The trick is, as others have mentioned the sword was stopped and the man clapped his hands onto the blade. The rough handle of the blade would not give from the person's hand pulling on it. The swordsman's strong grip could just twist an iota and the hands would be cut. This is a staged routine that I saw many perform back in the 70's,
However, the particular mythbusters episode about ninjas was very very weak. Just because their water shoes sucked, they assumed nobody could make more well deisgned ones? Just because james couldnt catch a full speed arrow first try from VERY CLOSE RANGE means a ninja who trained for years cant catch one from further? Same with the sword thing, very, very weak episode.
@ShinGan....you're 100% right. i've noticed how controlled was the swordsman's swing. well, it's a show exhibition. i think in reality, the karate dude should think twice before catching a wild sword swing.
one of gichin funakoshi's three main teachers, Matsumora completely stopped a man my bellowing a sound and the man had the intent of killing matsumora as well
@hcdub I tried breaking a brick once, broke my hand, I trained for over 2 and a half years after recovering and broke clean through with ease, just because you cant do something doesnt mean others cant.
People will watch this stuff and think "Hey, he did it easily, so could I!"
Yeah, no. This guy has probably been catching swords for years, and he more than likely practices with blunt, wooden ones first.
"I should do this so that if I ever get attacked by a sword, I can stop it."
How many times has that happened to you so far?... In any case most martial artists wouldn't try to take anyone on with a knife unless they had no other choice. Trained or not, a knife can still easily kill you.
All you guys who say it's impossible and stuff: Have you ever done martial arts? Did you ever try? I am not saying those things are easy and nomal, but they are possible. Of course in a lot of fights the bare handed died. Fighting against someone with a sword and winning is so incredebly difficult only very few people can do it, but it is not absoluty unreal.
...the idea of stopping a real swordsman like that is pretty far fetched... (Remember the swordsman is also well trained.) Moreover in this video, as others have observed, the sword stops before the hands are actually closed... So either the karatedoka stopped the sword with his ki, which if he can do that I wonder why he used the hands at all, or the swordsman stopped the sword before the hands closed. Nice demonstration though!
...the idea of stopping a real swordsman like that is pretty far fetched... (Remember the swordsman is also well trained.) Moreover in this video, as others have observed, the sword stops before the hands are actually closed... So either the karatedo stopped the sword with his ki, which if he can do that I wonder why he used the hands at all, or the swordsman stopped the sword before the hands closed. Nice demonstration though!
@GeneralDelta I Agree! The best way to "Catch a sword" is when it's in it's scabbard! Otherwise, Ur one dead or maimed MFer! Swordsmen practiced what's called Iai-Do which was drawing the sword from the scabbard, simultaneously slicing their opponent & replacing the sword back in the scabbard after Chiburi (shaking the blood off the blade) his was performed in seconds! and from different angles (not just downward as in this vid) if you plan on catching one you better have a good prosthetic Dr.
regardless of what "mythbusters" says, catching a sword is definitely possible; the extent of injury is whats up for debate.... and like another guy commented, the one in black pulled his sword stroke midway through, lol
@TheRealestEver Yes, sword catching is possible....in a controlled environment. Pull that stunt in real battle is a good way to end up dead. the mythbuster test showed that if the sword is moving at great speed it is damn near impossible to catch at the end of it's arc. A better chance to catch it would be at a closer range, but at that point you might as well gutpunch the swordsman to prevent the swing at all.
"Jiujitsu takes down any karate black belt" <--Typical Ignorant "Western" influenced franchised response. When r people guna get its the practitioner not the style..Its the training and the wielder. Its an ignorant cliche that has showed to b wrong over n over in history. But I guess if you keep getting ur history from UFC and MMA ull never understand that. Wtf do so many, "my cock is bigger" dudes flock to grappling. Ur not Alpha of anything; complete devolution of martial arts if u ask me.
@BlackSoulsAion actually a simple knife beats all hand-to-hand combat styles, unless you're slow as molasses or stupid.
Only a reckless fool fights barehanded against a knife-wielding opponent. All it takes is one slash - anywhere on the body - and the fight's over. Knife wounds are serious shit.
Why they call the empty-hand styles "martial" arts is a mystery. War is fought with weapons, not bare hands. If you go into a battle unarmed, you'll die, cause the enemy's armed.
@kozmon0t Bare-hands? What About bare feat? Ever heard of the Sweep? No shit, Cause you're an ignorant Wuss. Only a Pussy Would bring a Knife to a Fight. And you say WAR can be fought with weapons. Well guess what dumbass, you always Have a weapon with you even if it's not a gun or knife. It's your hands and feet. If you learn how to use them, then One day, martial art will help you take down a Knife Wielding Pussy like you.
@kozmon0t actually you'd be surprised how a knife fight (IE one on one witch is never the case and the aggressor has the knife) can be won sure its better to be armed in combat no question about it the winner usually has the better tech anyways as history goes to show but training discipline and practice can save your ass better than any knife you can pick up at a gun show.
Battle wounds on the other hand depend on the persons level of pain tolerance.
@Gotz fighting wounded depends more on your loss-of-blood tolerance
Anyhow, the point is, focusing on empty-hand training vs weapons is bad self-defense strategy. Your forms end up compensating for disadvantage instead of gaining and pressing the advantage.
It's kind of like Custer training his troops to survive a last stand. "Now this is what you do when you're surrounded, outnumbered 20 to 1 and the enemy is charging from all sides." Anyone with sense would desert and quick.
@kozmon0t True. Everyone who has the possibility to escape. Every self defense course tells you to run if you can. But if you can't, then training fighting against someone with a weapon makes sense. Compensating disadvantage smakes a lot of sense to the point of disarming your attacker and getting the advantage.
@ic069 What are talking about?By 53-54 the catch is already made, that's why it stopped. The man weilding the sword is Tadashi Nakamura, the now Kaicho of Seido Karate, at the time a second or third dan in kendo, he wasn't faking anything. The man making the catch is Shiguro Oyama, the found of the World Oyama Karate, he's never faked anything in his life.
too bad people don't use sword anymore, i woulda just shoot him on the face. Jiujitsu takes down any karate black belt ill bet you money any day any time.
@david13gaspar Not really. I am a jiujitsuka and I am not bad. But a skilled karate user is not easy to bring down. Possible, yes. But definetly not always.
He does catch the sword and most ppl probably could not do it or even have the nerve to try. However one must realize that in a real life or death fight probably 19 times out of 20 that person is gona die. Even against someone who is'nt trained with the use of a sword. Even in a controlled situation with a person swinging full strength which this guy clearly did not, the catcher is gona lose. So for a demo its cool but real deal no chance.
no he does catch the sword, and even if the swordsman held back a little, id like to see any of you youtubers try actually sitting there and catch the sword thats being swong at your head.
