Tantojutsu

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Tantojutsu

Tantōjutsu (短刀術) is a Japanese term for a variety of traditional Japanese knife fighting systems that used the tantō, a knife or dagger. 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 tantojutsu arts to fight in battle.

Martial arts that practise tantojutsu[]

Tantō with blunt wooden or plastic blades are used to practice martial arts. Metal blades can be used in more advanced training and in demonstrations. Styles that use tantō:

Budo (Gendai):

• Aikido
• Shorinji Kempo

Bugei:

Bujutsu (Koryu):

• Kashima Shin-ryū (this ryūha uses term Kaikenjutsu)

See also[]

• Kaiken (dagger)
• Wakizashi

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