@darrenwouldgo Good advice for him. Unfortunately I don't think he kept up with it after this was taken. In fact, I know next to nothing about anyone directly related to this vid except for what we see here.
omg when he exposes him self like he was doing u bring down the sword and slice arcoss the middle u dnt continously block. and i mean come on dnt be hesistant ur not going to die and being hesistent will get u killed. and btw if u bring your sword bak like that use the japanese art of sword drawing or 3 swift strikes in a vriety of ways i mean come on learn some sword techniques
@Fre3ZeZ0nE If you're referring to iaido then no, those specific techniques can't be used in kendo effectively. Also consider the fact that he does not have any prior experience in kendo, as I stated in the description. All this is, is a rough introduction for this guy and he pretty much learned his lesson not to use waki-gamae. If I may ask, what is your martial arts background as it pertains to the sword?
@pailhead11 I've been training in kendo for nearly 8 years and it's very evident he has had, at most, a crash course and some time watching the school's kendo club.
those guys would take 1000 hayasuburi(s) and not allowed to do shiai for at least 3 months if he was my sensei's students. the way they did is completely wrong... they didn't have Ki-Ken-Tai and zanshin in their movements
Read the description. And it's completely untrue that only Japanese and Koreans can do kendo well. Europe, the USA, and Taiwan all produce some fantastic kenshi. My sensei is Taiwanese and his uncle and college sensei (both from Taiwan) are both 8th dan.
You know.. I'm still a beginner, as I mentioned before when I last commented in this video (which was some time ago), I noticed that the japanese guy still has a lot to learn and needs to bring in his lower body more when he attacks but I get the feeling that he is on the right track, he has good spirit. As for the other guy.. well... he sure is enthusiastic but needs to work on sooooo many things. The posture being one of them, and the use of Waki, as stated in the video.
As I said in the description, the better individual is a local student and I remember hearing that he had only been practicing kendo for a year at the time this video was shot.
Bah -- sounds like they were having some informal fun before the gaijin went back home. I reckon the experience level between the two is several years . . . what else do you expect, given the cultural backgrounds of the students.
Nothing to gloat over here: just the usual youtube martial artists.
Actually the Japanese kenshi had only been practicing for a year when this was taken. The thing I take from this is to show kendoka why you don't use that specific stance our intrepid friend did.
I agree but since it was the original title of the video and, as I stated in the description that I am not the original author, I feel it would be improper on my part to name it anything else.
Perhaps back in the day you could use it but currently not a single sensei I've met and learned from, or any other instructor for that matter, has condoned anything other than chudan and jodan when it comes to kendo outside of kata.
Pretty much the only reason for using wakigamae with a katana was to hide the length of your blade, something that's entirely useless with kendo and the standardized length of shinai...
the guy with no zekken has no clue about kendo. his ashi sabaki was non existant. also did i see waki-no-kamae before he triped? lol, he should save that for yonhonme
True enough, although surprisingly I have met someone who uses jodan (against his sensei's recommendation) and when I had keiko with him recently he actually did go into waki-gamae not once, not twice, but three times! Doesn't take a guy like the one in the vid to do something that strange.
This is how people from different countries are able to bring home with them the love of Kendo and Kumdo. Someone who has no clue has to be the first guy to try...I bet he went home and joined Kendo and is still in love with Kendo.
Actually, from what I heard about this guy is that he pretty much was just an otaku that was still high on the fact that he was in Japan. Most otaku don't really stick with kendo once they become disillusioned and realize that you can't be Kenshin but there are some who stick around.
Yeah, crash course is the operative word. Respect to the kenshi for taking the challenge in the correct spirit.... the strike whilst his opponent was down was made (and taken) in good spirit. Arigato gozaimus!
I don't know the whole deal but apparently this guy was on some sort of exchange/study abroad program at this Japanese high school and is a bit of an otaku. He supposedly kept challenging people, pointing at them and yelling, "SHOBU!" meaning "challenge." So I guess they finally decided to grant him his wish by pairing him with a guy who's only been practicing for a year. Again, no idea how much of this is true.
