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Tantōjutsu (短刀術) is a Japanese term for a variety of traditional Japanese
Tantōjutsu (短刀術) is a Japanese term for a variety of traditional Japanese knife fight
A knife fight is a violent physical confrontation between two or more combatants in which one or more participants are armed with a knife.MacYoung, Marc, ''Winning A Street Knife Fight'', (Digital format, 70 min.), Boulder, CO: Paladin Press, ( ...
ing systems that used the tantō
A is a traditionally made Japanese knife () that was worn by the samurai class of feudal Japan. The dates to the Heian period, when it was mainly used as a weapon but evolved in design over the years to become more ornate. were used in tradit ...
(短刀), as a knife or dagger. Historically, many women used a version of the tantō, called the kaiken, for self-defense, but warrior women in pre-modern Japan learned one of the tantōjutsu arts to fight in battle.
Martial arts that practise tantōjutsu
Tantō with blunt wooden or plastic blades are used to practice martial arts. Metal blades can be used in more advanced training and in demonstrations. Styles that use tantō: Budō (Gendai): *Aikido
Aikido ( , , , ) is a gendai budō, modern Japanese martial art which is split into many different styles including Iwama Ryu, Iwama Shin Shin Aiki Shuren Kai, Shodokan Aikido, Yoshinkan, Renshinkai, Aikikai, and Ki Aikido. Aikido is now practic ...
* Shorinji Kempo
is a Japanese martial arts, Japanese martial art. The name ''Shōrinji Kempo'' is the On'yomi, Japanese reading of ''Shàolínsì Quánfǎ''. It was established in 1947 by orn a Japanese martial artist and former military intelligence ...
Bugei:
* Yanagi-ryū Aiki Bugei (Yoshida-ha Shidare Yanagi-ryū)
* Ogawa-ryu Bugei
Bujutsu (Koryū):
* Kashima Shin-ryū
is a Japanese ''koryū'' martial art whose foundation dates back to the early 16th century.Karl Friday, Friday, Karl F. with Seki Humitake, ''Legacies of the Sword: The Kashima Shinryū and Samurai Martial Culture'', Honolulu: University of Haw ...
(this '' ryūha'' uses term Kaikenjutsu)
* Takamura-ha Shindo Yoshin-ryu
* Tendō-ryū
See also
*Kaiken (dagger)
A is a long, single or (very rarely) double-edged Japanese knife usually without ornamental fittings housed in a plain but lacquered mount.
Uses
The was once carried by men and women of the samurai class in Japan. It was useful for self-def ...
* Wakizashi
The is one of the traditionally made Japanese swords ('' nihontō'') worn by the samurai in feudal Japan. Its name refers to the practice of wearing it inserted through one's ''obi'' or sash at one's side, whereas the larger '' tachi'' sword wa ...
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