@hvera1981 >.> you obviously never heard.. Martial arts where specially develop to take down arm opponents.. the wep of choice back then was indeed the sword .. I think they can pretty much take one down
In mythbusters the catcher doesn't move and catches the sword at fastest part of swing, and further up the blade, by rising up fast, and catching the blade lower down, he's dealing with a lot less velocity then the mythbusters test. plus it looks like the guy swinging does slow down at last second too.
they can really catch the swords~ this video is just an exhibitation~ therefore the sword person stopped it so that the hands can catch it~ but in real life, there's no need to catch a sword at all~ bare hands move faster than sword swinging/stabbing hands~
Armchair critics abound. Of course he isn't really going to chop his head! It's a demo not a real fight. The sword is razor sharp and usually you cut your hand easily. focus is in timing the clap, and slowing the strike at the last minute by attacker...you try it some time ( perhaps a foam sword) then critique it!
I can see a few problems. Firstly, the sword doesn't move all the way down in accelerating speed. Secondly, when the sword comes in contact with the hands, it is moved slightly horizontally.
@ShinGan1 indeed.........if anyone believes someone can catch a sword when it is traveling down to your head as in the case of this video, YOU are very naive
@daltonsbadboy You are not able to comprehend the level of self sacrifice shown here. You just as anyone else can and could do it. The power of human mind and will excedes all limitaion but because u say u could not you blind the path of your own survival it is possible & no its not magic.
@lococavasa You are wise beyond your years, I mean clueless behind your ears.....the power of the human mind can exceed ANY limitation is what you said.....ok then, I suppose catching bullets from an AK-47 is possible, or sensing just when the sniper is going to shoot you with a 50 cal in an open unobstructed range from a mile away...if YOU believe YOU or ANYBODY can catch a RAZOR SHARP sword traveling at 100+ miles per hour as the swordsman puts all his/her power in the delivery, you are insane
@lococavasa NOT just insane, but untrained.I have some doubts that you have EVER trained in the martial arts informally and more doubtful that you have ever trained formally in any REALISTIC combat system. I have been in the Marital Arts for many years and have met many of the worlds greatest instructors in a variety of arts.Besides the other arts, I have been training in Shinkendo for 6+ years, a sword art.Look up Toshishiro Obata and have him or any swordsman demo the truth to you
@lococavasa exceeding limitations is about going out of your current state of awarness it has absolutly nothing to do with stoping bullets LoL that would be stupid right??? You don't see it as possible therefore you can't do do it that was and is my point.
@lococavasa NO, that wasn't YOUR point....YOUR point was catching a sword CAN be done....MY POINT is that it CAN NOT be done....not by a TRAINED swordsman.
@daltonsbadboy Ha that wasn't my point refrase to me o i get it you create the world around yourself in your eyes right? That was and is my point it is the exsact liberation that i gave myself. You can go about living in the cave of pre desposistion im already past the point see i don't even get why you continue to try to find liberation were it was not found. I believe it to be possible u don't so What get over it. Ill bet arrow catching is impossible to right? Let it be its not 4 u anyways.
@lococavasa What am i refering to when i say he? The karate man he uses leverage & consintration i believe he has a very good sense of reaction had he not timed it right he for surly would die. Techniques in any martial art are more about defense than attack you should know that everytime you attack you open yourself to a conter attack so please if u will be blane with me and if u will let my ignorace shine because god does it shine that much more brightly from heaven to hell with all my will.
@lococavasa u say your a martial artist? then u would understand attack and defense. Im sure u do but were all intiled to are own opions here. If i had to live in your world id hate myself. Welcome to hell my friend isnt it such a warm and helpful place the world u create is not mine.
@lococavasa The laws of gravity don't float around combat arts they come from knowledge. Notice the point of leverage u see in the video? He horns himself up to the level of his aggresor to stop before impact it never even reached the level were it would be unstopible. If it were to travel with total will and determanation to kill at a point past what he had reached up to i think he would be dead. Know if its fake tell me what u presume is the trick here.
@ShinGan1 well of course he held back a little, his plan wasn't to kill the guy. What makes it amazing though is that he still did catch the sword without fear or cutting himself a feat almost none of us could achieve, without training of course.
if u look at the slowmotion u can see/guess that the swordsman is not doing a clear cut, the swords speed decreases instead of increases the longer it travels...
karates lame... i mean its way over taught ya know? if u ask ANYONE most likely they will say that the martial arts they do is karate. Thats why i take Aikido and it doesnt take that much strength like this does.
wow no its not u dumbass, aikido focuses strictly on using your opponents own strength against them and throws very little kiks and punches to just throw them off. Sure Karate may have a FEW techniques like Aikido but its nothing like it...
i practise shotokan karate and aikido (aikikai germany). in aikido you dont focuse on learning lots technique, but to understand the principles by repeting very few techniques again and again. thats why EVERY SINGLE technique taught in aikido can be also found in (traditional) karate (not necessarily in western sports-karate. thats the way it is and both ways are precious.
There are actually quite a few overlapping techniques between Karate and Aikido, after all the body only works and moves in so many ways, just in Aikido its done Sliightly differently, as my instructor says, " at the end of the day its all cheesecake, just different flavours"
ever heard of masutatsu oyama?, the founder of kyokushin karate the man used to kill bulls with his bare hands using karate moves. karate isnt lame, westernized sport karate is lame. Good luck with your aikido training, aikido is fun, just remember to spar often.
I had heard the name before never heard muc habout him, and thanks, we tend to spend most our timeon randori (freepaly closet to sparring in aikido) and actual self defence as our instrutor teaches Aikido to be fit for purpose. but being Shotokan/tomiki AIkido we tend to do a lot of Randori toto.
On the base principles, roughly. .. yes sort of, Karate from what ive seen tend to block a lot more but they do also deflect, an Aikido, tomiki aikido does soemtiems block, but generally not very often.
I wish I could run this through frame by frame to see for sure, but it appears to me that the sword stopped just before the moment he "stopped it".
I believe, that the swordman, not wanting to cut his friend, relative etc. Didn't follow through as a real attacker would have. Not saying that these aren't great martial artists, but I'm calling this one busted.
There certainly seems to be lively debate about if this is possible or not. What it looks liek to me if you watch closely, it looks like the guy with the sword actually stops his cut, and then the karate guy kind of closes his hands around it. Still risky if the blade is sharp and someone miscalculates. But the blade could also be blunt, that would definately be easier to catch haha.
why you should catch it ? its better to avoid it .what happens if you are miscalculate and it cut your body or even worse your hands or your fingers.believe me its better that what i thought in my martial arts.
i agree. Also if i was the swordsman i would have drew my sword across and cut in one motion. That cut he made would have been my second. But it's just a demo of how to catch a sword if you decided to.
