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| Basic Techniques | ||||||||||||||
| Iaido the way of the sword | ||||||||||||||
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| How to tie a Hakama | ||||||||||||||
| Carry sword in left hand at your left hip when walking in dojo. A more informal way is to let your hand drop to your side. | ||||||||||||||
| Enter the dojo with sword to left side, bow, step in wide with left foot, bring right foot up to it while spinning to face shrine, bow to shrine, take a step backward. Reverse process for exit. | ||||||||||||||
| When placing sword on floor always face ha toward wall and kissaki slightly in, in the least offensive manner. | ||||||||||||||