TOUKEN WORLD - Sharpness of the Japanese Sword: Battodo

TOUKEN WORLD - Sharpness of the Japanese Sword: Battodo The virtual Japanese sword museum “TOUKEN WORLD“ presents a variety of contents related to swords, armor and Ukiyo-e, which are highly valuable in terms of art. The content covers information on Japanese swords, armor and samurai pictures like a textbook, which can be read as well as learned from scratch by beginners with photos, illustrations and videos. The “Sword World“ channel on the YouTube video site offers videos on swords and armor, as well as videos introducing museums, art galleries, and shrines that display Japanese swords. The YouTube video introduced here is “ Sharpness of Japanese Sword: BattoDo. The video introduces the sharpness of Japanese sword through the demonstration of Battodo techniques by Ｎｏｒｉｔｏ Ikeda, Warakiri Battosai. Battodo is a martial art of cutting objects with a Japanese sword. It is said to have started after the Pacific War, when the Tozan School of Iaido conducted “test cutting“ to see how sharp a Japanese sword was,