Even though it is coreografed it is nicely executed I think.About chash a sword by you bare hands... Well... Acording to "myth busters" and theire tests its a myth - impossible to do in full speed without cut you hand very bad or geting cut in the head. Nice effect for the show thoug :)
mythmuster also said u cant catch a arrow wit ur hands they made 2 eps of this that stupid white wana be ninja sucked he need condition but i seenn on ripples a guy caught a real arrow from 50 feet wit a full bow pull and wita blind fold on and he catch it on this second try i repeat a real arrow goin full speed aim at him mythbusters dont get thegood people
Of course the guy slowed down, he was using the real sword. However, the key is to enter before he slices down, either with a sword catch, throw, or strike. Though its possible that in a realistic situation he would die, the techniques aren't absurd.
i hate when its coregraphed. if the man really used the seord properly like in a real fight, he would never be able to stop or attck him with the sword. The sword cut is so fast, and in this vid he doesnt even fully strike he lets the man attack him, i hate that shit. if they shoed the real thing he would never last.
You are correct by saing he does not pull up but the swordsman aimes and stops shy of the target to allow the sword to be "cought". Further the defender's elbows are too bent which indicates he is relying on muscle strength alone and that will never be enough against a sword when the real target is a cut through the head.
I agree with your observations. They should've used a bokken and gone full force but with a metal sword I can understand the need to at least give the guy a good chance to catch it.
Again, not a good idea. I think it's a low percent success technique.
the problem isn't Mythbusters but mythbusties who are closed-minded to other possibilities. In Old Japan, catching blades was not for entertainment but a last-ditch effort to stay alive. Those kind of conditions can cause miracles which are hard to simulate.
In the slow motion it shows the blade stop before the persons hands actually clasp onto it. It makes sense they would do that, don't want someone's face being chopped off, and they certainly don't want to make themselves look bad. I still don't think its truly possible with a real attack.
the guys hand are fast but i still think i see that sword slow down befor the hands touch the blade. i will be convenced of that fact that this technique is truely posibly when i see high frame rate ultra slow footage
Mythbusters says so it must be true! They fight the good fight against urban legends with popular science. I love them so much HAVE MY BABIES.
Now I'm going to go online and defend their findings by finding critics and posting about how their demonstrations are not as valid as Mythbusters'! Yay! Now I feel good about myself.
Is this a joke? The guy pulls his sword cut. It wasn't fast, it wasn't hard, and he stops so the other guy can catch the blade, just as he did in every other demo manoeuvre. Watch the replay.
There is no way you are catching a full force full speed sword cut between your bare hands, as demonstrated on Mythbusters. Not even close.
The last bit is just a myth. On mythbuster on discovey channel they proved it worng by using rubber hands and a katana. The katana would just cut through and has way to much momentum.
but you're leaving the human factor out of this my friend, this'd be a life threatening situation...and i believe you're aware of the many "impossible" things humans can do when life threaten....we lift heavy cars...in a hurricane we become super humans with super strength, in the case of the sword technique...our senses become sharper and faster, we acquire sublime reflexes...anything is possible....
There's also a factor being left out of mythbusters, and that is direction of force. If you watch the slow motion part the man without the sword locks his arms, which applies more strength. What also must be noted, however, is the man with the sword slows down as he's striking.
True.. but stress in a life threathening situation tends to decrease the fine eye-hand coordination. All movements become broader and less refined. I guess in the case of this myth there might have been people that have been able to do it with a good perception of timing and angling, stopping it before gaining full momentum. Still, even these people would probably not succeed every time. One miss in a real situation would be the last..
Indeed, the stress in that kind of situation might bind your senses and block your actions the way you want them to, but let's not forget that these people, sometimes dedicated their life to disipline and the control of their own emotions and minds, doing this they'd manupulate their movements and actions the way they wanted...Maybe someone did stop a blade with his hands, maybe not, i just say that the human mind, when used with the body, can do unbelieveable things...
Yes, also very true. I was merely suggesting that this would not fall under the same line of events as let's say a mother rescueing her kid by lifting a car; normal people doeing extraordinary things by the adrenaline and neccessity of the situation.
This situation is about a ptrained professional who probably has more beefit from his training than from the extra gained adrenaline from a life-threathening situation; he might actually be able to stay calm even..
Not that I think sword catching would ever work in the real world, but Mythbusters is the last thing I'd cite. Their methodology is not rigorous scientific testing by any means. It's made for entertaining television, that's it.
also if one hand slightly deflected to the opposite direction as the other hand closed in on the blade it would seem as though it was being cought will truthfully it was being deflected
Sword Catch, Blade Catch. Whatever you want to name it is possible.
It comes down to a few things.
Force, Direction and Deplacement.
Take the principles of Aikido and apply them to this.
If a vertical strike is made. Then you do not just catch it by 'clapping'. This will result in the hands being wounded. You misplace the force of the strike by 'parrying' it to the side as/before you grab it. Thus removing the power behind it and dulling its blade.
But of course, its never just gonna be as simple as that. A blade is a blade, no matter how you direct it. Chances are you will still get cut, but it would be alot better than having the katana go through your head. The other trick would be to catch the blade from the back of it, and then clamping down. So kinda closing your hands together at the fingers, and then bringing your palms in.
That wasn't much of a cut to begin with. Try stopping a truly committed, and trained sword cut, and see if physics even allow you to generate enough power with enough speed to stop the blade from cutting through.
Possible but highly improbable. The odds of catching the blade when someone wants to cut you down is highly stacked against the catcher. Its actually more luck than skill involve if it is caught. Just imagine the coordination that have to take place between reaction time to catch and the speed and direction of the cut.
agrguably this does look a bit fake however it is possible. one of the persons who has been named to do so was steve arneil founder of the IFK, i know this is possible because i have seen him do it myself
@MiyMiyMiyMiyMiyMiyMi if you pay close attention i dont think they care as long as they have there own way it may or may not work lets see you try this.....lets see you come up with your own way to stop a sword attack
He does stop his swing,the rest of the demo was cool,but yeah he does stop his swing.Its funny how theres no footage of regular ppl coming up on stage to give it a go.
HE PULLED his swing. He stopped it right before he caught it. You can easily see that it was fake. And the sword guy was So close to the guy that anyone could hit him and stop his swing. Plus it all looked practiced and planned
Its not coreographed, but he knew the other guy was gonna attack him with the sword so he started preparing for it before the guy went at him with the sword.
Maxisgirl, Shigeru Oyama was my instructor for 30 years and I know for certain that it was coreographed. However, that doesn't detract from the remarkable power and skill that he and Tadashi Nakamura possess. They both went on to found their own great organization. However, they are among the finest progeny of Kyokushin Karate.
