Assertion: sword's form | /r/HasProperty | kata
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text: Many styles of karate practiced today incorporate the forms (kata) originally developed by Funakoshi and his teachers and many different weapons traditionally concealed as farm implements by the peasants of Okinawa.
text: Historically practiced with wooden katana (bokken), this most often consists of pre-determined forms, called kata, or sometimes called kumitachi, and similar to the partner drills practiced in kendo.
text: As Japanese does not have separate plural and singular forms, both katanas and katana are considered acceptable forms in English.
text: It has often been said that forms (kata) are the backbone of the martial arts.