated iai (居合), is a Japanese martial art that emphasizes being aware and capable of quickly drawing the sword and responding to sudden...
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    Sword-Drawing (表之居合, Omote-no Iai) 5 Forms: Standing Sword-Drawing (立合抜刀, Tachiai Battōjutsu) 5 Forms: Essentials of Sword Drawing (極意之居合, Gokui no Iai)...
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  • increase its drawing speed dramatically; and Evening Moon Sword Drawing (居合・夕月, Iai・Yūzuki), which activates a Simple Domain, inside which Kusakabe's...
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    removed). Hokushin Ittō-ryū also includes Iaijutsu (Hokushin-ryū iai (北辰流居合)). Today only a few teachers know the techniques.[citation needed] Some techniques...
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