Please do not use Utube to learn the proper procedure regarding the use of the To (
sword). Secure proper instruction from a reputable Iaido/Kendo Instructor in order to learn how it is properly done. The sword requires much attention to detail which is not present here. This comes from a student of San Shin Kai Iaido. No offense intended to the young man in the video as I believe he is merely passing on what was given to him and trying to do so in good spirit. God Bless.
"Often because you'll be walking down the street with the sword in the hilt, someone would be approaching you and they would be close and they would have a knife but you didn't have enough length to do your scabbard draw." As if this happens every other day. Stupid Gaijin.
he is just referring to what they used to do not to literally go down the street in this age and kill someone you dumb faggots. Also samurai used to have a lot of honor and pride so don't make fun of them you a-holes.
a real katana sword was tested on real people.when a prisoner was to executed they would bring a katana in. The sword had to be able to cut from the neck all the way threw to the groin.with out sticking
read most of the comments :) guy up in the vid knows what he does. dear "masters of comments" - please go, buy "gorin no sho" (musashi) or "way of the samurai" from munenori. even read some of the old european fencing masters' books. talk further afertwards. thx.
why... in all thats holy.. whould you take out your scabbard?! just why?! theres no sense in that at all xD the Katana is a two handed sword and the samurai were more than skilled enough to only use the sword... geez
i dont get why this guy gets so much flak,i think there are way too many keyboard warriors on here. in my opinion he has a very fluid technique,holding it at the top and bottom of the hilt and his drawing technique is very smooth
Can you guys just give him a break? He's made all these videos to HELP us, not for us to "help" him. He's a blackbelt, and I doubt he would spend 20+ years on kenjutsu to learn the WRONG way to fight.
I will not give him a break unless it's his mouth.
He hasnt studied kenjutsu (or anything)for 20 years,he is barely 20 years old in the videos.
He is omly a Shodan in a peasant unarmed martial art with 6 years of study.
I have trained Kendo,Iaido,Kenjutsu,& battojutsu for over 20 years(I am 45years old this year)and hold Shodan in Kendo & Iaido.(these are sword only arts)
Shodan is only a serious begginers rank in all martial arts and nothing to boast about.
"Often because you will be walking down the street with the sword in your hilt".... err no? Who walks around with a sword anyway.. and the person who chooses to rob the guy with the sword is dumb
You will walking down the street with your sword?? WTF???? WHO GOES TROUGH LIFE WITH A KATANA!?!??! are you kidding???? Im not black belt, but i know a lier when i see it..really you are not a person who can teach the use of a katana...
@watercolour he will not survie even in argentina... people have guns!!! fireguns, when a guy see you walking with a katana in the street they are not going to ask you for you wallet.
Haha...I don't believe they're phonies. These movements are similar in style to more efficient techniques. The problem is that these martial arts are simply...watered down. When there's a lack of focus in terms of the pupils that are taught, it often happens that there are finer details of technique that go untaught. Besides, people parade swords around like they're for show and it's a little embarassing, to be honest.
okay all u damn haters: Do NOT post a comment on this or any other vid where this guy is teaching how to do something unless u have somthing positive to say. In the end, this dude probably is a very good teacher and the stuff he teached on YT could be very usefull. And besides, if u thing this dude sucks at what he's doin and u think u could do better then FUCKIN PROVE IT AND STOP BEING ALL TALK BUT NO WALK! I bet non of u would be able to even touch him in a real fight...
@Spenser523 Negative comments are very much allowed if they're valid arguments which can be backed up by facts. This man is NOT a good teacher, and this video is a disgrace to actual kenjutsu.
These techniques are not practical at all. I'd give you the reasons, but five hundred characters just isn't enough for it.
I'm sure any real kenjutsuka would be able to kick this man's ass.
@Nathanroqs I appologize for my lack of knowledge of the Japanese language, but I'm hoping that a kenjutsuka is not a kendo master. I say this because any real kendo STUDENT could wipe the floor with this man. Having a master waste his time fighting this "instructor" would be an insult to the said masters training, dojo, and style.
kenjutsuka only means student of kenjutsu,same as karateka means student of karate.
Kensutsu and Kendo are not the same-kenjutsu is all about using the sword to fight and hopefully survive the battle.
Kendo is predominantly a sport were you hit someone and get a point or 2 for doing so.
It used to be a budo along time ago but has been turned into a sport.Some OLD styles are more sword like and Toshiro Obata's Shinkendo is about the only modern school of sword work that teaches SWORDWORK
Walking down the street with a sword...... hell yeah... this is useless.. no one needs to learn how to use a goddamn katana, buy a gun, its easier to use, aim at the dude, pull the trigger, watch him rickrolling
let me ask, how are you supposed to use teh saya like this if the sageo is properly tied? like it would have been. sorry, but the wakizashi was used as secondary defense. besides even if the saya COULD be drawn, it would not be used. it is disrespectful to teh sword. and the kozuka? hly sht man, it was a utility knife...not a shuriken. this guy is a crackpot.
0:22 "You'd be walking down the street with your sword"
When is the last time you saw someone walking down the street with a Katana sword??
...Message to expertvillage: If you want your martial art videos to be popular don't let some Jet Li wannabe 4 foot redneck demonstrate it with his little teenage counterpart...
Oh and get someone that can tell the difference between someone's thoat and a nose (1:29)
"often because you will be walking down the street, someone would be approaching you"... 2 things are wrong with that... 1. who in the hell walks along the street with a sword by their side and 2. I dont think if i was going to attack anyone it wouldn't be a guy with a sword!
sorry sir, but the samurai would NEVER use his saya in such a manor.....the things for your "dual wielding" would be katana in the right hand and the WAKIZASHI in his left since the samurai were required to carry teh daisho, or katana and wakizashi in combination. and the proper way of tsuka ate is with the sword AND saya being extended to strike, not just the sword itslef.
kenjutsu is not spirtual,kendo and Iaido are spiritual,Kenjutsu and Iaijutsu(battojutsu) are all about killing with the blade and you surviving.The second they are touted as spiritual is the second they become a "do" or way,not an art
@jadekayak01 i have researched this further and i must bow to you. i stand corrected for it *is* kendo that is the more spiritual side of swordsmanship, as well as iaido. kenjutsu and iaijutsu are the practical side as you have said.
