Surf these sites: Care of a Japanese Sword -- Well organized site for proper handling and etiquette of a Japanes sword Guelph School of Japanese Sword Arts -- Annual event featuring martial arts instruction, academic presentations, and demonstrations. A crafts section includes many of the arts used to build Japanese swords. Iaido -- A Finnish page about Iaido with some links Iaido - overview -- Very nice overview on British Kendo Association website Iaido FTP Site -- Lots of good info Iaido/Kendo/Batto-do Resources -- Comprehensive collection of resources for those in the sword arts. Japanese Language Links -- Computers and Japanese Resource Japanese Sword - Nihonto -- Japanese swords (Nihonto) information plus files to assist translation of the kanji used in swordsmiths signatures (mei) Japanese Sword Arts FAQ V2.8 -- Best single source of information on Japanese Swords available on the Internet. Faq is copyrighted by Neil Gendzwill. (v2.8, 20 July 1999) Nihongo.Org -- A Guide To Japan and its Culture. (English) Nihonto Handling -- Pretty good site, very down-to-business on the respect one should show to a sword. Seems to have a bug, though, as the text repeats itself about halfway through the page.
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