Secrets of Modern Japanese Swordmaking - Iaito Manufacture at the Minosaka Workshop SUB EN/FR/JP

ENGLISH, FRENCH AND JAPANESE SUBTITLES: Click on CC to display SUBSCRIBE : --- INTRODUCTION --- The Japanese sword is a myth still very much alive. Iaido and Kenjutsu practitioners, modern samurais, still use the Katana in their training, but lack of production has made the Katana a very rare and expensive item. In the wake of World War Two the manufacturing and possession of edged weapons were forbidden. Amidst this prohibition, the Iaito, a blunted version of the Katana, was born. Iaito manufacturing, a modern craft founded on the millennial tradition of Japanese sword making, has led a revival of the sword industry over the past 50 years and is to this day used by tens of thousands of martial artists throughout the World. In Gifu prefecture, the cradle of Japanese sword making, a small number of workshops preserve this tradition. Follow Mr. Wakihara, the leader of the Minosaka