What is Iaido? / About the All Japan Iaido Federation

 Iaido is a budo derived from Batto-jutsu or Iai-jutsu, which is classified as bujutsu. In Iaido, practitioners learn: a series of movements from unsheathing a Japanese sword to putting back the sword in the scabbard; skills through various procedures; how to improve by themselves their minds and bodies including the personality. Iaido includes various movements, such as drawing the sword from its scabbard or saya in a sitting position and placing back the sword in the scabbard, which is quite rare in the martial arts. Currently Japan is the only country in the world where such a budo is established as an independent martial art.
 Each school has its own ranking system, based on which members demonstrate their acquired Kata (forms) in a given examination to achieve a certain rank and obtain the Shogo of Hanshi, Kyoshi, and Renshi.
 The All Japan Iaido Federation is the only one association dedicated to Iaido, a traditional and glorious kobudo (old Japanese martial art), with the best and proudest tradition, which was founded based on the samurai spirit to hand over Iaido techniques of each school correctly to future generations. (founded in April 1954)

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November 10, 2023
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October 12, 2023
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October 4, 2023
The winners of the 2023 Musou Jikiden Eishin-ryu Iaido Kanto Tournament have been posted.
September 2, 2023
The lesson schedule for November 2023 updated.
August 2, 2023
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July 10, 2023
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April 25, 2023
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March 16, 2023
Commemorative photos of award-winning members at the 2023 47th All Japan Iaido Federation Kanto Regional Tournament have been posted.
March 10, 2023
The lesson schedule for May 2023 updated.
February 10, 2023
The lesson schedule for April 2023 updated.
January 11, 2023
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December 10, 2022
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November 10, 2022
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October 16, 2022
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September 28, 2022
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August 22, 2022
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August 14, 2022
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May 25, 2022
The 46th Kanto-chiku Tikai 2022 updated.
May 10, 2022
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April 4, 2022
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March 11, 2022
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February 13, 2022
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January 12, 2022
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December 11, 2021
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September 15, 2021
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July 12, 2021
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June 7, 2021
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May 8, 2021
Ryo Hondo of our meeting's chairperson became around nine steps by recommendation of Mr. Fukui of federation of all-Japan iaido's chairperson on May 5.
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April 11, 2021
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March 17, 2021
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February 12, 2021
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January 12, 2021
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June 10, 2020
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May 11, 2020
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May 4, 2020
According to the extension of emergency declaration period by the Government,Kamakura City extended the closure of sports facilities until May 31. However,with considering various risks,The Society desided to delay the start of the training by the end of June as a further safty measures from the viewpoint off maintaining the mutual health of the members.
April 11, 2020
The lesson schedule for June 2020 updated.
April 8, 2020
As new coronavirus infectious disease measures, We published the description about the lesson of the Kamakura Keikenkai in a lesson schedule.
March 10, 2020
The lesson schedule for May 2020 updated.
February 13, 2020
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January 10, 2020
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December 16, 2019
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November 12, 2019
We revised lesson time of November 16, 2019 and 23rd.
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