Ive never heard about useing your scabbard as "dual wielding"? Im practecing Toyama Ryu iaido and this is new to me. Maybe this is some american version of "sword fighting"? I would never use my scabbard as a "weapon" in a sword fight.
@YajimaKenji In life or death you might. say your sword is knocked out of your hand but otherwise yea scabbard as a second weapon would have to be it's own style.
Anyway to the video. I don't think this video is particularly any good, though the techniques may be decent when showing them the student stays still while the instructor moves. If you really want to practice these techniques you can pad some wooden swords and grab a friend, because just watching them will do little for you.
Great to her from a person actually learning a genuine Iai style and a Ryuha as well.
Your style has lots of techniques that look like kenjutsu but they are still not kenjutsu.
some kensutsu used the sword while still sheathed as the master didnt want to kill his opponents-just hurt and control them.This means that the saya could still be used without the blade inside it for nito work if required.
Granted that the wakisashi would probably be used for this first but not all Samurai had both
use the hilt to cause damage that your hand cant do
also creates space between the opponont and you for a draw.
also buys time to dispatch an opponent to the rear then return to the front to dispatch that opponent with the edge.
Study Gammen Ate kata in Setei Gata Iaido-exact situation as stated above.
Also Shiho Giri kata has a wrist break with the tsuka then draw and thrust to rear followed by cut to Mr broken wrist before despatching 2 other people
typing as a novice swordsman, having, admittedly, no official training and only sparring matches with my cousins under my belt, I dont think this guys too knowledgeable at swordsmanship. especially with such a finely tuned weapon as a katana. if that black belt around his waist was fairly earned, i dont believe it to be in a martial art that uses weapons often
for the most part this guy has no idea what he is talking about.....just because you have a black belt in whatever martial it is that he is doing doesnt give you automatic knowledge of how to properly wield a sword
The Katana, while an excellent sword has a severe weakness, in order to cut effectively it has to be sliced in a perfect and precise manner, other wise the blade is ineffective. Try hacking the blade or just using a sloppy technique against a target and the blade will mostly bounce off. Research into historical battlefield combat in both the east and west will reveal that the use of scabbards to distract and block as well as the use of a knife was not uncommon. Soldiers do what it takes to win
I agree that a soldier would do whatever it took to win, but theres a definate possibility that the scabbard would be destroyed. If its used to block, the opponent's sword would slice right through. If its used to attack, it would break due to the light wood a katana scabbard uses. I do disagree with your first statement though. While proper technique greatly increases the sword's power, it is still dangerous if you only chop with it.
@LotusDragon09 Actually, depending on the era, the saya would be made in better form than in others. Say, the Edo Jidai, swords became the symbol of the Samurai and were thus afforded so. Either way, nothing ever slices *right* through a target. especially when there is not enough opposite tention to allow the sword to cut straight through. If the wrist gives under the bodyweight of the opponent, the blade may only cut into one side of the saya, or not at all.
@Suigetsukanno Yeah, you have a point. It could cut through, but wont necessarily. Although ive seen swords slice through non-secure targets before. It just depends on how sharp the sword is and how fast it is swung. Id still much prefer to use my wakizashi than my scabbard. I havent done that much in depth research concerning this, but im pretty sure there werent too many Samurai walking around without a daisho. Im sure they were payed enough to afford at least a decent quality wakizashi.
@jadekayak01 Im not sure I understand your analogy, but yes, I do know that you arent supposed to actually block an incoming sword. I dont know where I said you should. Even parrying is discouraged, but it still happened which is why some schools still taught it. Usually a fight would end in just a few seconds after the first move was made. Im not suggesting that they were super anime fast, its just the tactics that were used. Besides, sword-sword contact risks damage.
What's with these hakujin phoney martial arts instructors? So many. Totally embarrass proof. Does it ever occur to them that real instructors/students will see these and their charade would be revealed? Who would be ignorant enough to pay good money to be a student at their phoney schools? A sucker born every minute.
Yup. 1:04 kinda proves it... That's not how you do it.
1:45 That's not how you "pull out". You don't over extend your arm like that... You tilt to the side and drop the saya. If you keep it high you loose visibility.
1:08 Many Japanese swords would have a small knife... What ?! How many, exactly ? :)
I think at 1:08 he's refering to the waribashi on some swords. however, it was little more than a glorified toothpick with very limited use if any at all in actual combat. this doesn't change the fact that he's still promoting ignorant sword techniques, though. I'm particularly not fond of his drawing technique. it's a good way to lose your hand in a quick draw.
swords are pretty cool, but it's impossible for people to properly practice with them because they are no longer used in real combat, guns and explosives are our generations swords and bows.
@MMAenthusiastUHHE Actually, it's fairly easy for people to practice the arts properly, most people would simply rather buy in to the nearest McDojo and learn swordplay from someone who simply watches too many samurai films. This guy's karate or whatever open hand style might be really good, but what he's teaching is not kenjutsu. if he's teaching an "evolved" sword art, then don't teach it like it's the old school stuff, which unfortunately, he's implying he is.
ok maybe properly was a bad choice of words, I meant to say effectively. Like any form of fighting, the best way to actually learn it is to practice and then actually do it. I highly doubt that any two dudes would be willing to go at it with razor sharp katanas.
@MMAenthusiastUHHE Actually in Kenjutsu, the method for testing your cuts is called Tameshigiri. In olden times, when corpses were not available, they would cut bundles of straw or rolled up tatami mats that had been soaked in water. This was used both when testing the sword (by a professional sword tester) but also when testing a student. If your cut was good, the tatami would split with ease. Now as far as combat goes, that's what they invented free sparring (with wooden or bamboo swords) for.
Well bamboo swords move nothing like real katanas and wooden swords just aren't the real thing. I was in Boxing for a few years, so I know what sparring is like. It helps out, but there's nothing like being in a real match in order to test and improve yourself.
