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because the second picture is a ww-II era bayonet usage manual, not a kendo instruction manual. Obviously the JIA was adapting bogu for use in that role. Its an excelent idea, especialy considering the way the bayonet was viewed compared to the sword...

That would be jukendo and apparently, in shiai, these guys are (to quote a friend who witnessed such a shiai), "f***ing nuts!" At any rate, bogubag supplies modern bogu for jukendo. Since they have a huge shoulder pad, t appears they're big on stabs to the left shoulder and tsuki. Also, the kote appears to have extra padding over the thumb, maybe because there's a higher possibility of accidentally breaking the bone. I do wonder how many people still practice it.

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well, theres almost no effective way to slash with a bayonet. There made to stab not cut. If you look at most post WWII bayonets, there not even sharp (i have one at home thats just a sharpend rod, came off a (i think) chinese version of the kalashnikov).

I would be interested to see it practiced.