The Iaidoka executes various techniques against single or multiple imaginary opponents. Iaido is mostly performed solo as a series of Waza. The Iaidoka (a practitioner of iaido) wields a sword: not to control the opponent, but to control himself. There are many styles of swordsmanship, all of which subscribe to non combative aims Iaido is an intrinsic form of Japanse modern budo. I = being / presence, AI = harmony, DO = way - roughly, “The way of harmonizing oneself in mental presence and action” An in-depth reading of the Japanese characters for iaido is:
Iaido is the Japanese martial art of swordsmanship which emphasizes drawing and cutting with the samurai sword (called a ‘katana’) in a single fluid motion.
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