Samurai Sword Cutting Experience in Osaka - Tameshigiri

*This experience is currently not accepting reservations. 

Your childhood dream now comes true. You will be wearing a hakama and learn how to use a sword like a samurai. At the end, you can also practice with a real sword to slash tatami mats if you'd like.

• Sword lesson and sword practice included
• Dress up like a samurai (you will put on a traditional hakama like a samurai)
• Once in a lifetime experience
• Feel like a real samurai
• Convenient location in the Namba Area
• Chop the tatami mat 
• Use a real samurai sword

Your experience will take place at this location: ST Numba Building 3F, 1-2-25 Nipponbashinishi, Naniwa Ward, Osaka, 556-0004, Japan

To prepare the outfit for this experience, we need your size. Please include your height and clothing size in the "Order notes" when making a reservation.

If you'd like to perform the same experience in Kyoto and visit the samurai & ninja museum, then you can reserve here 

Samurai test-cutting experience (Tameshigiri)

Tameshigiri means test cutting which is a form of martial arts. Tameshigiri was born as a form of martial arts since the samurai always had to train to perfect their skills especially during the time of peace. Test cutting is used to check both the quality of a samurai sword and also the sophistication of the sword using skills of the samurai. There are many different materials to test the quality of cuts including thin steel, rice straws and tatami mats. In this experience you will use a material shown in the picture (tatami mats made out of bamboo).

• Use a real samurai sword
• Once in a lifetime experience
• Feel like a real samurai

This centuries-old samurai practice is called Tameshigiri. It was born as a form of martial arts since the samurai always had to train to perfect their skills especially during the time of peace. Test cutting is used to check both the quality of a samurai sword and also the sophistication of the sword using skills of the samurai. There are many different materials to test the quality of cuts including thin steel, rice straws and tatami mats. In this experience you will use a material shown in the picture (tatami mats made out of bamboo).

This lesson has been supervised by ISAO MACHII. ISAO MACHII is a worldwide celebrity who appeared on History Channel, Discovery channel, dozens of documentaries, and TV programs both in Japan and outside of Japan. As cited on Wikipedia he holds several Guinness Records including “Most martial arts katana cuts to one mat (suegiri)”, “Fastest 1,000 martial arts sword cuts”, “Most sword cuts to straw mats in three minutes”, and “Fastest tennis ball (820 km/h) cut by sword”.

 

NOTE: ISAO MACHII may personally instruct on the day, but there is no guarantee that you will definitely meet him. In some cases, his disciples may conduct the instruction.