How to Do Katana Sword Fighting
You'll be ready to challenge someone to a duel -- and win! -- after you take the katana sword fighting lessons in this Howcast video series.
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What Is a Katana Sword?
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How to Hold a Katana
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How to Block with a Katana
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How to Draw a Katana
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How to Do Non-Blade Strikes
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How to Fight Two Opponents
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Basic Strikes: Downward
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Basic Strikes: Upward
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Basic Strikes: Diagonal
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Basic Strikes: Thrust
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Different Types of Swords
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12
Safety Tips
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13
How to Sharpen a Katana Blade
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14
What Is a Bokken and Shinai?
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15
What Is Kenjutsu?
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How to Choose a Kenjutsu Master
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Sparring Tips
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Footwork: Advancing and Retreating
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Footwork: Crossing Forward and Crossing Back
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Footwork: Lunging
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How to Parry
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Defensive Moves
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School of Kukishinden Ryu
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Stances: Hasso No Kamae
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Stances: Seigan No Kamae
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Stances: Jodan No Kamae
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Stances: Chudan No Kamae
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Stances: Gedan No Kamae
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Basic Draw Strikes: Lai
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Basic Draw Strikes: Horizontal
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Basic Draw Strikes: Vertical
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Basic Draw Strikes: Tate Nuki
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Block: Diagonal
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Block: Tsuki
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Technique: Tsuki Komi
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Technique: Tsuki Kage
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Technique: Kiri Age
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Technique: Kiri Age Variation
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Technique: Kira Age Second Variation
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Technique: Sage
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Technique: Sage Variation
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Technique: Kasugai Dome
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Two Sword Technique
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Defending Against a Sword While Unarmed
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Defending Against Two Swords
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Defending Against a Cut to the Leg
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How to Cartwheel to Avoid an Attack
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Nage Ken | How to Throw a Sword
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Shikome Technique
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Proper Sword Etiquette
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51
Parts of a Katana
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Bokken Safety Tips
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How to Learn Katana Sword Fighting with Oliver Martin
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Sensei Oliver Martin
Bujinkan Maten Dojo was established in 2005 in New York City when Sensei Oliver Martin began teaching Budo Taijutsu on a regular basis to a select group of students interested in studying traditional Japanese budo/ninjutsu. Maten Dojo has grown into an exclusive bicoastal Budo Taijutsu dojo based in NYC. Oliver Martin is the head instructor of Bujinkan Maten Ninjutsu Dojo. Oliver lived in Tokyo for over three years where he trained on a weekly basis with Soke Masaaki Hatsumi and Shihan Toshiro Nagato. Sensei Martin has over 17 years of Bujinkan martial arts training experience and he continues to travel each year to train with Soke Hatsumi. Oliver is a professional actor living in New York.