I think what happened was he wanted to try his hand at kendo, got a crash course (no pun intended) just before this, and they decided to quickly tie it to him instead. Like I said in the description, most likely on a study abroad program.
move your feet. go forward. dont hold the shinai like your are trying to break it in two.
darrenwouldgo 4 months ago
@darrenwouldgo Good advice for him. Unfortunately I don't think he kept up with it after this was taken. In fact, I know next to nothing about anyone directly related to this vid except for what we see here.
neogtrmn 2 months ago
omg when he exposes him self like he was doing u bring down the sword and slice arcoss the middle u dnt continously block. and i mean come on dnt be hesistant ur not going to die and being hesistent will get u killed. and btw if u bring your sword bak like that use the japanese art of sword drawing or 3 swift strikes in a vriety of ways i mean come on learn some sword techniques
Fre3ZeZ0nE 7 months ago
@Fre3ZeZ0nE If you're referring to iaido then no, those specific techniques can't be used in kendo effectively. Also consider the fact that he does not have any prior experience in kendo, as I stated in the description. All this is, is a rough introduction for this guy and he pretty much learned his lesson not to use waki-gamae. If I may ask, what is your martial arts background as it pertains to the sword?
neogtrmn 7 months ago
no one is commenting on the waki guys tenugui?
pailhead11 8 months ago
i wonder if the waki guy ever did kendo before
pailhead11 8 months ago
@pailhead11 Please read the description.
neogtrmn 8 months ago
@neogtrmn
what am i looking at? You wrote "presumably", sounds like you don't know anything about this guy.
pailhead11 8 months ago
@pailhead11 It is presumed he is an exchange student. His lack of any previous kendo training is not in question at all.
neogtrmn 8 months ago
@neogtrmn
good point, but still he does shout "men" and knows that there is a waki stance, i doubt he's got no experience at all,
pailhead11 8 months ago
@pailhead11 I've been training in kendo for nearly 8 years and it's very evident he has had, at most, a crash course and some time watching the school's kendo club.
neogtrmn 8 months ago
@neogtrmn perhaps, still i thought it was universally accepted that you shouldn't wear bogu until you surpass the level this guy is at
pailhead11 8 months ago
@pailhead11 Generally that is true but in this case, as he's visiting from overseas, they seem to have decided to let him give it a go anyway.
neogtrmn 8 months ago
@neogtrmn
im glad they have,
this is hilarious :D
pailhead11 8 months ago
those guys would take 1000 hayasuburi(s) and not allowed to do shiai for at least 3 months if he was my sensei's students. the way they did is completely wrong... they didn't have Ki-Ken-Tai and zanshin in their movements
tandatokita 9 months ago
@tenken: Please read the description.
neogtrmn 9 months ago
the japanese guy seems like ni dan ish...
tenken1013 9 months ago
ㅋㅋㅋ 둘다 뭐하는거야 장난치나?
inknd1991 9 months ago
WAKIGAMAAAAeee*fail*
Maravone 10 months ago
KenOwned.
Shrumins 11 months ago
i've never seen a shit like this
TheKenzo92 1 year ago
1:11 - How often does that happen? xD
TC470 1 year ago
1:10 LOL
pyrosheen 2 years ago
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Shinkatana420 2 years ago
Read the description. And it's completely untrue that only Japanese and Koreans can do kendo well. Europe, the USA, and Taiwan all produce some fantastic kenshi. My sensei is Taiwanese and his uncle and college sensei (both from Taiwan) are both 8th dan.
neogtrmn 2 years ago
Do you practice Kendo or Iaido Neo?
braedinn 2 years ago
Both. Currently nidan in kendo and 2nd kyu in Muso Shinden Ryu.
neogtrmn 2 years ago
You know.. I'm still a beginner, as I mentioned before when I last commented in this video (which was some time ago), I noticed that the japanese guy still has a lot to learn and needs to bring in his lower body more when he attacks but I get the feeling that he is on the right track, he has good spirit. As for the other guy.. well... he sure is enthusiastic but needs to work on sooooo many things. The posture being one of them, and the use of Waki, as stated in the video.
ChaoticAnamnesis 2 years ago
lmao.... your poor friend.... who was the indvidual schooling him out there?
Yamabushikaze 2 years ago
As I said in the description, the better individual is a local student and I remember hearing that he had only been practicing kendo for a year at the time this video was shot.
neogtrmn 2 years ago
Bah -- sounds like they were having some informal fun before the gaijin went back home. I reckon the experience level between the two is several years . . . what else do you expect, given the cultural backgrounds of the students.
Nothing to gloat over here: just the usual youtube martial artists.
skanemermaid 2 years ago
Actually the Japanese kenshi had only been practicing for a year when this was taken. The thing I take from this is to show kendoka why you don't use that specific stance our intrepid friend did.
neogtrmn 2 years ago
"why you don't use that specific stance":
This is a much more useful way to look at the video than the whole machismo of getting 'owned' in kendô.
skanemermaid 2 years ago
I agree but since it was the original title of the video and, as I stated in the description that I am not the original author, I feel it would be improper on my part to name it anything else.
neogtrmn 2 years ago
There is nothing wrong with Wakigamae, you just have to not fall when you come out of it...