@MMAenthusiastUHHE In Feudal Japan, most kenjutsu schools only taught kata. After the Tokugawa shogunate came into power, though, many schools realized that without constant war, skills were dulling and kata simply wasn't enough. That was when Shinai were developed and the rules for what is now Kendo first formed. Samurai trained quite rigorously then because these skills would dictate how well they could survive from one day to the next. Ineffective training could mean the end for you.
@MMAenthusiastUHHE I would totally agree with you if we were talking hand to hand combat. However, this is swordplay. Ideally the only duels you would ever have to fight would be in a dojo and with bokken.
well ideally yea. But look at it this way. I could go to a shooting range and practice using guns all day, but just because I can fire one, it doesn't mean that I know how to gun fight. I realize swords and guns are completely different weapons, but I still think the logic applies.
@MMAenthusiastUHHE I actually did try to avoid that but by that same token, you don't go into a gun fight to test your skills or to get better at gun fighting. You train soldiers by putting them through training exercises with simunitions and theoretical situations they could face in real combat. That's about as good as training can get. I have to say though, I'm having fun arguing with someone who isn't a retard, so thank you.
Well I only brought up the gun fighting because I had a cousin that was in the Marine Corp and he basically told me what I stated previously. And thanks man likewise, I appreciate that you can continue coming up with good counter arguments without getting all butthurt and bent out of shape like many people do.
@MMAenthusiastUHHE I train with people in law enforcement who will probably say the same thing but the problem is there's no better way to train someone. However, in order to make sure that the students are learning stuff that will be effective, the teacher himself should have experience. With Kenjutsu, a real teacher will have some kind of certification in an established ryu from someone who was also certified to give such permission etc. until you go back to the days when they still dueled.
@akagisama808 I don't understand why people are calling this guy a phony. Everything he's saying is true and applicable. It's just not practical. No one walks around with a katana and needs to use it.
@TheKingdomofErnor He's a phony because he's saying that this is traditional kenjutsu, which it's not. It's completely disgraceful calling this kenjutsu. Also, the dojo's name is Yeshua Ryu.
he is a phony-he doesnt hold a grade(let alone a teaching rank in kenjutsu)
If you are in the US look up Toby Treadgill,I have done one of his Juijutsu seminars in New Zealand hosted by people who studied for years in Japan.My friends don't hos fakes.Besides that Sensei Treadgill has a menkyo(or full transmission license) from his Japanese Master in a system that uses armed and unarmed techniques-INCLUDING REAL KENJUTSU
@GhostXDog I just noticed his name is literally "three two", rofl. Anyway, you don't seem to have any legitimate points to make. The idea of instructing people on how to use a katana in the first place is what's wrong, not the instructor. It's just not a practical skill. I don't think the people who came to watch the vid, however, care if it's practical.
@TheKingdomofErnor wtf are you talking about? its not true at all, nobody just blocked their katana he showed, if you was in danger or in close combat you had your other sword for that, not your fucking Katana.
@quezcatol No a days do you carry a knife or gun with you every where you go. The point of kata is to practice with what you have. Also just like now not everyone could afford all three blades.
What the hell?! Im sorry, I dont normally say things like that...but....seriously? Since when was ancient Japan like the movies Hero or Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon? If I were a samurai that was going to dual weild, id use my wakizashi as the other weapon, not the fricking scabbard of my katana! Where is this guy getting his information?! You cant block with a scabbard (it would be destroyed) and unless you didnt want to kill him, the katana serves as a much better killing tool.
I hope you're not a poor ronin when you use the saya to block....because then you won't be able to afford another saya....assuming you lived at all. a katana would cut through a saya, like a buzzsaw cuts through marshmallows...
if someone says that the block shown is not going to work then your wrong. when he goes for the hit and block. even the momentum of the attacker could bring him forward and into the blade so he would not need the strike with the grip
@giorgos00k. your lack of understanding in martial arts is plainly obvious. i know fine well you can block with the scabbard. for e.g. if your opponent is coming down in a chop you would use the scabbard by making sure the chop caught the side. sliding the sword in the direction of the block.
Saya are supposed to be made of hard wood (mogolia wood I believe) and all the saya I own could handle being hit up side someone's head. Hitting a person is not the same as hitting a tree or some such you pop a guy in the head unless he's hopped up on something he's going with the blow. Hit high and it'll probably bounce or roll off the skull before breaking, Hit low and theres less hard stuff to hit. Yes theres a chance it could break but with knowledge skill and good tools this can be reduced.
Why does he like the groin area so much.
SAMANTHA755 2 weeks ago
He said scabber draw, what the hell is that!, SCABBER!!!!!
SAMANTHA755 2 weeks ago
He better polish it after touching it so much with his fingers.
Bismarckisawesome 3 months ago
Writers love videos like this! Info for fight scenes in novels.
WenSpencer01 4 months ago
i never see anyone walking on the street with a sword on them....
EpicCgan 5 months ago
wheres ur tsuba?
darthdarren77 5 months ago
Please do not use Utube to learn the proper procedure regarding the use of the To (
sword). Secure proper instruction from a reputable Iaido/Kendo Instructor in order to learn how it is properly done. The sword requires much attention to detail which is not present here. This comes from a student of San Shin Kai Iaido. No offense intended to the young man in the video as I believe he is merely passing on what was given to him and trying to do so in good spirit. God Bless.
Candace3225 6 months ago
@Candace3225 there is noit just laido and kendo your forgetting a little thing called kobudo
darthdarren77 4 months ago
what are katana scabbards made of? for if they are made of wood or leather I strongly doubt one could block a sword strike with it properly
hopethisnamesnotgive 6 months ago
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jonathankundinger 5 months ago
he means to hit them with the bronze of the scabbard that u can see on the bottom of the sword
jonathankundinger 5 months ago
Yes because I walk down the street with my bloody sword with me. -.-
Soramiaki508 6 months ago
He's been watching Kill Bill and taking it literally, me thinks. Still, its a job.
sanpogiri777 6 months ago in playlist Katana use
"Often because you'll be walking down the street with the sword in the hilt, someone would be approaching you and they would be close and they would have a knife but you didn't have enough length to do your scabbard draw." As if this happens every other day. Stupid Gaijin.
shungen2007 6 months ago
you really shouldnt use the butt of your sword like that, any dumbass can grab your blade that way
deathwatcher221 6 months ago
Oh, my God! Is this guy insane? A kendo/iaido master at his age ?
