The martial art is little known outside of Japan and deals with drawing a sword so skillfully your opponent is doomed.

The martial art is little known outside of Japan and deals with drawing a sword so skillfully your opponent is doomed.

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Her grandfather and mother staged a demonstration of iaido -- a Japanese martial art-- at the 1970 Osaka Expo. The Osaka resident acknowledged the difficulty of using different bowing gestures ...

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According to the officials, the 70-year-old kendo club adviser holds a dan rank in the martial art of iaido. On the morning of March 5, he demonstrated the use of a real Japanese sword in front of ...