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Kendo vs iaido6/24/2023 ![]() In Iaido, the practitioner is alone, fighting against imaginary opponents coming from different directions dressed with simple traditional clothing, he uses either a real Katana or a Iaito, which is a partially unsharpened training sword of identical look and similar weight and feel. ![]() ![]() Kendo is practiced in couples, and it involves free-fighting for this reason the Katana is replaced with a bamboo alternative of similar size and both partners wear a set of protective armor derived from the ancient and traditional Japanese Yoroi. Furthermore, both arts are taught and practiced in the same Federation, the Zen Nihon Kendo Renmei, which is a Japanese governmental-approved entity dedicated to the promotion of these classical Sword arts. Both Kendo and Iaido are exclusively and quintessentially Japanese martial arts that have as their focus the study and the use of the principles of the Katana, the traditional sword of the Samurai. First of all, let's see what are their similarities and differences, to have a basic ground upon which to build an analysis of their relationship. Today I'd like to write about a very important relationship between the two most important sword arts in Japanese Budo: Kendo and Iaido.
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