MrMrFlorentins 6 months ago
I wonder what he'd do if he saw a hollow :o
TheDerSTUDIO 6 months ago
:D u got me crying
Anessis 6 months ago
@TheDerSTUDIO By the looks of it, try to perform a Soul Burial on it XD (yes I know it wouldn't work)
SakamaruNetoi 6 months ago
dual wield with saya?
meh
apreasher 7 months ago
ok ppl this guy is an instructor, hes a master. he would kick all of your asses
Froggypwn 7 months ago
@Froggypwn lol
aikikev 7 months ago in playlist Katana use
DODGE!!! >:D
Leontheon 7 months ago
he is just referring to what they used to do not to literally go down the street in this age and kill someone you dumb faggots. Also samurai used to have a lot of honor and pride so don't make fun of them you a-holes.
legendary884 7 months ago
Like this if you giggled when he said "Pull out"
Syrio1337 7 months ago
"You'd be walking down the street with your sword in the hilt"
Wait what? The hilt? I believe the correct term is a Saya.. lol
djentlemen98 7 months ago
@djentlemen98 well the correct term for hilt is tsuka but he meant scabbard which is saya
scottbaioisdead 7 months ago
you can't walk on the street with a sword.... but it's interesting
cholpasaurio 7 months ago
a real katana sword was tested on real people.when a prisoner was to executed they would bring a katana in. The sword had to be able to cut from the neck all the way threw to the groin.with out sticking
mogges1 7 months ago
@mogges1 Thats not true for all katanas
mongolmatt1 7 months ago
Okay. Got it. I'll just walk around town with my katana :D
kato233 8 months ago
read most of the comments :) guy up in the vid knows what he does. dear "masters of comments" - please go, buy "gorin no sho" (musashi) or "way of the samurai" from munenori. even read some of the old european fencing masters' books. talk further afertwards. thx.
galahad237 8 months ago
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@galahad237 you don't know what the fuck you are talking about.
GhostXDog 8 months ago
:)) expertvillage martial arts videos kinda suck :)) that Shaolin monk was also pretty fake.
AndyRaslan 8 months ago
why... in all thats holy.. whould you take out your scabbard?! just why?! theres no sense in that at all xD the Katana is a two handed sword and the samurai were more than skilled enough to only use the sword... geez
Slotty 8 months ago
どこの漫画から引っ張り出してきたんだ？
it looks anime-like haha
9501332 9 months ago
i dont get why this guy gets so much flak,i think there are way too many keyboard warriors on here. in my opinion he has a very fluid technique,holding it at the top and bottom of the hilt and his drawing technique is very smooth
tshirt2008 9 months ago
1:29 "and also this was blocking"...No it wasn't you moved it i saw =O
rob0tsnsk8boards 9 months ago
that kinda reminded me of napoleon dynamite haha and the self defense class scene haha
TeamMinajLaLa 10 months ago
HULK SMASH!!! with my scabbard!
gmanleader0 11 months ago
Can you guys just give him a break? He's made all these videos to HELP us, not for us to "help" him. He's a blackbelt, and I doubt he would spend 20+ years on kenjutsu to learn the WRONG way to fight.
NFMPivotMadnessXD 11 months ago
@NFMPivotMadnessXD Colour of belts does not have anything to do with rank in Kenjutsu.
pencil1ist 10 months ago
@NFMPivotMadnessXD colour of belts does not have anything to do with rank in kenjutsu
pencil1ist 10 months ago
too god dammed right there
jadekayak01 8 months ago in playlist How to Fight With a Katana Sword
I will not give him a break unless it's his mouth.
He hasnt studied kenjutsu (or anything)for 20 years,he is barely 20 years old in the videos.
He is omly a Shodan in a peasant unarmed martial art with 6 years of study.
I have trained Kendo,Iaido,Kenjutsu,& battojutsu for over 20 years(I am 45years old this year)and hold Shodan in Kendo & Iaido.(these are sword only arts)
Shodan is only a serious begginers rank in all martial arts and nothing to boast about.
He only trains in peasant arts
jadekayak01 8 months ago in playlist How to Fight With a Katana Sword
"Often because you will be walking down the street with the sword in your hilt".... err no? Who walks around with a sword anyway.. and the person who chooses to rob the guy with the sword is dumb
TheManGuyDude 11 months ago
If you want to see real sword work check out Toshishiro Obata
Bahorgi 11 months ago
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0:44 "or into the groin"
If he is trying to teach people to strike in the groin, shouldn't he, oh, I don't know, actually aim for something at groin level???
bnomiddlenamej 11 months ago
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bnomiddlenamej 11 months ago
You will walking down the street with your sword?? WTF???? WHO GOES TROUGH LIFE WITH A KATANA!?!??! are you kidding???? Im not black belt, but i know a lier when i see it..really you are not a person who can teach the use of a katana...
ajajajjaa this guy make me laugh
aajhusky2 1 year ago
lol i'll laugh so hard if he cut him for real by mistake
alone66666 1 year ago
If I walk on the streets with my sword, the police will throw me to jail
yomilo 1 year ago
this guy will never survive in Japan.
watercolour 1 year ago 22
@watercolour he will not survie even in argentina... people have guns!!! fireguns, when a guy see you walking with a katana in the street they are not going to ask you for you wallet.
aajhusky2 1 year ago
@watercolour you think that you will?
Brian4Tommy 7 months ago
@watercolour Not without a hazmat suite he won't.
