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iaijutsu
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Also known as iaijitsu

is a combative quick-draw sword technique. This art of drawing the katana is one of the Japanese ko-ryū martial art disciplines in the education of the classical warrior (bushi).

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Martial art.focus
Katana
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Martial art.name
Iaijutsu
Martial art.native_name
居合術いあいじゅつ
Martial art.hardness
Non-competitive
Martial art.country
Japan
Martial art.formation
In the Nara period (710–794)
Martial art.olympic
No

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is a combative quick-draw sword technique. This art of drawing the katana is one of the Japanese ko-ryū martial art disciplines in the education of the classical warrior (bushi).

==Purpose== Iaijutsu is a combative sword-drawing art but not necessarily an aggressive art because iaijutsu is also a counterattack-oriented art. Iaijutsu technique may be used aggressively to wage a premeditated surprise attack against an unsuspecting enemy. The formulation of iaijutsu as a component system of classical bujutsu was made less for the dynamic situations of the battlefield than for the relatively static applications of the warrior's daily life off the field of battle.

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