Defaultanon, so you expect an actual battle with a live sword in front of thousands of spectators at Tokyo's Nihon Budokan? What planet are you living on? Shigeru Oyama (white dogi) and Tadashi Nakamura (hakama) were among the most skilled kyokushin fighters and the finest instructors. So, you really don't know what you're talking about.
I agree with you about the choreography,but theres always someone who will defend them both by stating facts that divert your comment.You opinionated on the choreo and were answered by "the most skilled and and finest instructors"Aw hole other subject you never brought up.
it also counts as to when in the swing you catch the blade. At the very beginning of the swing it is not impossible to catch the blade with your hands and wrench it from the hands of the katana-user. Howerver, if the blade is in full swing, it's impossble without proper equpment and training, and then it's not the same typ of catching anymore.
To protect yourself from a strong blow towards the head y
Any demented person who tries to do this will get the skin of his hands cut clean off and then take the full blade to the forehead.
CrimsonGetsu 1 month ago
Myth my ass!
BudokaiTH 1 month ago
<8 o Cool!
KenshenSim 2 months ago
The trick is, as others have mentioned the sword was stopped and the man clapped his hands onto the blade. The rough handle of the blade would not give from the person's hand pulling on it. The swordsman's strong grip could just twist an iota and the hands would be cut. This is a staged routine that I saw many perform back in the 70's,
NewEnglandBudo 6 months ago
@NewEnglandBudo Oh, these guys were from Oyama's NYC Kyokushinkai dojo. It was often the lead demo by their groups at various tournaments.
NewEnglandBudo 6 months ago
However, the particular mythbusters episode about ninjas was very very weak. Just because their water shoes sucked, they assumed nobody could make more well deisgned ones? Just because james couldnt catch a full speed arrow first try from VERY CLOSE RANGE means a ninja who trained for years cant catch one from further? Same with the sword thing, very, very weak episode.
AEgamesFtw 7 months ago
@ShinGan....you're 100% right. i've noticed how controlled was the swordsman's swing. well, it's a show exhibition. i think in reality, the karate dude should think twice before catching a wild sword swing.
betty122671 7 months ago
if it was a full atack.. the karataka was on floor in 2 pieces. It is NOT posible to stop a full stike atack of a nihonto bearhanded like this!!!
MasonicResistance 7 months ago 5
one of gichin funakoshi's three main teachers, Matsumora completely stopped a man my bellowing a sound and the man had the intent of killing matsumora as well
ShotokanBleach 8 months ago
I tried this once and lost the lower half of my palm. It doesn't work like on TV.
hcdub 8 months ago
@hcdub Or you just haven't had training and just thought you'd be good enough to do it like the pros on your first try without any training...
OneSkiWonder 8 months ago
@hcdub I tried breaking a brick once, broke my hand, I trained for over 2 and a half years after recovering and broke clean through with ease, just because you cant do something doesnt mean others cant.
RhadeConstantine 7 months ago
Nonsense.
LordOfTheGnus 8 months ago
People will watch this stuff and think "Hey, he did it easily, so could I!"
Yeah, no. This guy has probably been catching swords for years, and he more than likely practices with blunt, wooden ones first.
"I should do this so that if I ever get attacked by a sword, I can stop it."
How many times has that happened to you so far?... In any case most martial artists wouldn't try to take anyone on with a knife unless they had no other choice. Trained or not, a knife can still easily kill you.
MadamKouassi 9 months ago
All you guys who say it's impossible and stuff: Have you ever done martial arts? Did you ever try? I am not saying those things are easy and nomal, but they are possible. Of course in a lot of fights the bare handed died. Fighting against someone with a sword and winning is so incredebly difficult only very few people can do it, but it is not absoluty unreal.
Dragonheiress 10 months ago
Aunque detener una katana con las manos abiertas es imposible, es realmente admirable la presentación.
JORGECACHO1 11 months ago
0:40 Am I the only one who hears "crap DJ"?
tasosdiamantis 1 year ago
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tasosdiamantis 1 year ago
its made up.... schools in karate made up kata but not based on reality...good for demos though!!
kendosendo 1 year ago
the background music is simply .... weird lol
alekxu 1 year ago
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jujutsu987 1 year ago
...the idea of stopping a real swordsman like that is pretty far fetched... (Remember the swordsman is also well trained.) Moreover in this video, as others have observed, the sword stops before the hands are actually closed... So either the karatedoka stopped the sword with his ki, which if he can do that I wonder why he used the hands at all, or the swordsman stopped the sword before the hands closed. Nice demonstration though!
GeneralDelta 1 year ago
...the idea of stopping a real swordsman like that is pretty far fetched... (Remember the swordsman is also well trained.) Moreover in this video, as others have observed, the sword stops before the hands are actually closed... So either the karatedo stopped the sword with his ki, which if he can do that I wonder why he used the hands at all, or the swordsman stopped the sword before the hands closed. Nice demonstration though!
GeneralDelta 1 year ago
@GeneralDelta I Agree! The best way to "Catch a sword" is when it's in it's scabbard! Otherwise, Ur one dead or maimed MFer! Swordsmen practiced what's called Iai-Do which was drawing the sword from the scabbard, simultaneously slicing their opponent & replacing the sword back in the scabbard after Chiburi (shaking the blood off the blade) his was performed in seconds! and from different angles (not just downward as in this vid) if you plan on catching one you better have a good prosthetic Dr.
jujutsu987 1 year ago
It seems people will believe any kind of flimflammery as long as you market it as Asian Martial Arts techniques.
temmy9 1 year ago
lol...and now this video is passed down to our generation...where we can spot fake videos from a mile away
studionightbird0 1 year ago
yup in real combat i dont think a samurai would give two fucks about a couple severed tendons
NebunLaCap 1 year ago
it's fake, cuz when the chinese guy kick him off, the man didnt grab the sword but he let it go. fake
Injomniac 1 year ago
God i LOVE this old music! LOL
SatansMullet 1 year ago
regardless of what "mythbusters" says, catching a sword is definitely possible; the extent of injury is whats up for debate.... and like another guy commented, the one in black pulled his sword stroke midway through, lol
TheRealestEver 1 year ago
@TheRealestEver Yes, sword catching is possible....in a controlled environment. Pull that stunt in real battle is a good way to end up dead. the mythbuster test showed that if the sword is moving at great speed it is damn near impossible to catch at the end of it's arc. A better chance to catch it would be at a closer range, but at that point you might as well gutpunch the swordsman to prevent the swing at all.
EvilCleric 1 year ago
that would be real impressive if the guy didn't clearly stop the sword right before he grabbed it.
kozmon0t 1 year ago
He clearly stopped the blade before the guy put his hands on it.
jaymoore299 1 year ago
"Jiujitsu takes down any karate black belt" <--Typical Ignorant "Western" influenced franchised response. When r people guna get its the practitioner not the style..Its the training and the wielder. Its an ignorant cliche that has showed to b wrong over n over in history. But I guess if you keep getting ur history from UFC and MMA ull never understand that. Wtf do so many, "my cock is bigger" dudes flock to grappling. Ur not Alpha of anything; complete devolution of martial arts if u ask me.