904xxiGhost 7 months ago
bullshit
naruto99508 1 year ago
he is wealbinng a verie stoppit katana
colinkaag 1 year ago
Haha...I don't believe they're phonies. These movements are similar in style to more efficient techniques. The problem is that these martial arts are simply...watered down. When there's a lack of focus in terms of the pupils that are taught, it often happens that there are finer details of technique that go untaught. Besides, people parade swords around like they're for show and it's a little embarassing, to be honest.
unkeptmorale523 1 year ago
@at guy in video... talkin all that big shit and you gonna get kicked in your chest... dick in your mouth nigga! dick in your mouth!
Levohs420 1 year ago
@Spenser523
Agreed
RyuMSEA 1 year ago
okay all u damn haters: Do NOT post a comment on this or any other vid where this guy is teaching how to do something unless u have somthing positive to say. In the end, this dude probably is a very good teacher and the stuff he teached on YT could be very usefull. And besides, if u thing this dude sucks at what he's doin and u think u could do better then FUCKIN PROVE IT AND STOP BEING ALL TALK BUT NO WALK! I bet non of u would be able to even touch him in a real fight...
Spenser523 1 year ago
@Spenser523 Negative comments are very much allowed if they're valid arguments which can be backed up by facts. This man is NOT a good teacher, and this video is a disgrace to actual kenjutsu.
These techniques are not practical at all. I'd give you the reasons, but five hundred characters just isn't enough for it.
I'm sure any real kenjutsuka would be able to kick this man's ass.
Nathanroqs 1 year ago 2
@Nathanroqs I appologize for my lack of knowledge of the Japanese language, but I'm hoping that a kenjutsuka is not a kendo master. I say this because any real kendo STUDENT could wipe the floor with this man. Having a master waste his time fighting this "instructor" would be an insult to the said masters training, dojo, and style.
bnomiddlenamej 11 months ago
kenjutsuka only means student of kenjutsu,same as karateka means student of karate.
Kensutsu and Kendo are not the same-kenjutsu is all about using the sword to fight and hopefully survive the battle.
Kendo is predominantly a sport were you hit someone and get a point or 2 for doing so.
It used to be a budo along time ago but has been turned into a sport.Some OLD styles are more sword like and Toshiro Obata's Shinkendo is about the only modern school of sword work that teaches SWORDWORK
jadekayak01 8 months ago
some of his techniques are valid but I would'nt kick his ass,id cut him a new ass crack
jadekayak01 8 months ago
i WOULDNT NEED TO TOUCH HIM IN A REAL FIGHT AS MY BULLETS WOULD HAVE FINISHED HIM BEFORE HE EVEN GOT CLOSE ENOUGH.
IF WE RESORTED TO KATANA I WOULD PROBABLY STILL PREVAIL.
IF WE LIMITED OURSELVES TO UNARMED HE WOULD WHIP MY ASS AS HE HAS 6 YEARS STUDY IN UNARMED ARTS AND I ONLY HAVE MANY YEARS OF STUDY BUT AT LOW LEVELS
jadekayak01 8 months ago
Walking down the street with a sword...... hell yeah... this is useless.. no one needs to learn how to use a goddamn katana, buy a gun, its easier to use, aim at the dude, pull the trigger, watch him rickrolling
b4sshunt3rgg 1 year ago
whats with all these white instructors? do they even know the spiritual value of the blade
Meltedchair513 1 year ago
where is this school? im gonna go and kick his ass
50neji 1 year ago
let me ask, how are you supposed to use teh saya like this if the sageo is properly tied? like it would have been. sorry, but the wakizashi was used as secondary defense. besides even if the saya COULD be drawn, it would not be used. it is disrespectful to teh sword. and the kozuka? hly sht man, it was a utility knife...not a shuriken. this guy is a crackpot.
健康長寿命 影のモザイク
kenkou chou jumyou kage no mozaiku
(good health long life, kage no mozaiku)
apachedrifter 1 year ago
0:22 "You'd be walking down the street with your sword"
When is the last time you saw someone walking down the street with a Katana sword??
...Message to expertvillage: If you want your martial art videos to be popular don't let some Jet Li wannabe 4 foot redneck demonstrate it with his little teenage counterpart...
Oh and get someone that can tell the difference between someone's thoat and a nose (1:29)
need2learn2spkspan 1 year ago 2
Anyone thinks that someone with a knife would attack directly another lad with a katana?
aporlarepublica 1 year ago
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just forget that "who in the hell walks along the street with a sword by their side "
you can do that any time you want, this is just a vid on how u can use a katana
gnt10 1 year ago
I see no flaws in those moves but, the explanation is a bit to undeveloped for me to understand it well.
gnt10 1 year ago
"often because you will be walking down the street, someone would be approaching you"... 2 things are wrong with that... 1. who in the hell walks along the street with a sword by their side and 2. I dont think if i was going to attack anyone it wouldn't be a guy with a sword!
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JunyaYashiki 1 year ago
This has to be comedy because it is totally made up bullshit!
nhaluta 1 year ago
sorry sir, but the samurai would NEVER use his saya in such a manor.....the things for your "dual wielding" would be katana in the right hand and the WAKIZASHI in his left since the samurai were required to carry teh daisho, or katana and wakizashi in combination. and the proper way of tsuka ate is with the sword AND saya being extended to strike, not just the sword itslef.
apachedrifter 1 year ago
fake as hell no skills at all tsk
Asgardia 1 year ago
dual wielding, i lol'd
dynastyflygon 1 year ago
lol what happens if the 'thief' is left hand? so he hold the knife with the left hand? let me guess, u die!
PciXoMaNiC 1 year ago
He's like my kid with a stick ))))))
dzanshin 1 year ago
this guy knows absolutely nothing
MLGSkarekroe 1 year ago 2
Who the fuck walks with a Katana in this days anyway??
