Sword Pine Snow Iaido

[davecore22]

Thank you sir, for inspiring everyone! =)

[TheUshida]

is fake

[TsunamiYodokan]

Nice vid, great soundtrack, very haunting, like it

[dutchschultz1000]

Great video........I bet you were freezing though lol.

[TheRahkola]

bless you sir for giving eternal inspiration

[42DangerVision]

2 years later (oh wow, almost to the day, I did not time that on purpose) and this remains one of my favorite videos on youtube, period.

[trescothick23]

lennys the man :)

[TheBuddhaLight]

Your videos show great skill.

Thank you for uploading.

[kendoka0girl]

Beautifully serene.  :D

[Schattenninpo]

Nice vid!

:)

[TheBuddhaTv]

Its absolutely snowing over here in Germany. I guess its time for me to get my Katana outside and practice some Iaido and Zen.

[Ronin10467]

Caucasian boy likes to play with samurai swords lol

[lennybruce8]

@Ronin10467 thank you for your insightful comment.

[maxgunn555]

@lennybruce8 caucasian boy likes to not know kill bill film reference.

[stradivarius71]

Great Video!

[giugrana]

dick sword

[lennybruce8]

@giugrana thank you for your insightful contribution.

[123ahendrick]

@lennybruce8 Keep doin what you do, your skill is good, and your vids are in good taste.

[daimyo101]

Very nice chal shim.

[k00lkane]

you seem to use the Tori XL Katana alot, is it your favourite katana? Whats the handling like and how well does it cut?

[lennybruce8]

@k00lkane its not bad..but i prefer my thaisuki hondachi

[tengujones]

nice. How can it be fake when there is snow on the blade. I teach tenshin ryu iai in england at the TENGU YODOKAN dojo and I enjoyed this vid

[Wariar11]

i have a feeling this vid is photoshoped

[lennybruce8]

@Wariar11 photoshop is not for motion. and it'd be nice if you were more specific with your comments.

[Wariar11]

@lennybruce8 looks like it was cut and pasted the way snow isnt sticking to him...and also hes in a robe in the middle of the woods in snow. and i used photoshop as an example of the way it looks fake because if you look closley to the area around him as he moves you can see how i would get the idea.

[lennybruce8]

@Wariar11 ahhh..looks fake. i understand now. well it wasnt faked.

i was under trees so it wasnt snowing directly on me. not sure why it looks fake to you. but if you pay attention you can easily see my swollen red fingers. it was filmed as is. only thing added was the vignette and music.

[AikidokaZen]

I'm aikidoka from italy...very nice video...the way i feel martial arts...i'd like to have a forest near my home..to practice in winter..now help concentration. Could you tell me the name of the song..

[AikidokaZen]

sorry...find it at the end

[lennybruce8]

grazie

[swechris75]

Great video as always.

[ronin6290]

Hey friend what is this music, it is superb, Mongolian?

[ronin6290]

great! meditative. . . clean & brisk,

[ironfisteagleclaw]

Very nice my friend. My best to you and your family. Peace!

[lennybruce8]

thank you.

[rctrue]

That was great!

[MOUNTAINOUS]

great training. i love to make snow vids. i did this winter on mt hood where i live. take care and thanks for sharing.5 stars

[kenpachi316]

i dig your artistic videos steeve. :)

form's looking very crisp, thanks for sharing.

[ShinobiMystic]

this is awesome, I love training in nature as well. Keep it up friend.

[redsoxxmaxx]

max lesser from SMK

[lennybruce8]

ah max. ok got it. thanks for the note brother. hope youre doing well.

[redsoxxmaxx]

excellent video steven. btw what is the name of the song in this video? -Max

[lennybruce8]

its at the end of the video. i forget which track but its karunesh. and who are you anyway? since you know my name is steven. i am curious.

[fatmasterslam]

Steven:

Out of all the videos you have made, this is my favorite.

Esssence of Iaido/kendo/shinkendo, peaceful harmonic violent balanced beauty= NO MIND

This would only be 1/100th of my first comment.

Domo Arrigatto

TSS

[lennybruce8]

youre welcome.

[RobbyDoom]

Steven, I find myself looking forward to your videos. Just the right touch of old ways and new technology. You're doing great thing!!

[lennybruce8]

thanks robby. not really sure what i'm diong though. ^^

[RobbyDoom]

oh lol. You're making great videos..lol.

[Jeeperrandy]

Very enjoyable video. To me, this is the essence of iai. Peaceful, meditative and Zen-like.

Great job.

[lennybruce8]

thank you randy.

[jonislow]

beautiful and peaceful, kind of hard for some to understand those two words applied to a tool and movements designed to kill. but not for me. great job and I'm glad you're back.

[lennybruce8]

thank you.

[mishimasword]

Two of my favorite things, snow and swords, a great combination!

Thanks for this enjoyable video.

[lennybruce8]

thank you for enjoying it.

[gunsarecool1985]

wow, very nice video. Looks very professional in terms of video editing!

[lennybruce8]

thank you.

[SherubiGashes]

That was amazing and beautiful. Like it came out of a move, your editing and picture quality was superb. Music pulled you in, and you know your sword well, And you know your kata. =)

[lennybruce8]

thanks brother. i just went out back and recorded. some of those moves arent actual katas they are just whatever came to mind at the time.

[kfkonrad1]

This was good. Keep this kind of practice up.

[lennybruce8]

notto with frozen hands...nice experience.

[mahirmahir81]

great video. nice music. beautiful location and katana:)

[wizzbangtg]

Very nice video. I really enjoyed that.