Tameshigiri using a goza target on a stand (2006) Ren Kuroda demonstrates Shofu at the Mugairyu Meishi-ha dojo in Tokyo, Japan
Tameshigiri (試し斬り, 試し切り, 試斬, 試切) is the Japanese art of target test cutting. The kanji literally mean "test cut" (kun'yomi: ためし ぎり tameshi giri). This practice was popularized in the Edo period (17th century) for testing the quality of Japanese swords.[1] It continues to the present day, but has evolved into a martial art which focuses on demonstrating the practitioner's skill with a sword.
Tameshigiri (試し斬り, 試し切り, 試斬, 試切) is the Japanese art of target test cutting. The kanji literally mean "test cut" (kun'yomi: ためし ぎり tameshi giri). This...
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iaidō, and iaijutsu (forms of combative sword-drawing), as well as tameshigiri (test-cutting through targets). In these arts, shinken may be used alongside...
are used by martial artists for iaidō and even for cutting practice (tameshigiri). Mass-produced swords including iaitō and shinken in the shape of katana...
bamboo, rice straw, or saplings. Though similar to the Japanese art of tameshigiri, shizhan was never formalized to the extent that the latter art was....
swordsmen, who used living bodies to test the quality of their blade (Tameshigiri). There is an apocryphal story of one who, after being told he was to...
decision of the Tokyo District Court. Nanking (1937–1945) Petar Brzica Tameshigiri Japanese war crimes "Ni Lai Lai" (Chinese: 你来来) can be translated as...
[citation needed] Modern martial artists occasionally use pool noodles as tameshigiri (test cutting) targets, in lieu of more expensive targets like meat or...
legend says. One of the two earliest recorded swords used to perform Tameshigiri, it has changed nicknames and owners multiple times. Among the nicknames...
an alleged ancient Persian method of torturous execution Sinophobia Tameshigiri – in Japan, cuts for testing swords, sometimes used on people Waist chop...
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public for three days, used for test cutting with a Japanese sword (tameshigiri), or had its property confiscated by the government. In the Edo period...
referred to as "moving Zen." Most of the styles and schools do not practice tameshigiri, cutting techniques. A part of iaido is nukitsuke. This is a quick draw...
Mammoth Book of Best New Science Fiction: 23rd Annual Collection, 2010) "Tameshigiri" (The Living Dead 2, John Joseph Adams. Night Shade Books, 2010) "Rust...
resulted in samurai being armed with daishō. Testing of swords, called tameshigiri, was practiced on a variety of materials (often the bodies of executed...
she pursues her passion of sword fighting. She has studied Shinkendo, tameshigiri, stage combat, and the European small sword, and appeared in a special...
part of his public performances Sakakibara occasionally demonstrated a tameshigiri technique called kabuto wari (兜割り, "helmet breaking"), which involved...
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