If you’re a martial artist with plans to visit South Korea, this article will help you enjoy the time you spend in any museum with a sword display. If you’re just a martial artist who loves history, it will help you understand the China-Korea-Japan connection.
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Posted in Korean Martial Arts History.
If you’re a beginner, the Japanese sword arts — with their bokken, shinai, shinken, iaito and so on — can be intimidating. This article provides a brief overview of the categories of weapons and the ways they’re used in arts like kendo, kenjutsu, iaido and so on.
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Posted in Kendo.
Although no one carries a sword for self-defense anymore, the practice of certain sword routines and techniques from traditional tai chi can help you develop skills that are useful in life and in other aspects of the martial arts, including empty-hand sparring.
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Posted in Tai Chi.