BlackSoulsAion 1 year ago 7
@BlackSoulsAion actually a simple knife beats all hand-to-hand combat styles, unless you're slow as molasses or stupid.
Only a reckless fool fights barehanded against a knife-wielding opponent. All it takes is one slash - anywhere on the body - and the fight's over. Knife wounds are serious shit.
Why they call the empty-hand styles "martial" arts is a mystery. War is fought with weapons, not bare hands. If you go into a battle unarmed, you'll die, cause the enemy's armed.
kozmon0t 1 year ago
@kozmon0t Bare-hands? What About bare feat? Ever heard of the Sweep? No shit, Cause you're an ignorant Wuss. Only a Pussy Would bring a Knife to a Fight. And you say WAR can be fought with weapons. Well guess what dumbass, you always Have a weapon with you even if it's not a gun or knife. It's your hands and feet. If you learn how to use them, then One day, martial art will help you take down a Knife Wielding Pussy like you.
YourTheBlame 1 year ago
@kozmon0t actually you'd be surprised how a knife fight (IE one on one witch is never the case and the aggressor has the knife) can be won sure its better to be armed in combat no question about it the winner usually has the better tech anyways as history goes to show but training discipline and practice can save your ass better than any knife you can pick up at a gun show.
Battle wounds on the other hand depend on the persons level of pain tolerance.
Gotz 1 year ago
@Gotz fighting wounded depends more on your loss-of-blood tolerance
Anyhow, the point is, focusing on empty-hand training vs weapons is bad self-defense strategy. Your forms end up compensating for disadvantage instead of gaining and pressing the advantage.
It's kind of like Custer training his troops to survive a last stand. "Now this is what you do when you're surrounded, outnumbered 20 to 1 and the enemy is charging from all sides." Anyone with sense would desert and quick.
kozmon0t 10 months ago
@kozmon0t True. Everyone who has the possibility to escape. Every self defense course tells you to run if you can. But if you can't, then training fighting against someone with a weapon makes sense. Compensating disadvantage smakes a lot of sense to the point of disarming your attacker and getting the advantage.
Dragonheiress 10 months ago
@BlackSoulsAion I would like to see any martial artist in America fight a Shaolin monk.
Marsuvees1298 2 months ago
@Marsuvees1298 its been done and the monk got his ass handed to him
ronjutsu 3 weeks ago
Holy shit Awesome
xJumpStyleZx 1 year ago
this is legit as wrestling =) you can see clearly from 0:53-0:54 that he stoped his movement.
ic069 1 year ago
@ic069 What are talking about?By 53-54 the catch is already made, that's why it stopped. The man weilding the sword is Tadashi Nakamura, the now Kaicho of Seido Karate, at the time a second or third dan in kendo, he wasn't faking anything. The man making the catch is Shiguro Oyama, the found of the World Oyama Karate, he's never faked anything in his life.
karate0002 1 year ago
@karate0002 Like you know anything =). We can clearly see he stoped his movement at 0:52.
ic069 1 year ago
too bad people don't use sword anymore, i woulda just shoot him on the face. Jiujitsu takes down any karate black belt ill bet you money any day any time.
david13gaspar 1 year ago
@david13gaspar Not really. I am a jiujitsuka and I am not bad. But a skilled karate user is not easy to bring down. Possible, yes. But definetly not always.
Dragonheiress 10 months ago
He does catch the sword and most ppl probably could not do it or even have the nerve to try. However one must realize that in a real life or death fight probably 19 times out of 20 that person is gona die. Even against someone who is'nt trained with the use of a sword. Even in a controlled situation with a person swinging full strength which this guy clearly did not, the catcher is gona lose. So for a demo its cool but real deal no chance.
wakamene 1 year ago
no he does catch the sword, and even if the swordsman held back a little, id like to see any of you youtubers try actually sitting there and catch the sword thats being swong at your head.
IIIArrow711 1 year ago
god damn, just kicks the motherfucker at 23 sec
RustyShacklefeird 1 year ago
It almost impossible to beat a trained swordsman with your bare hands. Totally fake
hvera1981 1 year ago
@hvera1981 lmao
"almost impossible" aye? haha
Cha0sB1k3r 1 year ago
@hvera1981 >.> you obviously never heard.. Martial arts where specially develop to take down arm opponents.. the wep of choice back then was indeed the sword .. I think they can pretty much take one down
darkyperv34 1 year ago
In mythbusters the catcher doesn't move and catches the sword at fastest part of swing, and further up the blade, by rising up fast, and catching the blade lower down, he's dealing with a lot less velocity then the mythbusters test. plus it looks like the guy swinging does slow down at last second too.
GhostInTheShell29 1 year ago
they can really catch the swords~ this video is just an exhibitation~ therefore the sword person stopped it so that the hands can catch it~ but in real life, there's no need to catch a sword at all~ bare hands move faster than sword swinging/stabbing hands~
zomgbbqwth 1 year ago
Armchair critics abound. Of course he isn't really going to chop his head! It's a demo not a real fight. The sword is razor sharp and usually you cut your hand easily. focus is in timing the clap, and slowing the strike at the last minute by attacker...you try it some time ( perhaps a foam sword) then critique it!
newazajunkie 1 year ago
@newazajunkie ceebz
JolsSugerFree320 1 year ago
I can see a few problems. Firstly, the sword doesn't move all the way down in accelerating speed. Secondly, when the sword comes in contact with the hands, it is moved slightly horizontally.
siriuslyawesome 1 year ago
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siriuslyawesome 1 year ago
Not bull
Kyokushin karate
Oyama kancho no friend of bull.
newazajunkie 1 year ago
bjj rulezzzzzz
poor idiots
stefan1977full 1 year ago
Mythbusters busted
Seido karate master has done this as well, tadashi nakamura kaicho,
newazajunkie 1 year ago
This looks like kaicho tadashi nakamura from Kyokushin karate 1St world champs, on receiving end of punishment!
newazajunkie 1 year ago
mythbusters dissproved this one
mazdamike25 1 year ago
what is this karate ryu, shorin, uechy, or what?
GEGBMJDP 1 year ago
"a technique handed down from the warriors society of mastering the art of bullshit!"
MrBoomable 1 year ago
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u can easily see that the black-dressed guy stops the sword right b4 the white-dressed guy "catches" it
Whether planned or he subconciously didnt want to hurt him (just like ShinGan1 said earlier in this comment chat)
kriger447 1 year ago
bullshit!!!!
fabianfranco 1 year ago
If it was a real sword attack his hands couln't stop it .........no way
99redrain 1 year ago 3
Wicked awesome.
