Satsuma Hekiryu Koshiya

[pretendosse]

its made out of leather thus its light

[umaryu]

@pretendosse The armour is made from iron, Leather armour is from the pre 1200's.

[snkhuong]

i always wonder how can they move with so much amor

[sgarabottoli]

This is Kyudo!!!!!



[umaryu]

@sgarabottoli This is not Kyudo,. It is called koshi ya. It is a old style of Kyujutsu. there are several branches of Heki ryu in Japan today but I think this is the only one that does the Koshi Ya. Other Heki Ryu branches seem to concentrate on the formal etiquette rather than the old battkle field stuff. There is a menkyo Kaiden in Chiba ,and I met a chuden at the Kyudo dojo in Odawara castle

[hornstra1]

some of them are suffering a lot. Perhaps their santa hats are to small? Maybe haemorrhoids or sth? No one knows.

[PhilipineMan]

The arrows hurt so much... The boards are screaming with pain.

[rosswoof]

Brazillian jujitsu versus this?

[Ryokushindo]

@rosswoof What does Bjj has to do with this? Bin Laden vs Bjj, how's that?

[TSOAS2008]

Can you tell me if this is the skill that still practices war-time archery?

[Cheerok]

am i right in assuming that this is the style of the legendary satsuma han arrow squad ?

those sharpshooters that were able to shoot as accurate from any position as they do in training and even while moving ?

if not doesn't matter awesome display of martial arts

tactical and beautiful

nice video keep em coming

i love seeing this type of video

[Houzan04Review]

When people watched this without English translation,

they will pretty misunderstand this besides a Japanese.

Explanation is very esoteric.

Wonderful video in the point which can't imitate only motion randomly.

[MARICHIYA]

Thanks for posting this!

[FatGuyWithAKatana]

i bet arrows hurt.