Art that can be traced back to the fifteenth century, the iai (act in unison) is a way of riding the sword almost opposite as opposed to fencing.
Starting from a position of rest, with the sword (katana) still in the sheath, sguainando quickly (fighting) with a first activity prevents or sventa attack the enemy (nukitsuke), which is removed by subsequent action ( kiritsuke).
The state of attention or zanshin and chiburi, or clean the blade, followed by action, culminating in the rinfodero (known). Generally the iai is practiced alone, imagining the various situations of aggression and their state of mind, and practicing the form or kata defence.
However, there are also exercises in pairs (kumidachi) in which one reads the napadalca. In Italy iaido is the practice since the mid-sixties, and an initiator was the master K. Kumai, now 7 ° dan kiyoshi that practice styles and hoki ryu katori shinto. Shortly afterwards, the master Miyazaki began to introduce the seitei iai (the unified form of the Federation of kendo) and the iai of Muzzle Shinden. It iaido dealing with the same organizations that deal with kendo and ancient styles.
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