6207865 1 year ago
nice kung foo
andrew3656 1 year ago
if you pay attention, the swordsman stopped for a second (Whether planned or he subconciously didnt want to hurt him, up to you)
ShinGan1 2 years ago 41
@ShinGan1 indeed.........if anyone believes someone can catch a sword when it is traveling down to your head as in the case of this video, YOU are very naive
daltonsbadboy 10 months ago
@daltonsbadboy You are not able to comprehend the level of self sacrifice shown here. You just as anyone else can and could do it. The power of human mind and will excedes all limitaion but because u say u could not you blind the path of your own survival it is possible & no its not magic.
lococavasa 9 months ago
@lococavasa You are wise beyond your years, I mean clueless behind your ears.....the power of the human mind can exceed ANY limitation is what you said.....ok then, I suppose catching bullets from an AK-47 is possible, or sensing just when the sniper is going to shoot you with a 50 cal in an open unobstructed range from a mile away...if YOU believe YOU or ANYBODY can catch a RAZOR SHARP sword traveling at 100+ miles per hour as the swordsman puts all his/her power in the delivery, you are insane
daltonsbadboy 9 months ago
@lococavasa NOT just insane, but untrained.I have some doubts that you have EVER trained in the martial arts informally and more doubtful that you have ever trained formally in any REALISTIC combat system. I have been in the Marital Arts for many years and have met many of the worlds greatest instructors in a variety of arts.Besides the other arts, I have been training in Shinkendo for 6+ years, a sword art.Look up Toshishiro Obata and have him or any swordsman demo the truth to you
daltonsbadboy 9 months ago
@lococavasa exceeding limitations is about going out of your current state of awarness it has absolutly nothing to do with stoping bullets LoL that would be stupid right??? You don't see it as possible therefore you can't do do it that was and is my point.
lococavasa 9 months ago
@lococavasa NO, that wasn't YOUR point....YOUR point was catching a sword CAN be done....MY POINT is that it CAN NOT be done....not by a TRAINED swordsman.
daltonsbadboy 9 months ago
@daltonsbadboy Ha that wasn't my point refrase to me o i get it you create the world around yourself in your eyes right? That was and is my point it is the exsact liberation that i gave myself. You can go about living in the cave of pre desposistion im already past the point see i don't even get why you continue to try to find liberation were it was not found. I believe it to be possible u don't so What get over it. Ill bet arrow catching is impossible to right? Let it be its not 4 u anyways.
lococavasa 9 months ago
@lococavasa What am i refering to when i say he? The karate man he uses leverage & consintration i believe he has a very good sense of reaction had he not timed it right he for surly would die. Techniques in any martial art are more about defense than attack you should know that everytime you attack you open yourself to a conter attack so please if u will be blane with me and if u will let my ignorace shine because god does it shine that much more brightly from heaven to hell with all my will.
lococavasa 9 months ago
@lococavasa u say your a martial artist? then u would understand attack and defense. Im sure u do but were all intiled to are own opions here. If i had to live in your world id hate myself. Welcome to hell my friend isnt it such a warm and helpful place the world u create is not mine.
lococavasa 9 months ago
@lococavasa The laws of gravity don't float around combat arts they come from knowledge. Notice the point of leverage u see in the video? He horns himself up to the level of his aggresor to stop before impact it never even reached the level were it would be unstopible. If it were to travel with total will and determanation to kill at a point past what he had reached up to i think he would be dead. Know if its fake tell me what u presume is the trick here.
lococavasa 9 months ago
@ShinGan1 well of course he held back a little, his plan wasn't to kill the guy. What makes it amazing though is that he still did catch the sword without fear or cutting himself a feat almost none of us could achieve, without training of course.
IIIArrow711 4 months ago
well id rather try this if i had no other option and no chance for escape, better than trying to block it
that1hombre 2 years ago
i agree to pgmammo:
if u look at the slowmotion u can see/guess that the swordsman is not doing a clear cut, the swords speed decreases instead of increases the longer it travels...
i wont try this1 with shinken xD
Cyb3rus 2 years ago 2
bull, give me that sword and ill show his master ass
HerroHerrar 2 years ago
take that mythbusters
tnt420tnt 2 years ago
karates lame... i mean its way over taught ya know? if u ask ANYONE most likely they will say that the martial arts they do is karate. Thats why i take Aikido and it doesnt take that much strength like this does.
silentdagger500 2 years ago
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@silentdagger500 Akido is a form of Karate moron
end374 2 years ago
wow no its not u dumbass, aikido focuses strictly on using your opponents own strength against them and throws very little kiks and punches to just throw them off. Sure Karate may have a FEW techniques like Aikido but its nothing like it...
silentdagger500 2 years ago
i practise shotokan karate and aikido (aikikai germany). in aikido you dont focuse on learning lots technique, but to understand the principles by repeting very few techniques again and again. thats why EVERY SINGLE technique taught in aikido can be also found in (traditional) karate (not necessarily in western sports-karate. thats the way it is and both ways are precious.
Cyb3rus 2 years ago
There are actually quite a few overlapping techniques between Karate and Aikido, after all the body only works and moves in so many ways, just in Aikido its done Sliightly differently, as my instructor says, " at the end of the day its all cheesecake, just different flavours"
tgnrogue 2 years ago
ever heard of masutatsu oyama?, the founder of kyokushin karate the man used to kill bulls with his bare hands using karate moves. karate isnt lame, westernized sport karate is lame. Good luck with your aikido training, aikido is fun, just remember to spar often.
SamuiHakai 2 years ago 23
yeah oyama was the man!
horaaliya 2 years ago
I had heard the name before never heard muc habout him, and thanks, we tend to spend most our timeon randori (freepaly closet to sparring in aikido) and actual self defence as our instrutor teaches Aikido to be fit for purpose. but being Shotokan/tomiki AIkido we tend to do a lot of Randori toto.
tgnrogue 1 year ago
@SamuiHakai amen! all those competitive arts are shit, too much rules and points. old school trainings are best.
emel60 1 year ago
@SamuiHakai We not gon git into Americanized karate lol
Shaddydad 10 months ago
@SamuiHakai
Oh, really? Why then he did not stop B-29??
yahohoandbottleofrum 9 months ago
Aikido, shouldn't take Any strength ;).
tgnrogue 2 years ago
@tgnrogue karate you block then strike, Aikido you deflect and catch them off balance, right?
mandowarrior123 1 year ago
On the base principles, roughly. .. yes sort of, Karate from what ive seen tend to block a lot more but they do also deflect, an Aikido, tomiki aikido does soemtiems block, but generally not very often.
tgnrogue 1 year ago
I wish I could run this through frame by frame to see for sure, but it appears to me that the sword stopped just before the moment he "stopped it".
