Iaijutsu

Iaijutsu
居合術
いあいじゅつ
FocusKatana
HardnessNon-competitive
Country of originJapan
Date of formationIn the Nara period (710–794)
Olympic sportNo

Iaijutsu (居合術) 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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