Katana Practice

[nhaluta]

Nice vintage

[BlakeNow]

Nice :P

[Feraydun]

Beautiful

[swordoflucifer6]

Wow... The guy on the right obviously knows what he's doing!

[mssauerm]

this turned into baseball in japan! hahaha

[magnesiogonzalez]

really impressive.

[Dannoo007]

is this spontaneous or is it a routine.??

[PrUisOne]

look at them shifting their body weights.  Very subtle.

[AceVendetta]

the man on the left is using a bit to much of bringing the sword over his head. Not usually the best of moves. Anyway, great vid!

[skillzmay]

super

[bryanbhu]

Elegant... very elegant.

[MrsMyagi]

love the old classic stuff

[hexseeker]

Holy crap!!! What a great video. Imagine to meet this guy face to face. This is what I call an art. Thanks for posting

[cashwell]

oh and i am working on my taijutsu

[cashwell]

my ant she is a 4 digree black belt and her dad is a 6 digree black belt

[xnipoo]

Very nice video, I almost see me in a past life... I was a samurai :)

[logalogrenn]

you can tell both of them are very skilled and know what they're doing, this is what makes me love samurai swordsmanship so much

[alnashok]

great kata, but ken jiritsu do is better

[OldAikiDog]

alnashok - this isn't kata or ken jiritsu do. It is Aiki-ken from Iwama-Ryu Aikido & they are doing a partner form call Kumi-ken. The heavy-set man is the late Morihiro Saito-Sensei of Iwama, Japan.

[JunkPileFool]

no kidding! you sure it isn't relevant to Kata?

[Blackwulf14]

this is amazing, just imagine if this was a real battle, he could of killed the guy like 40 times in 1 minute.

[zensitter]

Cashwell, I would suggest training in spelling also. Or spellcheck at the very least. As for soradaman's comment, it says far more about him than the actual clip. It takes a subtle and practiced eye to appreciate this clip. Masters are at work here people.

[blacksheepwall79]

What people fail to realize, is that in order to rend a person from shoulder to spine, or further, as can actually be done with a Katana, one needs to commit fully to the attack. It must be done properly. Further, these techniques are actually field-tested. They are not 'theorycraft' they are practical maneuvers actually used in combat.

[cashwell]

well thats true for most people but me i train in difrent stiles i love marcial arts ive love it sens i was 3 my goal is to lern all the fighting stiles i can

[lbchulo2]

learn to spell....i mean really

[cashwell]

asome i have studyed anuff kenjutsu to fight a samurai not that i would win but i could hold my ground with one for wile any whey

[mellowmaromi1]

the battle would last 5 seconds. Thats the 4 seconds that he wasnt attacking, then the 1 second for you screaming.

[gheezer44]

Wonderful, you don't see priceless footage like this often. Modern "bushido" is for hollywood. The art is being lost.

[ninpo4me]

Wow, I having been studying Kenjutsu for years, and these guys are SO much better then I am. Look how level his hips are and smooth his foot work is.

[Gilmaris]

I'm presuming this is a joke. Movement, footwork, cuts were all flawlessly executed. I really don't see where you see anything remotely sluggish. As for their background... I guess it is a bit revealing that you have not even heard of Morihiro Saito.

[soradaman]

wow that was gay. I dont know there backrounds but they musnt be very skilled. slugish movement and horrible foorwork. How old is that clip?

[fastnlight83]

Everyone please notice.. when they cut with the sword... the wrist is straight, the motion comes from the shoulders, the power from the hips... not from the elbows like a baseball bat and most katana videos on you tube...

[vectorb]

Very interesting video! much better and skilled moves that in many videos i have seen. I practice western styles of sword handling and it was great to see these guys using the points and thrust attacks rather than overusing cuts that i have seen in most videos (as a fencer thrusts just make more sense to me, being able to land a blow from a position furthest away from your attacker)

Great video!

[Taliensin]

Just an opinion-> yes, but once you thrust, if it's blocked it leaves you open momentarily, doesn't it? I don't speak from experiance since i haven't had any formal sword training, just sparring with my brothers since age 7...