I believe, that the swordman, not wanting to cut his friend, relative etc. Didn't follow through as a real attacker would have. Not saying that these aren't great martial artists, but I'm calling this one busted.
pgmammo 2 years ago 2
There certainly seems to be lively debate about if this is possible or not. What it looks liek to me if you watch closely, it looks like the guy with the sword actually stops his cut, and then the karate guy kind of closes his hands around it. Still risky if the blade is sharp and someone miscalculates. But the blade could also be blunt, that would definately be easier to catch haha.
scottrekishika 2 years ago
hahahaha its the Sword against a hand, metal and flesh, be serious, not a fanatic, bullshit.
jolpater 2 years ago
A real samurai would've cut him when he drew the sword. Not bring the sword up so he can catch it.
BlackShinobiShozoku 2 years ago 2
why you should catch it ? its better to avoid it .what happens if you are miscalculate and it cut your body or even worse your hands or your fingers.believe me its better that what i thought in my martial arts.
AgitoV3 2 years ago
i agree. Also if i was the swordsman i would have drew my sword across and cut in one motion. That cut he made would have been my second. But it's just a demo of how to catch a sword if you decided to.
seanadupre 2 years ago
If he had caught the sword by way of closing the distance and catching the hands not the actual blade, then it would be possible and believable.
JamakiKatsumoto 2 years ago
dude, the musicin the end is the best.
ColdCity 2 years ago
Karate is not a Samurai martial art like jujitsu or aiki jujitsu.
surfand1903 2 years ago 2
It's funny... and absolutely not real!
I would have cut off all of his fingers!!!
mrcescipioni 2 years ago 2
Mythbusters is wrong sometimes................. They usually don't get someone who can actually do things like this.
ReaperofSouls0 2 years ago 2
Even though it is coreografed it is nicely executed I think.About chash a sword by you bare hands... Well... Acording to "myth busters" and theire tests its a myth - impossible to do in full speed without cut you hand very bad or geting cut in the head. Nice effect for the show thoug :)
sirseigan 2 years ago
mythmuster also said u cant catch a arrow wit ur hands they made 2 eps of this that stupid white wana be ninja sucked he need condition but i seenn on ripples a guy caught a real arrow from 50 feet wit a full bow pull and wita blind fold on and he catch it on this second try i repeat a real arrow goin full speed aim at him mythbusters dont get thegood people
EncasementOfTime 2 years ago 3
Of course the guy slowed down, he was using the real sword. However, the key is to enter before he slices down, either with a sword catch, throw, or strike. Though its possible that in a realistic situation he would die, the techniques aren't absurd.
BushidoBudo9000 2 years ago
The fact that the person would die in a realistic situation is what makes it absurd.
JamakiKatsumoto 2 years ago
i know a sikh in india who was buying arms who got attacked with a sword he stoped it with his hands now his hands are fucked up. the were cut up bad
lasog341 2 years ago
i hate when its coregraphed. if the man really used the seord properly like in a real fight, he would never be able to stop or attck him with the sword. The sword cut is so fast, and in this vid he doesnt even fully strike he lets the man attack him, i hate that shit. if they shoed the real thing he would never last.
aussyt 2 years ago
Come on... This is like watching a Allie the Renshi video from long island ninjutsu.. Total Joke..
dojocho2002 2 years ago
That's why shields and helmets were invented.
ivanlagrossemoule 2 years ago
Bear in mind that this is a demonstration. The defender knew how the guy was going to attack and the attacker wasn't trying to kill his partner.
skywatersky 2 years ago 3
thats what makes it gay, and never real.
aussyt 2 years ago
Oh please, it's obvious the the guy wielding the katana slowed down.
Caqui 2 years ago
is that guy mas oyama founder of kyokushin?
jutarosan1 2 years ago
I know a guy who catched a sword in a real fight . he cut deep his palm , but is still alive .
osmiu 3 years ago
how big that swing is bullshit it looks nice but trained eye knows this is bul
jea740 2 years ago
What a hoax, completely pulled the sword up.
noosaslayer 3 years ago
wrong, look at shoulders and hips; not that I think this is a good idea but your observation is not correct.
adeluna106 2 years ago 2
You are correct by saing he does not pull up but the swordsman aimes and stops shy of the target to allow the sword to be "cought". Further the defender's elbows are too bent which indicates he is relying on muscle strength alone and that will never be enough against a sword when the real target is a cut through the head.
bugelux 2 years ago
I agree with your observations. They should've used a bokken and gone full force but with a metal sword I can understand the need to at least give the guy a good chance to catch it.
Again, not a good idea. I think it's a low percent success technique.
adeluna106 2 years ago
the problem isn't Mythbusters but mythbusties who are closed-minded to other possibilities. In Old Japan, catching blades was not for entertainment but a last-ditch effort to stay alive. Those kind of conditions can cause miracles which are hard to simulate.
RoninDave 3 years ago 5
In the slow motion it shows the blade stop before the persons hands actually clasp onto it. It makes sense they would do that, don't want someone's face being chopped off, and they certainly don't want to make themselves look bad. I still don't think its truly possible with a real attack.
Vaoris 3 years ago
well i think he is 1 out of a million ! cox i watch mythbuster , they did a same way test by machine and the idea was busted !
bcv001 3 years ago
the guys hand are fast but i still think i see that sword slow down befor the hands touch the blade. i will be convenced of that fact that this technique is truely posibly when i see high frame rate ultra slow footage
moltenthoughts 3 years ago
Mythbusters says so it must be true! They fight the good fight against urban legends with popular science. I love them so much HAVE MY BABIES.
Now I'm going to go online and defend their findings by finding critics and posting about how their demonstrations are not as valid as Mythbusters'! Yay! Now I feel good about myself.
Arcias86 3 years ago
ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahah
kanonl1234 3 years ago
Is this a joke? The guy pulls his sword cut. It wasn't fast, it wasn't hard, and he stops so the other guy can catch the blade, just as he did in every other demo manoeuvre. Watch the replay.
There is no way you are catching a full force full speed sword cut between your bare hands, as demonstrated on Mythbusters. Not even close.
FuckYouYouFuck 3 years ago
This is No-sword.
MockEmpire 3 years ago
The last bit is just a myth. On mythbuster on discovey channel they proved it worng by using rubber hands and a katana. The katana would just cut through and has way to much momentum.
