Tantojutsu

Tantōjutsu (短刀術) is a Japanese term for a variety of traditional Japanese knife fighting systems that used the tantō (短刀), as a knife or dagger.

[1][2] Historically, many women used a version of the tantō, called the kaiken, for self-defense, but warrior women in pre-modern Japan learned one of the tantōjutsu arts to fight in battle.

Tantō with blunt wooden or plastic blades are used to practice martial arts.

Styles that use tantō: Budō (Gendai): Bugei: Bujutsu (Koryū):

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