Tsuba
Tsuba A typical tsuba Wikimedia Commons has media related to: tsuba The tsuba (鍔) is the round guard at the ... index of the fighter typically touches the tsuba), and to the protection of the ...
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Tsuba (L5r wiki)
Tsuba The tsuba is the guard between the hilt and ... a katana, wakizashi, or no-dachi . Some tsuba are simply round plates of metal, but ...
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Tsuba   (translated from German)
Tsuba Japanese Tsuben. Left: 18. Century, with openings ... Right: 16. Century, iron with brass decoration. Tsuba is the name for the pass sheet ... addition, square to octagonal or baroque formed Tsuba occur. Those Tsuba sits between handle and blade of the ... Handschutz however, there one can be argued Tsuba normally easily of a Japanese sword ...
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Tsuba no giri
Tsuba no giri TSUBA NO GIRI A principle of Japanese swordplay. ( Tsuba = handguard | kiru = to cut ) During a Kendo ... trying to cut the opponent with the Tsuba". Following that principle one should hit with ...
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User talk:Tsuba
User talk:Tsuba Hi! welcome to Wikipedia! Hope you enjoy ...
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Katana   (translated from German)
... untreated wood exists. This inconspicuous Montur without Tsuba or other decoration found 19 toward end ... for Tsukare means: "(material)Ermuedung" Installing (koshirae) Tsuba from the Edo time Tsuba from the Guillemet museum, Paris After sharpening ... Katana in the sheath becomes secured that Tsuba (pass sheet) two Seppa (wearing parts under and over that Tsuba) that Fuchi (ring between Tsuba and ...
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Katana
... of the Edo period, was called the tsuba. Other aspects of the koshirae (mountings), such ... itself. Often, there were sheath, hilt, and tsuba (handguard) specialists as well. The most famous ... the blade is visible just under the tsuba (guard). Each blade has a unique profile ... Note the decoration of the saya. Elaborated tsuba of the Edo era wooden scabbard used ... the entire hilt. The cross guard, or tsuba, on Japanese swords (except for certain ...
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Katana   (translated from French)
... notice the decoration of saya (sleeve). One tsuba (guard) of the era Edo Synopsis Description ... three hands. tsuka ends in a guard (tsuba) which protects the hand. The weight of ... around the handle, allowing a better gripping tsuba : keep ; seppa : parts metal enters tsuba and the blade, guiding silk (nakago) at ...
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Tanka (sword)
... katana with its tanka just below the tsuba (guard) Tanka o kiru: the thumb pushes the tsuba forward, unlocking and revealing the tanka. The ... It has the purpose of locking the tsuba (guard) in place, as well as to ... saya near the top and presses the tsuba with the thumb to emerge the blade ...
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Sai (weapon)
... unsharpened dagger, with two long, unsharpened projections (tsuba) attached to the handle. Sai are constructed ... others have an octagonal middle prong. The tsuba are traditionally symmetrical, however, the Manji design ... developed by Taira Shinken employs oppositely facing tsuba. The sai's utility as a weapon ... sword's blade in the sai's tsuba. Skilled users were able to snap a ...
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