Iaijutsu

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

Iaijutsu (居合術) is a combative quick-draw sword technique. This art of drawing the Japanese sword, katana, is one of the Japanese ko-ryū martial art disciplines in the education of the classical warrior (bushi).:50