Delmo67 2 years ago
Perhaps back in the day you could use it but currently not a single sensei I've met and learned from, or any other instructor for that matter, has condoned anything other than chudan and jodan when it comes to kendo outside of kata.
neogtrmn 2 years ago
Pretty much the only reason for using wakigamae with a katana was to hide the length of your blade, something that's entirely useless with kendo and the standardized length of shinai...
lolinternetslol 2 years ago 6
LoL for 1 1/2 minutes..
solidvandal 3 years ago
...now that's embarrassing lol
mfigzz 3 years ago
Life is indeed good, haha.
EXCELLENT video, just classic...
5/5
JesusFuckingChrist84 3 years ago
So funny... I've been wondering when I would see someone would do waki.
ChengduJiandao 3 years ago
That was hardly using waki! =p hahahaha
I don't think your supposed to fall flat on you face after assuming it. LOL
ILOVESPEED25 3 years ago
I love the way everyone goes "ooooouuuu" when he takes the stance :D
pailhead11 3 years ago
Nothing better in kendo than watching nerd rage thoroughly and severely punished.
rinjimaikeru 3 years ago
this is something the guys at my dojo would do if we were drunk... shame...
Alyanorno10785 3 years ago
omg im rolling in front of my computer right now. i was what wakigamae then BOOM. it was pretty funny.haha
hikitsuzuku 3 years ago
lol one of the guys in my dojo does jodan but sometimes gets tired and rests his shinai on his head
sirepuck1 3 years ago
the guy with no zekken has no clue about kendo. his ashi sabaki was non existant. also did i see waki-no-kamae before he triped? lol, he should save that for yonhonme
sirepuck1 3 years ago 4
True enough, although surprisingly I have met someone who uses jodan (against his sensei's recommendation) and when I had keiko with him recently he actually did go into waki-gamae not once, not twice, but three times! Doesn't take a guy like the one in the vid to do something that strange.
neogtrmn 3 years ago
I've gone into wakigamae before doing isshijiai just to screw with the naginata guy >_>
lolinternetslol 3 years ago
1:40 and 1:47 I Lol'd and 1:57 (head cloth)
HeroOfXanadus 3 years ago
0.28 Do, Men, is quite interesting move
ninjalowang 3 years ago
which is that way to put the tenugui !!
merayfu 3 years ago
See my response to the first comment.
neogtrmn 3 years ago
haha the guy who lost should relax his shoulders a little
killerofpoo 3 years ago
It looked like a lot of fun for both of them.
This is how people from different countries are able to bring home with them the love of Kendo and Kumdo. Someone who has no clue has to be the first guy to try...I bet he went home and joined Kendo and is still in love with Kendo.
AlanMolstad 4 years ago
Actually, from what I heard about this guy is that he pretty much was just an otaku that was still high on the fact that he was in Japan. Most otaku don't really stick with kendo once they become disillusioned and realize that you can't be Kenshin but there are some who stick around.
neogtrmn 4 years ago
well, ok, still I bet he has a story he will tell for the rest of his life!
AlanMolstad 4 years ago
I think there is something wrong here... O.o
oextremista 4 years ago
Yeah, crash course is the operative word. Respect to the kenshi for taking the challenge in the correct spirit.... the strike whilst his opponent was down was made (and taken) in good spirit. Arigato gozaimus!
sillililli 4 years ago
Hilarious, did they invite this guy just to make a fool of him. I would love to know the story behind this.
five2niner 4 years ago
I don't know the whole deal but apparently this guy was on some sort of exchange/study abroad program at this Japanese high school and is a bit of an otaku. He supposedly kept challenging people, pointing at them and yelling, "SHOBU!" meaning "challenge." So I guess they finally decided to grant him his wish by pairing him with a guy who's only been practicing for a year. Again, no idea how much of this is true.
neogtrmn 4 years ago
This makes me want to get one of my friends, shove my bogu on him, toss him in the deep end and record the lulz as he gets pounded.
lolinternetslol 4 years ago
kendowned. guy doesn't even know how to tie his tenogui, looks like a pirate.
bealz 4 years ago
I think what happened was he wanted to try his hand at kendo, got a crash course (no pun intended) just before this, and they decided to quickly tie it to him instead. Like I said in the description, most likely on a study abroad program.
neogtrmn 4 years ago