 The angle of the sabre in shodan no kamae is determined by the tsuba and the curvature of the blade ( shinai are stright, but real weapons are curved) The tsuba (鍔) is a round guard at the end of the grip of bladed Japanese weapons, like the katana and its various declinations (tachi, wakisashi etc.), tanto, or naginata. They contribute to the control of the arm (the right index of the fighter typically touches the tsuba), and to the protection of the hand. The shodan no kamae guard [1] is determined by the tsuba and the curvature of the blade. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (708x801, 73 KB) Please see the file description page for further information. ...
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A Shinai made from Bamboo A shinai (Japanese: 竹刀) is a practice sword used primarilly in Kendo or Kumdo (Korean Kendo). ...
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Katana of the 16th or 17th Century, with its saya. ...
Tachi forged by Bishu Osafune Sukesada, 12th year of the Eishô era, a day in February (1515, Muromachi). ...
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A Tantō (短刀) is a Japanese blade or small sword. ...
Naginata of the Edo era A samurai wielding a naginata Naginata (ãªãŽãªãŸ, 長刀 or 薙刀) is a pole weapon traditionally used by Japanese samurai. ...
Tsuba are usually finely decorated, and nowadays are collectors' items. Tsuba were made by whole dynasties of craftsmen, whose only craft was making tsuba. They were usually lavishly decorated. In addition to being collectors items, they were often used as heirlooms, passed from one generation to the next. Japanese families with samurai roots sometimes have their family crest (mon) crafted onto a tsuba. Tsuba can be found in a variety of metals and alloys, including iron, steel, brass, copper and shakudo. A family of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso in 1997 A family is a domestic group of people, or a number of domestic groups, typically affiliated by birth or marriage, or by comparable legal relationships including domestic partnership, adoption, surname and in some cases ownership (as was the case in the Roman...
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Shakudo (赤銅) is an alloy of gold and copper (typically 4% Gold, 96% Copper), mostly designed for its beautiful dark blue-purple patina. ...
In a duel, two men may lock their katana and try to push each other off to gain a better position to strike the other down. As this is a precursor to an actual attack, a standoff before a more important fight is called Tsubazeriai (鍔迫り合い), lit. clash with tsuba. For example, when a newly-wed goes with her husband for a brief stay at her stepmother, a seemingly casual praise about her clothes can be a veiled insult for spending too much money on her own and she might retaliate by saying that her stepmother always looks the same. Such a minor clash could be called tsubazeriai by those not involved in one.
In modern Japanese, Tsubazeriai (鍔迫り合い) has become an expression meaning "to prepare doing something".
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Katana of the 16th or 17th Century, with its saya. ...
The Koshirae is the clothes worn by the Japanese sword (e. ...
A scabbard is a sheath for holding a sword. ...
A katana with the tanka signaled Tanka o kiru: the thumb pushes the tsuba forward, unlocking and revealing the tanka. ...
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