tameshigiri with tatami omote..
no need extra power or extreme blow for cut straw mat....
Thank's for my friend from mujinsai ryu iai for test my sword...
cut paper...:)
...Summarize....
As mentioned above, the Japanese sword had not been a major aggressive weapon in the Japanese history. Needless to say, the Japanese sword is very sharp and cuts well, and many stories that prove the sharpness of the Japanese sword have been passed down since olden days, such as, swords that cut musket barrels and iron helmets. This superiority of the Japanese sword was realized for the first time by employing a unique sword forging method that was established 1,000 years ago. This was a result of swordsmiths who pushed to the limit its functionality. The Japanese sword came to have an accomplished and sophisticated form of beauty that hardly reminds us of the aspect of the Japanese sword as deadly lethal weapon.When we draw a sword from its sheath in the stillness and take a look at it, we feel that it makes our mind purified and wicked heart exorcised in an instant. In this moment, it is by no means a weapon to kill enemy but it becomes an object to lead us to the world of nothingness, even it may bring us toward spiritual enlightenment. I wonder if it is an integration of our spirit and the sword, which is advocated in Zen Buddhism.