Joker4232 1 year ago
@Joker4232
Those who believe these techniques are useful. So, three crazy people.
aporlarepublica 1 year ago
@aporlarepublica they are not useful as he portrays. kenjutsu anymore is spiritual and mental more then physical. i wish ppl would understand this.
kenkou chou jumyou kage no mozaiku
(good health long life, kage no mozaiku)
apachedrifter 1 year ago
@apachedrifter
You are right, anybody who practises martial arts would understand it.
aporlarepublica 1 year ago
kenjutsu is not spirtual,kendo and Iaido are spiritual,Kenjutsu and Iaijutsu(battojutsu) are all about killing with the blade and you surviving.The second they are touted as spiritual is the second they become a "do" or way,not an art
jadekayak01 8 months ago
@jadekayak01 i have researched this further and i must bow to you. i stand corrected for it *is* kendo that is the more spiritual side of swordsmanship, as well as iaido. kenjutsu and iaijutsu are the practical side as you have said.
kenkou chou jumyou kage no mozaiku
(good health long life, kage no mozaiku)
apachedrifter 8 months ago
MArtial arts always prepairs you to fight, an complete idiot with no training , if he jabbed with the knife he'd kill him...
penof1337 1 year ago
expertvillage sucks
DarkLordShadowOfRage 1 year ago 2
There really isn't many katana lesson available in the internet. I think this video-series is the best so far. Thanks work the good work.
anonsurferguy 1 year ago
He fails. If you don't have enough space in front of you, shuffle back and unsheathe!
Nathanroqs 1 year ago
ummmm who would try to screw with a guy....if he had a big ass deadly sword on his hip?
chuck norris perhaps?
KenjiKill24 1 year ago
Ive never heard about useing your scabbard as "dual wielding"? Im practecing Toyama Ryu iaido and this is new to me. Maybe this is some american version of "sword fighting"? I would never use my scabbard as a "weapon" in a sword fight.
YajimaKenji 1 year ago
@YajimaKenji only in very rare cases like cornered by like 10+ guys or something but it would be a very rare case
XhondaXtadakatsuX 1 year ago
@YajimaKenji In life or death you might. say your sword is knocked out of your hand but otherwise yea scabbard as a second weapon would have to be it's own style.
Anyway to the video. I don't think this video is particularly any good, though the techniques may be decent when showing them the student stays still while the instructor moves. If you really want to practice these techniques you can pad some wooden swords and grab a friend, because just watching them will do little for you.
sxetitan 1 year ago
Great to her from a person actually learning a genuine Iai style and a Ryuha as well.
Your style has lots of techniques that look like kenjutsu but they are still not kenjutsu.
some kensutsu used the sword while still sheathed as the master didnt want to kill his opponents-just hurt and control them.This means that the saya could still be used without the blade inside it for nito work if required.
Granted that the wakisashi would probably be used for this first but not all Samurai had both
jadekayak01 8 months ago
What a numpty!!!!
swordsman5 1 year ago
@swordsman5 You read my mind!
TheFlowMeister 1 year ago
who the fuck walks down the street with a katana sword.
jerico36024 1 year ago
Did he really say "with your sword in the hilt"?
Sergheill 1 year ago
I'm pretty sure no one would get anywhere close to me if I was walking down the street with a katana. Dumbass.
TyParkours 1 year ago
why would you strike with the hilt when you can just punch them?
YHTasian1stclass 1 year ago
use the hilt to cause damage that your hand cant do
also creates space between the opponont and you for a draw.
also buys time to dispatch an opponent to the rear then return to the front to dispatch that opponent with the edge.
Study Gammen Ate kata in Setei Gata Iaido-exact situation as stated above.
Also Shiho Giri kata has a wrist break with the tsuka then draw and thrust to rear followed by cut to Mr broken wrist before despatching 2 other people
Other styles have simmilar kata
jadekayak01 8 months ago
I CUT with the sheath of my sword all the time...
blah1752 1 year ago
your still a tool
0ceans13 1 year ago
Here's a better distracting technique, kick him in the balls, then kill him with your katana
grendel311 1 year ago
"...you have dual wielding capabilities. So, both hands are free..." Sorry, guy.
You are a fantastic representation of Bullshido and ignorance.
skooterkid 1 year ago 2
@skooterkid
how do you know? have you ever dueled against this guy? go challenge him to a death match if you're so eager to prove that he's a phoney.... hahaha
MMAenthusiastUHHE 1 year ago
typing as a novice swordsman, having, admittedly, no official training and only sparring matches with my cousins under my belt, I dont think this guys too knowledgeable at swordsmanship. especially with such a finely tuned weapon as a katana. if that black belt around his waist was fairly earned, i dont believe it to be in a martial art that uses weapons often
megaman11011 1 year ago 7
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@megaman11011
how do you know? have you ever dueled against this guy? go challenge him to a death match if you're so eager to prove that he's a phoney.... hahaha
MMAenthusiastUHHE 1 year ago
man this guy loves the word "kay"
XxmegadrummerxX 1 year ago
I don't know much, if anything, about actual sword fighting or weapon based oriental martial arts. But this was faggotry at a high level.
DanRo87 1 year ago
Phoney phoney phoney....
mfaries42 1 year ago
for the most part this guy has no idea what he is talking about.....just because you have a black belt in whatever martial it is that he is doing doesnt give you automatic knowledge of how to properly wield a sword
crazykicks19 1 year ago
The Katana, while an excellent sword has a severe weakness, in order to cut effectively it has to be sliced in a perfect and precise manner, other wise the blade is ineffective. Try hacking the blade or just using a sloppy technique against a target and the blade will mostly bounce off. Research into historical battlefield combat in both the east and west will reveal that the use of scabbards to distract and block as well as the use of a knife was not uncommon. Soldiers do what it takes to win
ncrisp01 1 year ago
I agree that a soldier would do whatever it took to win, but theres a definate possibility that the scabbard would be destroyed. If its used to block, the opponent's sword would slice right through. If its used to attack, it would break due to the light wood a katana scabbard uses. I do disagree with your first statement though. While proper technique greatly increases the sword's power, it is still dangerous if you only chop with it.
LotusDragon09 1 year ago
@LotusDragon09 Actually, depending on the era, the saya would be made in better form than in others. Say, the Edo Jidai, swords became the symbol of the Samurai and were thus afforded so. Either way, nothing ever slices *right* through a target. especially when there is not enough opposite tention to allow the sword to cut straight through. If the wrist gives under the bodyweight of the opponent, the blade may only cut into one side of the saya, or not at all.
