{"id":395,"date":"2015-09-03T17:02:33","date_gmt":"2015-09-03T17:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/katanaswordreviews.com\/?p=395"},"modified":"2017-04-06T00:16:29","modified_gmt":"2017-04-06T00:16:29","slug":"find-a-dojo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/katanaswordreviews.com\/find-a-dojo\/","title":{"rendered":"Step 5: Where to Practice – Find A Dojo"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The final step in our katana readiness guide is helping you find a dojo\u00a0where you can now use your newly purchased katana. If you already have a location to train then you are finished, no need to read this step!<\/p>\n
For those of you who are new katanas, other weaponized martial arts, or just martial arts in general, this final step will help you pin down a place where you can practice under the supervision of a trained sensei (which as I said in earlier steps that I highly<\/span> recommend).<\/p>\n I guess before I get too far ahead of myself for those who are new to this and don’t know what a dojo is let me explain. A dojo is a place or large room used for training purposes in martial arts. They can range from a gym, to a smaller studio, to an entire complex focused on teaching the various martial arts.\u00a0Dojos can vary in the types of martial arts they perform there ranging from judo and karate to the more skilled iaido.<\/p>\n The word comes from Japan and loosely translated means “a place of pursuit” the pursuit of which is your journey to mastering a martial art. The ‘Do’ means ‘way’ or ‘pursuit’ and the ‘Jo’ means ‘a place’. Combined they represent the term that is referred to today.<\/p>\n