{"id":1037,"date":"2020-02-04T10:27:43","date_gmt":"2020-02-04T10:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hikaridojo.sk\/?page_id=1037"},"modified":"2025-12-29T13:27:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T13:27:23","slug":"iaido","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.hikaridojo.sk\/en\/iaido\/","title":{"rendered":"Iaido"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Iaido<\/b><\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Iaido<\/strong> is translated as \u201ethe way of the sword<\/i>\u201c or \u201ethe way of drawing the sword<\/i>\u201c. It is perhaps the most philosophically oriented of all Japanese budo<\/em> (martial arts). Although it is a much more formal discipline today, it seems to be much less understood than many others budo<\/em> forms that arose in the post-war period (after 1945). This may be due to the fact that iaido has been the subject of countless obscure interpretations in the light of both classical and modern ideals.<\/span><\/p>

It is extremely difficult for the average person to understand and appreciate that the true nature of iaido is the opposite of martial effort. Internally, Iaido is truly a non-combat physical and mental discipline of the highest order based on the prescribed use of the traditional Japanese sword (katana<\/em>). The apparent paradox of an iaido practitioner who, through his swordsmanship, has the ability to kill but does not act as such, is highlighted and taught that he has absolutely no conscious intent to kill others and wields the sword only to onore o\u00a0sameru<\/em> \u2013 control his \u201eja<\/em>\u201c. We can say that the main essence of iaido is to achieve victory over the opponent without drawing the sword, in other words to overpower the opponent spiritually while the sword is in saya (scabbard).<\/span><\/p>

Characters for Iaido and their meaning<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

Analysis of the characters used in the word \"iaido<\/strong>\u201c, (\u5c45\u5408\u9053) has proven useful in understanding the essence of this art. The sign i<\/em><\/strong> (\u5c45) points to a number of different positions that can be occupied by the human body in the simultaneous presence of a state of high internal motivation. This motivation is characterized by a purposeful will: a will that is free from fear and expectation of failure and acts precisely with the unwavering conviction that what it is doing is right.<\/span><\/p>

The second character is ai<\/em><\/strong> (\u5408), an ideogram that is derived from a person's ability to quickly adapt to any upcoming circumstance in life. Ai<\/em><\/strong> is actually a symbol of the reactive approach, a state of mind that is characterized by an extreme degree of flexibility of mind and which is also reflected in bodily actions. It is this flexibility of mind that allows the wearer to harmonize physically and mentally with their mate, other thing or event, no matter how opposite their direction may be to their own thoughts and actions.<\/span><\/p>

Do<\/em><\/strong> means michi<\/em>, which is a path or track that a person is supposed to follow in life. Do<\/em><\/strong> can only be achieved through a long process of training made up of persistent effort, and training in this vigorous spirit to achieve personal perfection reflects the primary and only true purpose of all classical Budo systems.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Iaido\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Iaid\u00f3 Iaid\u00f3 sa preklad\u00e1 ako \u201ecesta me\u010da\u201c alebo \u201ecesta tasenia me\u010da\u201c. Je sn\u00e1\u010f najfilozofickej\u0161ie orientovan\u00e9 zo v\u0161etk\u00fdch japonsk\u00fdch bud\u00f3 (bojov\u00fdch umen\u00ed). Aj ke\u010f je dnes ove\u013ea form\u00e1lnej\u0161ou discipl\u00ednou, vyzer\u00e1 to, \u017ee je pochopen\u00e9 ove\u013ea menej ako mnoho in\u00fdch bud\u00f3 foriem, ktor\u00e9 vznikli v\u00a0povojnovom obdob\u00ed (po roku 1945). To m\u00f4\u017ee by\u0165 sp\u00f4soben\u00e9 faktom, \u017ee iaid\u00f3 bolo… Read More »Iaido<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"full-width","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"on","neve_meta_content_width":100,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"on","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1037","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hikaridojo.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hikaridojo.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hikaridojo.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hikaridojo.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hikaridojo.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1037"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"http:\/\/www.hikaridojo.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1037\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29653,"href":"http:\/\/www.hikaridojo.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1037\/revisions\/29653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hikaridojo.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}