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What is iaido?

What is iaido? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A Japanese martial art associated with the smooth, controlled movements of drawing the sword from its scabbard, striking or cutting an opponent, removing blood from the blade, and then replacing the sword in the scabbard.
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Next to kyudo, iaido is probably the most esoteric martial art form.
Aikido, kyudo and iaido allow almost religious experiences in the focus and flow of executing techniques.
Iaido and kyudo are perhaps the best vehicles of the Japanese martial arts for meditative contemplation because of their essentially solitary nature.
This is why iaido is more popular than iaijutsu and kendo is more popular than kenjutsu.
Two years later, I began studying aikido, and two years after that I began studying kendo and iaido.
During the next seven years I did mainly judo and jodo, and a number of other martial arts such as aikido, iaido, karate, and t'ai chi ch'uan.

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