Suigetsukanno 1 year ago
@Suigetsukanno Yeah, you have a point. It could cut through, but wont necessarily. Although ive seen swords slice through non-secure targets before. It just depends on how sharp the sword is and how fast it is swung. Id still much prefer to use my wakizashi than my scabbard. I havent done that much in depth research concerning this, but im pretty sure there werent too many Samurai walking around without a daisho. Im sure they were payed enough to afford at least a decent quality wakizashi.
LotusDragon09 1 year ago
you dont actually block-you parry-try blocking your kitchen fork with a slice of cheesecake,it doesnt stand a chance
jadekayak01 8 months ago
@jadekayak01 Im not sure I understand your analogy, but yes, I do know that you arent supposed to actually block an incoming sword. I dont know where I said you should. Even parrying is discouraged, but it still happened which is why some schools still taught it. Usually a fight would end in just a few seconds after the first move was made. Im not suggesting that they were super anime fast, its just the tactics that were used. Besides, sword-sword contact risks damage.
LotusDragon09 8 months ago
spot on-every one wants to live
jadekayak01 8 months ago
opposite knife to sword how would u block...? nah ud die
haku605 1 year ago
like tossing it dude :P XD
pearlfigther 1 year ago
Oh! bad boy! Where is your Daisho and Hakama.
You seem more like a ninja XD
KagenohachiKarasu 1 year ago
What's with these hakujin phoney martial arts instructors? So many. Totally embarrass proof. Does it ever occur to them that real instructors/students will see these and their charade would be revealed? Who would be ignorant enough to pay good money to be a student at their phoney schools? A sucker born every minute.
akagisama808 1 year ago 27
Yup. 1:04 kinda proves it... That's not how you do it.
1:45 That's not how you "pull out". You don't over extend your arm like that... You tilt to the side and drop the saya. If you keep it high you loose visibility.
1:08 Many Japanese swords would have a small knife... What ?! How many, exactly ? :)
Keep in mind he studies karate.
zDSpider 1 year ago
I think at 1:08 he's refering to the waribashi on some swords. however, it was little more than a glorified toothpick with very limited use if any at all in actual combat. this doesn't change the fact that he's still promoting ignorant sword techniques, though. I'm particularly not fond of his drawing technique. it's a good way to lose your hand in a quick draw.
Bigboss5 1 year ago
unfortunately, too many people buy in to that crap... the people who know how to use the weapons are a dying breed...
Bigboss5 1 year ago
@Bigboss5
it's called "evolution"
swords are pretty cool, but it's impossible for people to properly practice with them because they are no longer used in real combat, guns and explosives are our generations swords and bows.
MMAenthusiastUHHE 1 year ago
@MMAenthusiastUHHE Actually, it's fairly easy for people to practice the arts properly, most people would simply rather buy in to the nearest McDojo and learn swordplay from someone who simply watches too many samurai films. This guy's karate or whatever open hand style might be really good, but what he's teaching is not kenjutsu. if he's teaching an "evolved" sword art, then don't teach it like it's the old school stuff, which unfortunately, he's implying he is.
Bigboss5 1 year ago
@Bigboss5
ok maybe properly was a bad choice of words, I meant to say effectively. Like any form of fighting, the best way to actually learn it is to practice and then actually do it. I highly doubt that any two dudes would be willing to go at it with razor sharp katanas.
MMAenthusiastUHHE 1 year ago
@MMAenthusiastUHHE Actually in Kenjutsu, the method for testing your cuts is called Tameshigiri. In olden times, when corpses were not available, they would cut bundles of straw or rolled up tatami mats that had been soaked in water. This was used both when testing the sword (by a professional sword tester) but also when testing a student. If your cut was good, the tatami would split with ease. Now as far as combat goes, that's what they invented free sparring (with wooden or bamboo swords) for.
Bigboss5 1 year ago
@Bigboss5
Yea they still do that tatami mat shit today.
Well bamboo swords move nothing like real katanas and wooden swords just aren't the real thing. I was in Boxing for a few years, so I know what sparring is like. It helps out, but there's nothing like being in a real match in order to test and improve yourself.
MMAenthusiastUHHE 1 year ago
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Bigboss5 1 year ago
@MMAenthusiastUHHE In Feudal Japan, most kenjutsu schools only taught kata. After the Tokugawa shogunate came into power, though, many schools realized that without constant war, skills were dulling and kata simply wasn't enough. That was when Shinai were developed and the rules for what is now Kendo first formed. Samurai trained quite rigorously then because these skills would dictate how well they could survive from one day to the next. Ineffective training could mean the end for you.
Bigboss5 1 year ago
@Bigboss5
I completely understand that, but someone who trains and never fights won't get very far or at least never reach their real potential.
MMAenthusiastUHHE 1 year ago
@MMAenthusiastUHHE I would totally agree with you if we were talking hand to hand combat. However, this is swordplay. Ideally the only duels you would ever have to fight would be in a dojo and with bokken.
Bigboss5 1 year ago
@Bigboss5
well ideally yea. But look at it this way. I could go to a shooting range and practice using guns all day, but just because I can fire one, it doesn't mean that I know how to gun fight. I realize swords and guns are completely different weapons, but I still think the logic applies.
MMAenthusiastUHHE 1 year ago
@MMAenthusiastUHHE I actually did try to avoid that but by that same token, you don't go into a gun fight to test your skills or to get better at gun fighting. You train soldiers by putting them through training exercises with simunitions and theoretical situations they could face in real combat. That's about as good as training can get. I have to say though, I'm having fun arguing with someone who isn't a retard, so thank you.
Bigboss5 1 year ago
@Bigboss5
Well I only brought up the gun fighting because I had a cousin that was in the Marine Corp and he basically told me what I stated previously. And thanks man likewise, I appreciate that you can continue coming up with good counter arguments without getting all butthurt and bent out of shape like many people do.
