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Featured Image Of A Female Japanese Sword Master Drawing The Sword.

Japanese Swords feature in many of Our World Legends. Iconic Weapons. Training Tips, Pics and Glossary. Herein. The Legendary SWORD stripped bare… and named… with no shame at all. Shiro style.

 

Image Of A Basic Japanese Sword Cleaning Kit.

BLADE AND CLEANING/MAINTENANCE TOOLS.

 

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 BASIC JAP.SWORD :

 VISUALS/TERMS, pics and tips. 

 

 

 SHIRO’s WEAPON INTEL #1

 

 PARTS OF THE  

 SWORD… (+ Scabbard) .

 

Pictorial Image Of Japanese Sword With Components Named.

SWORD AND SCABBARD COMPONENTS. BUKE-ZUKURI KOSHIRAE.

 

 

 TYPES OF 

 SWORD… (+Dagger)  .

 

Pictorial Image Of Various Japanese Sword Types.

VARIETY OF JAPANESE SAMURAI SWORD AND DAGGER TYPES.

 

Image Of One Of Japans Sword Treasures.

ONE OF JAPAN’s NATIONAL TREASURES.

 

 BASIC JAP.SWORD 

 TERMS:

 

  • Boshi blades tempered point.
  • Dojo place of training for martial arts.
  • Fuchicollar behind guard on handle.
  • Ha cutting edge of the sword.
  • Hadablades metallic grain.
  • Hamachi blades edge notch.
  • Hamon tempered area/line on blade.
  • Horimonoengraving on blade.
  • Hi groove on the side of the blade.
  • Itobraiding on handle etc.
  • Jiganearea between hamon and shinogi.
  • Kashirahandle/pommel end cap.
  • Katana Japanese sword with a curved blade used by the Samurai.
  • Kissaki tip of the sword.
  • Koiguchiscabbard opening for sword.
  • Kojiri scabbard end/cap/tip.
  • Koshirae sword fittings.
  • Kurikatascabbard notch/knob.
  • Meiblade/black smith signature.
  • Mekugiblade tang hole(s) peg/dowel.
  • Mekugi anablades tang hole(s).
  • Menuki handle/scabbard ornament.
  • Monouchi cutting area of the ha.
  • Mune back edge of the sword.
  • Munemachiblades back edge notch.
  • Nakago blade tang (part of blade inside the handle).
  • Sageocord wrap on scabbard.
  • Samehandle wrap material, usually rayskin.
  • Saya the scabbard/case in which a Katana is sheathed.
  • Seppaspacers.
  • Shinogi line separating jigane and shinogi ji.
  • Shinogi ji area between shinogi and mune.
  • Sori curvature of the blade.
  • Tsuba the guard of a Japanese Katana.
  • Tsuka the handle of a Japanese Katana.
  • Yasuri me blades file marks.
  • Yokoteline marking start of blade tip.

 

Sword Master. Work.

 

 SWORD-BLADE.

 PROFILE SHAPE.

 

Pictorial Image Of Japanese Sword Profiled And Named.

SWORDS OF DIFFERENT BLADE PROFILE SHAPES…

 

 PARTS OF THE 

 SWORD-BLADE.

 

Pictorial Of Japanese Sword Components Named.

PARTS OF THE BLADE.

 

 

 

 SHAPE OF THE

 SWORD-BLADE.

 

Pictorial Image Of Several Sword Shapes Over Japans History.

ANCIENT STRAIGHT SWORD TYPES…

 

Pictorial Image Of Several Sword Shapes In Japan.

SWORD SHAPES… OVER THE YEARS…

 

Pictorial Image Of Many Sword Developing Shapes.

SWORD SHAPE DEVELOPMENT…

 

 SHIRO’s SWORD TRAINING TIP(s).

The somewhat cautious approach to Sword training recommended by many instructors is necessary.

Live swords are simply dangerous.

The skill sets required to ably handle such weapons take time to master.Walk before you run type approach is the best advice here.

Start and stay with your ‘attack’ training with wooden/training swords…probably till it’s time your instructor says to start cutting practice…

however…

 

 

When you are training ‘defensively’…learning unarmed and weapon self-defence against the sword (or ANY other weapon type); as soon as one is comfortable…

defend against a live blade (whilst keeping within your limits…by getting attacking training partner… to start very slow and controlled etc)…and ‘begin’ your training anew…because:

A Sword moves slightly faster and it’s nature allows a wide variety of attack angles whilst also having a distinct reach advantage over many others (esp. unarmed) AND

is rather problematical to catch and remove etc too.

There is also the ‘fear’ factor involved to consider as well.

LOTS to learn.

The more ‘familiar’ you become with the Sword…the more you learn.Simple.

 

 

 BASIC TRAINING: MOVEMENT

 

BASIC Moving/Movement with a weapon should be NO different than empty-handed.Naturally and smoothly as normally possible for you.Simply.

With control, flow and balance per norm.

 

 

Stay focused on safety, learning/adapting the instructor’s tips to suit your physiology and learning ‘off ‘ the Sword in your hands. Keep in mind too, for example; the observation that olden Japanese weapons were oft. built suited to their average size…and in quite a few cases…to individual Weapon Masters/Adepts/Owners etc.

A larger or smaller Weapon may feel ‘more balanced‘ in your hands and will be reflected in your training technique positively.

DEVELOP the ‘feeling‘ aspect at least enough to be able to recognise firstly, what Weapon Balance is and then if you can even properly defend or use odd fitting weaponry perhaps when you are free-form training or when more experience gathered…

however…

When in a ‘real’ situation = use what you can whenever req.

Do what is needed to survive.

Be like Ninja and Kunoichi.

 

 

 A FINAL LOOK…

 

Pictorial Image Of A Sword and Scabbard Components.

SWORD AND SCABBARD… Parts thereof and therein.

 

Pictorial Image Of Sword Components Pointed/Named.

BLADE Parts thereof.

 

Pictorial Image Of Sword Blade Profile Shapes.

DIFFERENT PROFILE SHAPES…

 

Sword By Master Smith Muramasa Of Japan.

SWORD BLADE CRAFTED BY MURAMASA, MASTER SWORD MAKER.

 

 

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SEEK AND SEARCH WITH Shiro… CLICK THE COLD STONE… AND STEEL LEGENDS OF YORE.

 

FOR A FURTHER LOOK AT LEGENDARY SWORDS…(click)…or

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hope you enjoyed;

BASIC JAPANESE SWORD: SHIRO’s WEAPON INTEL #1

 

 

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