Jaimru 3 years ago
but you're leaving the human factor out of this my friend, this'd be a life threatening situation...and i believe you're aware of the many "impossible" things humans can do when life threaten....we lift heavy cars...in a hurricane we become super humans with super strength, in the case of the sword technique...our senses become sharper and faster, we acquire sublime reflexes...anything is possible....
suav3sito 3 years ago
There's also a factor being left out of mythbusters, and that is direction of force. If you watch the slow motion part the man without the sword locks his arms, which applies more strength. What also must be noted, however, is the man with the sword slows down as he's striking.
seishinookami 3 years ago
Getting endorphins may make us fight better but it wont make our hands stell
Jaimru 3 years ago
True.. but stress in a life threathening situation tends to decrease the fine eye-hand coordination. All movements become broader and less refined. I guess in the case of this myth there might have been people that have been able to do it with a good perception of timing and angling, stopping it before gaining full momentum. Still, even these people would probably not succeed every time. One miss in a real situation would be the last..
misterkami2 3 years ago
Indeed, the stress in that kind of situation might bind your senses and block your actions the way you want them to, but let's not forget that these people, sometimes dedicated their life to disipline and the control of their own emotions and minds, doing this they'd manupulate their movements and actions the way they wanted...Maybe someone did stop a blade with his hands, maybe not, i just say that the human mind, when used with the body, can do unbelieveable things...
suav3sito 3 years ago
Yes, also very true. I was merely suggesting that this would not fall under the same line of events as let's say a mother rescueing her kid by lifting a car; normal people doeing extraordinary things by the adrenaline and neccessity of the situation.
This situation is about a ptrained professional who probably has more beefit from his training than from the extra gained adrenaline from a life-threathening situation; he might actually be able to stay calm even..
misterkami2 3 years ago
well myth busters just got busted themselves!
NartSaga 3 years ago
Not that I think sword catching would ever work in the real world, but Mythbusters is the last thing I'd cite. Their methodology is not rigorous scientific testing by any means. It's made for entertaining television, that's it.
moogleii 3 years ago 3
also if one hand slightly deflected to the opposite direction as the other hand closed in on the blade it would seem as though it was being cought will truthfully it was being deflected
RedVein3106 3 years ago
Sword Catch, Blade Catch. Whatever you want to name it is possible.
It comes down to a few things.
Force, Direction and Deplacement.
Take the principles of Aikido and apply them to this.
If a vertical strike is made. Then you do not just catch it by 'clapping'. This will result in the hands being wounded. You misplace the force of the strike by 'parrying' it to the side as/before you grab it. Thus removing the power behind it and dulling its blade.
RedOrca 3 years ago 2
so pretty much you smack the blade sideways and then its going slow enough to catch, rather then full speed comng straight at you?
smeeves 3 years ago
.. ?
ruben12E4 3 years ago
Kinda. . .
But of course, its never just gonna be as simple as that. A blade is a blade, no matter how you direct it. Chances are you will still get cut, but it would be alot better than having the katana go through your head. The other trick would be to catch the blade from the back of it, and then clamping down. So kinda closing your hands together at the fingers, and then bringing your palms in.
RedOrca 3 years ago
wouldnt it just be easier to dodge?
smeeves 3 years ago
Yeah, but the point in the sword catch was that if you cant dodge it. . . its better to take cut hands then have the katana stuck in your head. . .
RedOrca 3 years ago
that last part was such BS haha
elijahcrigger 3 years ago
That wasn't much of a cut to begin with. Try stopping a truly committed, and trained sword cut, and see if physics even allow you to generate enough power with enough speed to stop the blade from cutting through.
A little spoiler: It won't work.
WarriorMisanthrope 3 years ago 3
Take a closer look. The sword stopped just long enough for the other guy to reach up and grab it.
dire67 3 years ago 2
well he grab it..the end.so^_^ he has skill!! XD not luck.
NeoWind 3 years ago
Skill, Speed, Training, What not, what am i missing in this list?
qwastic 3 years ago
Possible but highly improbable. The odds of catching the blade when someone wants to cut you down is highly stacked against the catcher. Its actually more luck than skill involve if it is caught. Just imagine the coordination that have to take place between reaction time to catch and the speed and direction of the cut.
KOs231 3 years ago
Why is there a iaijutsuka with a kendo "Dô" (chest-plate) on for this demonstration?
herasmito 3 years ago
agrguably this does look a bit fake however it is possible. one of the persons who has been named to do so was steve arneil founder of the IFK, i know this is possible because i have seen him do it myself
oyamaisgod 3 years ago
Mythbusters pwned this video.
EGarrett01 3 years ago
If you look at the slo mo, you see that the sword stops being blury (stops moving) BEFORE the guy's hands reach it. It's fake
MiyMiyMiyMiyMiyMiyMi 3 years ago 7
@MiyMiyMiyMiyMiyMiyMi if you pay close attention i dont think they care as long as they have there own way it may or may not work lets see you try this.....lets see you come up with your own way to stop a sword attack
golfer15963 1 year ago
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i'd like to see the little jap guy try catch my 2 kg GALLOWGLASS...
only the momentum would do the job...
the "atacker" on the vid works against the blade's momentum...
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alexandresilveira357 3 years ago
He does stop his swing,the rest of the demo was cool,but yeah he does stop his swing.Its funny how theres no footage of regular ppl coming up on stage to give it a go.
sublime123 3 years ago
but there was footage, they just couldn't show it. if you know what I mean.
;)
my2opinion 3 years ago
HE PULLED his swing. He stopped it right before he caught it. You can easily see that it was fake. And the sword guy was So close to the guy that anyone could hit him and stop his swing. Plus it all looked practiced and planned
JAMxBOYZ 3 years ago 4
I would be highly surprised if that was a sharpened blade
twobitmage 3 years ago 2
Its not coreographed, but he knew the other guy was gonna attack him with the sword so he started preparing for it before the guy went at him with the sword.
Maxisgirl 3 years ago
Maxisgirl, Shigeru Oyama was my instructor for 30 years and I know for certain that it was coreographed. However, that doesn't detract from the remarkable power and skill that he and Tadashi Nakamura possess. They both went on to found their own great organization. However, they are among the finest progeny of Kyokushin Karate.
seichoukarate 3 years ago 2
would have been alot more convicing if it wasnt so obviously choreographed.
and that slow motion at the end didnt help.
you could visably see the sword slow down and almost stop at the point the other guy was supposed to catch it
Defaultanon 3 years ago
Defaultanon, so you expect an actual battle with a live sword in front of thousands of spectators at Tokyo's Nihon Budokan? What planet are you living on? Shigeru Oyama (white dogi) and Tadashi Nakamura (hakama) were among the most skilled kyokushin fighters and the finest instructors. So, you really don't know what you're talking about.
seichoukarate 3 years ago
I agree with you about the choreography,but theres always someone who will defend them both by stating facts that divert your comment.You opinionated on the choreo and were answered by "the most skilled and and finest instructors"Aw hole other subject you never brought up.
sublime123 3 years ago
it also counts as to when in the swing you catch the blade. At the very beginning of the swing it is not impossible to catch the blade with your hands and wrench it from the hands of the katana-user. Howerver, if the blade is in full swing, it's impossble without proper equpment and training, and then it's not the same typ of catching anymore.
To protect yourself from a strong blow towards the head y