MMAenthusiastUHHE 1 year ago
@MMAenthusiastUHHE I train with people in law enforcement who will probably say the same thing but the problem is there's no better way to train someone. However, in order to make sure that the students are learning stuff that will be effective, the teacher himself should have experience. With Kenjutsu, a real teacher will have some kind of certification in an established ryu from someone who was also certified to give such permission etc. until you go back to the days when they still dueled.
Bigboss5 1 year ago
@akagisama808
how do you know? have you ever dueled against this guy? go challenge to a death match if you're so eager to prove that he's a phoney.... hahaha
MMAenthusiastUHHE 1 year ago
@akagisama808 I don't understand why people are calling this guy a phony. Everything he's saying is true and applicable. It's just not practical. No one walks around with a katana and needs to use it.
TheKingdomofErnor 1 year ago 11
@TheKingdomofErnor He's a phony because he's saying that this is traditional kenjutsu, which it's not. It's completely disgraceful calling this kenjutsu. Also, the dojo's name is Yeshua Ryu.
Yeshua=Jesus
Nathanroqs 1 year ago
he is a phony-he doesnt hold a grade(let alone a teaching rank in kenjutsu)
If you are in the US look up Toby Treadgill,I have done one of his Juijutsu seminars in New Zealand hosted by people who studied for years in Japan.My friends don't hos fakes.Besides that Sensei Treadgill has a menkyo(or full transmission license) from his Japanese Master in a system that uses armed and unarmed techniques-INCLUDING REAL KENJUTSU
jadekayak01 8 months ago
@jadekayak01 So he needs permission from the club and a little badge to teach? lol
TheKingdomofErnor 8 months ago
@TheKingdomofErnor yeah u r right
thempireskater 8 months ago
@TheKingdomofErnor why? Because he is a fast food martial arts "instructor"
GhostXDog 8 months ago
@GhostXDog I just noticed his name is literally "three two", rofl. Anyway, you don't seem to have any legitimate points to make. The idea of instructing people on how to use a katana in the first place is what's wrong, not the instructor. It's just not a practical skill. I don't think the people who came to watch the vid, however, care if it's practical.
TheKingdomofErnor 8 months ago
@TheKingdomofErnor wtf are you talking about? its not true at all, nobody just blocked their katana he showed, if you was in danger or in close combat you had your other sword for that, not your fucking Katana.
quezcatol 8 months ago
@quezcatol No a days do you carry a knife or gun with you every where you go. The point of kata is to practice with what you have. Also just like now not everyone could afford all three blades.
mongolmatt1 7 months ago
@TheKingdomofErnor It's all the anime kids. OHMYGOD, what he's doing isn't what they do in Bleach! He's a phony!
CoReYcRaCkDoWn 5 months ago in playlist How to Fight With a Katana Sword
LOL!!!
TheLegendSky 1 year ago
if he do that it may kill people O.O OMG! because he say stab!!!
TheLegendSky 1 year ago
0:51
What the hell?! Im sorry, I dont normally say things like that...but....seriously? Since when was ancient Japan like the movies Hero or Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon? If I were a samurai that was going to dual weild, id use my wakizashi as the other weapon, not the fricking scabbard of my katana! Where is this guy getting his information?! You cant block with a scabbard (it would be destroyed) and unless you didnt want to kill him, the katana serves as a much better killing tool.
LotusDragon09 1 year ago
Um ... I guess he's been watching Bleach Lol
Ikkaku uses the scabbard =P
Anu0071000 1 year ago
@Anu0071000 I havent seen too many episodes of Bleach. Ill have to look up that character and see how he fights :).
LotusDragon09 1 year ago
tsk.............. asian wanabe
ln96 2 years ago
lol yeah... i walk down the street with my katana lol
daivondays 2 years ago
wow thes guys....... well suck
mrotaku869 2 years ago 9
dual wielding capabilities.. wow. very, jedi like.
actually my favorite part is:
you are walking down the street with your sword in the hilt.... :D thats illegal even in japan since the beggining of 1900 :D
Erychar 2 years ago
I hope you're not a poor ronin when you use the saya to block....because then you won't be able to afford another saya....assuming you lived at all. a katana would cut through a saya, like a buzzsaw cuts through marshmallows...
Zatoichi444 2 years ago
his katana is ugly..
PR0J3CTJUMPER 2 years ago
i think it's a traditional model.
2facedninja 2 years ago
man you have to understand something i wont take this thing on the streets i will be in jail for 5 years :L
soulreapersk8 2 years ago
if someone says that the block shown is not going to work then your wrong. when he goes for the hit and block. even the momentum of the attacker could bring him forward and into the blade so he would not need the strike with the grip
universalf00l 2 years ago
@giorgos00k. your lack of understanding in martial arts is plainly obvious. i know fine well you can block with the scabbard. for e.g. if your opponent is coming down in a chop you would use the scabbard by making sure the chop caught the side. sliding the sword in the direction of the block.
universalf00l 2 years ago
He is clueless. By the way you cannot use the saya for hitting or blocking because simply it is made of very light and fragile wood.
giorgos00k 2 years ago
Look up Musashi Miyamoto, he dual-wiled his scabbard in many fights.
0The0Mad0Hatter0 2 years ago
but was the Saya strong enough to not break after you smash someone's skull? I mean...you need one to put your sword back into...
lordtains 2 years ago
Yes I agree. Maybe you could do it if you have no other choice. A broken saya which needs a replacement is better than dying.
lordtains 2 years ago
Saya are supposed to be made of hard wood (mogolia wood I believe) and all the saya I own could handle being hit up side someone's head. Hitting a person is not the same as hitting a tree or some such you pop a guy in the head unless he's hopped up on something he's going with the blow. Hit high and it'll probably bounce or roll off the skull before breaking, Hit low and theres less hard stuff to hit. Yes theres a chance it could break but with knowledge skill and good tools this can be reduced.
0The0Mad0Hatter0 2 years ago
Did anyone else notice the gun on the wall with all the weapons at 1:30?
jh302264 2 years ago
probably just a wooden gun used for practicing disarming and self defense techniques
GrecoWrestlerNJ70 2 years ago