[unapparatus]

The katana is curved intentionally for slashing cuts, only one edge of the blade is even sharpened. It is not a primarily piercing weapon. Saying that they overuse slashing cuts is like saying European fencers overuse thrusts.

[vectorb]

Alright, you are replying to a 2 year old comment, but no matter. After further research, I would say that these guys are an older form of Japanese swordsmanship. Modern sport kendo is so focused on cuts that they have forgotten that they can thrust, much like modern sport foil forgot that they could cut. I like this video because it illustrates that at one point, the katana was used for both (although not as effective as straight sword would be)

[unapparatus]

This Sensei is coming from the discipline of Aikido, studying under Ueshiba. Not the same as kendo. What they are doing in this video, is still practiced to this day. Kendo is not freeform, there are only 4 points you are allowed to make a point on, three are slashes(head, side, and wrist), one is a jab to the throat. Honestly it was the rarest of the attacks to deal with, and the only one that was really painful , as it would crank your head back, or slip around the guard and hit your throat.

[Feraydun]

Turning martial arts into a sport...

But.. why!?

[Feraydun]

This is far from being a stupid comment.

[TitoZ14]

True dat and true dat to both HaMoOhAhA and AyaKiyoshi.  I like how they perform the kata twice, once kind of slow and then faster. I think that proves HaMo's point. Not that sparring isn't important, but kata and waza drills should come first, at least for a while.

[KanashiiKenshin]

hmmm... I just think it looks cool... also the movements are practical... what good is learning something like a matrial art if its not practical... Wonderful vid ^^

[HaMoOhAhA]

Slow training allows you to focus on proper technique and good form without a high risk of injury. Fast training should be used once technique becomes natural. Fast training allows you to focus on timimg and such without worrying about proper technique. If you go straight to fast training, you just get hurt, and technique tends to be messy.

[fluffydeath]

i practice Furanui Kenjutsu, i personally hate forms though the slowness of the motions dont prepare you for a real fight, id rather simply spar. also no offence to the people...but...my style is better for me, its faster and more elegant.

[Lambert06Pasquale06]

That's cool, but I don't think anyone was talking about you.

[fluffydeath]

no but no one was talking to you at all. opinions are freely given. not asked for. i am entitled to mine a you are to yours. just laying mine out there. i believe that through sparing you learn better cause of the stress.

[AyaKiyoshi]

My opinion is that your a liar. Furanui Kenjutsu was created and used ONLY by Hitokiri Kawakami Gensai.Kenshin Himura of Rurouni Kenshin was based off Gensai and Furanui, so that makes you just another Kenshin wannabe. Thats my opinion

[percast]

Cool, cool I like this style

[ajxp]

thanks for your comments, I try to teach my students slow methods first then build up with more momentum

[irregularzero]

well even if fighting real deals practice the instinc of portection more than Katas, I can bet the guy can beat you just because he katas around

no offense, I say that because he's a sensei

[Elprede]

Personally, I prefer if someone trains me using a solid sword (wood) and attacks with killing intent. It allows your natural defensive measures to kick in, since if it hits you you'll be in worlds of pain. After a few hits, oh...believe me,you start moving and blocking fast.

[ChineseBoxer]

Yea, but wouldn't sparring with a live partner also develop muscle memory AND realism?

[shintawolfie]

Good, Old fashioned training! For all that do not understand the practical application of Kata, it is for muscle memory, and this is a prime example!

[swordsman277369]

of course there is no critisism. its good old practice. and also, no one came in saying they could blow both their heads off with a glock or anything else.

[HaMoOhAhA]

what style is this? Is this a kobudo school?

[ajxp]

No sure, but it is well orchestrated bewtween both

[ajxp]

Aikikai from Hombo Dojo, Japan

[ukyotachibana]

iwama ryu

[tommilo11]

I see no critisism in this video, and i know why. Because all you pretenders don't have anything to say, go talk about "respect of the sword" somewhere else, just crap you see on movies