Kenjutsu is a name used to describe the arts of swordsmanship practised by the legendary samurai warriors of feudal Japan. It literally means 'sword techniques'. In the edo period the Japanese sword known as a katana was the most revered weapon on the battlefield and the samurai spent much time in training to become skilled at using it. Off the battlefield, in training, the fearsome iron blades of the katana were substituted with tough wooden swords called bokutou (bokken). M