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Also known as Jukendo

is the Japanese martial art of bayonet fighting, and has been likened to kendo (but with bayonets instead of swords).

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Martial art.image
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Martial art.name
Jūkendō (銃剣道)
Martial art.focus
Bayonet
Martial art.hardness
Competitive
Martial art.country
Japan
Martial art.creator
No single creator
Martial art.parenthood
Historical
Martial art.olympic
No

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is the Japanese martial art of bayonet fighting, and has been likened to kendo (but with bayonets instead of swords).

According to Tanaka Fumon, jūkendō techniques are based on Japanese sojutsu (spear fighting) and 19th century French bayonet fighting techniques. However, according to French jūkendō researcher Baptiste Tavernier, jūkendō techniques are mostly based on the teachings and influence of the French military missions to Japan at the beginning of the Meiji era.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jūkendō” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.