Tameshigiri – Everything You Need To Know The Tameshigiri is an art form that focuses on performing cutting tests with a Japanese sword against an object – usually tatami – in the cleanest and most elegant way possible. It is a practice hundreds of years old, initially used by samurai to test the edge of their Katana sword. However, with the passage of time and the rise of Japanese martial arts with swords like Kendo … Continue reading Tameshigiri – Everything You Need To Know about Test Cutting