History of the Kusarigama

[chrisgeorgegray]

Again. Ninja's were NOT peasants.

[nosvaructu]

@chrisgeorgegray if they were not peasants, where did they fall into the four tier feudal system?

[chrisgeorgegray]

@nosvaructu They were Samurai...

[SlightlyTipsyPenguin]

@chrisgeorgegray in what insane world do live where ninja were samurai? they were opressed peasants basically revolting against the system, which is why they practised arts contradictory to the ideals of bushido - the samurai 'code of honour' in a sense

[chrisgeorgegray]

@SlightlyTipsyPenguin Erm... They weren't peasants... Hanzo Hattori was a samurai, the idea that Ninja were peasants was a made up concept, Massaki Hatsumi and the Bujinkan the biggest Ninjutsu organization recognize this, its a true fact.

[mypeanut1975sc]

@chrisgeorgegray I love how you are an expert on all martial arts telling people that things are made up......So how old are we?

[chrisgeorgegray]

@mypeanut1975sc I'm no expert, I'm just not a general movie watching naruto ninjer, i can actually do some research.

[mypeanut1975sc]

@chrisgeorgegray I do to but there is a major difference between practing an art that involves more than reading some internet site, which are subject to someone's option and actually going and see it for your self or studing under someone who has been there and teaches truely what they have been taught.

[chrisgeorgegray]

@mypeanut1975sc Research from genuine credited experts not internet sites, so me reading Massaki Hatsumi Soke's books who is a genuine Ninjutusu expert and teacher is not the same as going and asking him face to face... Me reading a book by Soke Hatsumi is better than watching your National Geographic documentaries.

[plo210]

hatori hanzo

[nguyent139]

that was was really good.. thank you

[americanmichigander]

i may sell an american style of rope dart and maybe a double american rope dart that is kinda like this weapon. the history of this is good to know.

[Hulkmania316]

I want to learn the use of kusarigama because of a character in the manga of naruto, Hanzo the salamander.

[FrozenKoolAidDude]

To me the most famous kusarigama wielder is that dude from the first Rurouni Kenshin opening.

[PieIsGood225]

Oh yea.....just for no reason at all.....Did you know that Hanzo Hattori was a samuria too...lol

[PieIsGood225]

You do realize that Hanzo Hattori was a real person (the ninja pics at beginning) and you could have put him in the famous peeps area.....But a really good vid! :) I love kusarigamas.........Yay

[donbasuradenuevo]

Vagabond FTW!

[Hultovic]

Very nice video! I enjoyed it :)

[jmmurdy]

nice

[TheMHandDSfan]

he would die to musashi, a good and honorable loss i guess since musashi died from .......i forget, probly some form of cancer

[jetsparks17]

dood love the video that you made and i have a kama thats destined to become a kusarigama so im lookin foward to watchin mor of ur vids and i subscribed to give you the credit u deserve for makin this vid TY

[trazwald]

pretty cool vid, I would have put more emphasis on the striking aspects of the kusari, but there are many techniques for entangling opponents, so they deserve focus too. Good job :)

[Yasukunidude]

In Germany Kusarigamas with Chains are illegal because they are classified as "choking tools". This is also the reason why the Kyoketsu Shoge was banned last year. Ninjutsu Students have to replace the chain with a rope in order to learn the use of this weapon.

But still a nice Video.

[jimmymoltesanti]

yeah those.

kind of takes away from the vibe of the other artwork.

anyway, great video. it helped inspire me to turn my kama into a kasurigama yesterday. (only had one anyway)

[KusarigamaShinobi]

Awesome, im glad the vid inspired you:)

besides, my next video planned will be how to make a kusarigama, and after that, start demonstrating some techniques against swords and spears. out of curiosity, what did you use for a weight? And did you use a rope or chain?

[jimmymoltesanti]

i have both a chain and a length of nylon cord for it, but I just had to try the chain first.( quite dificult adjusting length etc.)

as a weight i just grabbed a hackey sack ball and put it in a sock for now.

turned out that it's a bit too light for on a metal chain, but i think it will be fine for cord.

I wanna get/ make a propper sandbag type weight.

[jimmymoltesanti]

great video!

nice combination of atmosphere and information.

I 'd prefer it without the videogame type images though.

[KusarigamaShinobi]

lol, ninja gaiden 2 im guessing...i shouldve thought of that. Awesome game by the way!!!!