Does it get the blood off? Does it do something to the blade?
2006-10-28 00:50:31 · 5 answers · asked by Link 4 in Sports ➔ Martial Arts
It's supposed to get the blood off the blade. It is part of the ritual re-sheathing of the blade, called noto.
However, it is symbolic. If they had really cut someone, a tap on the handle, or the sweeping the blade in an arc with a snap (chiburi, I believe it's called), would not remove everything from the blade.
In an actual fight, you would wipe the blade as clean as possible in the time you had, and then clean it carefully and completely when you had more time. Blood is Highly corrosive to steel, and nobody would risk leaving any on a valuable blade before sheathing it.
2006-10-28 11:06:59 · answer #1 · answered by tyrsson58 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The "break" as you call it is called chiburi, or blade cleaning. The idea is that the dripping blood need to be cleaned from the blade before it is resheath into the scabbard (saya).
In some of the more formal schools the chiburi is taught as a formal part of FORM (kata) but there lies an unspoken truth to it --- in real combat you must use your sleeve or the opponent cloth to completely clean the blade.
2006-10-29 01:50:00 · answer #2 · answered by ninja lessons 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-05-22 02:49:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah it just gets the blood of the katana
2006-10-28 04:46:25 · answer #4 · answered by japanese rednek 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To remove the blood.
2006-10-28 02:03:28 · answer #5 · answered by Robb 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