Mochida Sensei 10. Dan Kendo

[scarstoryz]

Wakerofwind88 is a retard he thinks that these guys don't know what their doing. These are the masters u asshole u r not 1 so stop acting like 1

[DJSoki100]

This is where Mochida sensei shows the "Kizeme" technique! Amazing!

[bartmanfoot]

Mochida lost to Nakano ?

[Ratatat92]

Does anyone know the name or artist of this song? I've been wanting to know for too, too long now.

vv

[siret95]

incredible what can I say.

[illnathruleZ]

awesome video!!

could anybody tell me the name of the music used in this vid?

[Ptmthrnthny]

@hatamoto68 Please search

【Youtube】

'Korean fake samurai & kendo in the Japan Expo 2011，

WondrousJapanForever's channel

Please

[kazemizu]

I first came to watch this video to see how fast the masters moved. I was looking for any thing just to see how fast they would be. I was a bit annoyed by the lack of movement. Now that I'm watching it from a kendo perspective, this video is amazing. Each side is trying to read the others next move and wating for the smallest opportunity to strike. Truly spectacular.

[Xiox047]

Goddamn... that video was tiring even to watch, the flow between them was just crazy... Impressive video, im really grateful you'd upload such a rare video up on youtube.

[Messuduppotatoasia]

Are they using wood shinais?

[hatamoto68]

Thank's every one. I am happy I was able to post this here and that this video may be an inspiration to kenshi around the world.

[arynzerr]

@hatamoto68

thank you very much for the videos mate!

could you maybe tell me the name of the music you used in your uploads?

[sachifre]

Sublime kendo. Ignores the knobs who cannot see this!

[kenshin420jj]

Ippon!!!

3:00

[BladeRift]

I loled at the guy in the comments who has the nerve to criticize a 10 dan... he obviously has never done kendo before in his life... (at least, at the time he wrote this.) 'I train swordfighting myself.' Funny. I don't think he understands just how fast those people really are. Btw... awesome vid!

[A1HitterQuitter]

whos the other sensei?

[insomnioKun]

That was the most perfect example of 平常心 (heijōshin) I've ever seen! Existían movimientos milimétricos que orignaban una respuesta, y luego retroalimentación, para dar lugar a un ciclo de reacciones casi imperceptibles a los sentidos.

[deltasil1con]

One of the most awesome vid about Kendo i've ever seen.

[hatamoto68]

@deltasil1con  Thank you!

[wakerofwind88]

@deltasil1con yeah standing still for about 2 minutes and then an unclean hit while running into the other ones blade? you have seen nothing

[deltasil1con]

@wakerofwind88 And how did you judge that hit?It was a perfect hit in the men.And this is Kendo,you run into your opponent's shinai all the time,the only thing matters is how you keep your vital parts away from it.And they didn't just stand still,they was constantly testing each other's mind.It was not only just a sword fight but also a test for durability and concentration,you get distracted for one moment at ít's over for you.

[gameworldanime]

cocks fight

[yomatostanyahso]

Thank you for this post, I like this because even thought there are few suts seen here, there is SO MUCH here that can be learned merely by observation. Very tense and also educational.

[Youngmarine0109]

boring

[adiopunkskater03]

Seeing this furthers my longing to practice Kendo.. The nearest dojo is more than an hour away from here... Beautiful match.

[Uiuaui]

very good keiko

men uti in 3:01

men ippon!!!

[MichikoHayami]

So amazingly in control...

[LatestUFOSightings]

10 dan? I thought there were only 8.

[PidgeonDeath]

@LatestUFOSightings

It's my understanding that there are 8 you can grade for, and then 9th and 10th Dan are given to people who make huge contributions to the kendo community.

[hatamoto68]

@PidgeonDeath not even this any more. 8th Dan Hanshi is the highest grade you can achieve these days

[Fullmember100]

@PidgeonDeath

Rank 10 cant be obtaint anymore since there is no judge or trainer for it

[kazemizu]

@Fullmember100 It will come back eventually. We just have to train ourselves until some reaches a level that 8 dan is no longer applicable and must become a 9 dan and the same for 10 dan.  This will take a long time though and many will still feel as though the rank isn't real...

[hatamoto68]

There are still some 9. Dan Kendo alive! But 10.Dan and 9.Dan Ranking is no longer possible by ZNKR.

[redsmurf02]

@hatamoto68 mochida mojiri was the last 10dan and it was stated he was given the 10th dan because of his prfound teachings in his age his contributions to kendo and his unrivaled ability that far surpassed any other, thats why he was know as "the great swordsman"

[nhoinla]

one guy hit the men, but did the other guy's judan hit the attacker's tsuki? it's hard to tell. although he can't get the point for tsuki because there is no footwork, but usually if this happens judges may not give the men point if the opponent occupies the center.

[metabolife]

umm... i'm pretty sure he was center when he hit the men... these guys were masters of control, they literally fought with their minds until the precise moment they could strike. imagine having center, and time freezing at that exact moment, that's pretty much when they strike

[wakerofwind88]

@metabolife yeah and when he hit the other one he ran into the other ones sword, did you notice that too? if they had real swords he propably even would have lost, since he would only hit the helmet, but ran into the sword of the other one

[Xiox047]

@wakerofwind88 yea.... you probably have never done a martial arts with swords before now have you...

[wakerofwind88]

@Xiox047 unlike most people commenting here(just a guess), i am trained in sword fighting and trained beginners in our club, although we did late-middle-age european style one handed ( with shield or dual wielding) and two handed sword fighting, so i dont know much about kendo. but from my point of view the left one struck a armored area while running into the blade, since the right one got hit on the head i would consider this a draw.

im not judging who's winning, just showing my opinion

[Xiox047]

@wakerofwind88 I don't know about european styles but this is an utter victory to the left, the thing is he doesn't use a fast strike either, he completely traps the man on the right with his timing, and seizes and opening. A philosophy behind kendo, there are some other martial arts that share this same philosophy btw, is that You give your arm to cut his neck. also there are actually a lot of people lurking on youtube that are trained with sword fighting, a lot of posers as well too thou.. :|

[wakerofwind88]

@Xiox047 so this is like : the first one to land a crtitical hit is the winner?

i'll send u a pm with a video to proof what i said

[quillaja]

@wakerofwind88 I'd agree that, practically, you want an absolutely clean hit since you may die as the defeated opponent "completes" his move. But watching the slow motion carefully, you'll see Mochida (left) hit men a split second faster, and then the right brought his sword up to the throat. In kendo, that split-second difference is all it takes, so this was a good hit. As a kendoist, I have my own feelings on the matter, but it's normal in kendo. It's also hard to see details on this old film.

[landsurfer66]

Amazingly elegant. A rare view of the purest form of kendo.

[tejumo7]

Yep, if this were post-WWII, some reconstructionist, MacArthurian, redneck gaijin would have shouted out "hey, come on already, somebody do something!" after a couple of minutes of strategy. I agree that this is pure strategy and treating the art as if it were ultimately still about live swords. Very cool to be able to watch.

[MasOyama10dan]

OSS

[jung567]

wish pre-war kendo still exists... sigh

[Gwahamir]

This is not actually Mochida-sensei. Left side is 斎村五郎 Saimura Gorou and right side is 小川金之助 Ogawa Kinnosuke

[egerhardcore]

Isn`t it great,that i just looked back from the XXI. century into Imperial Japan,to watch REAL Samurais fight!You tube&Uploader,Thank you!

[pongauer]

this isnt mochida sensei

mochida didnt have 10 dan in the 40s

[ahuizotl8]

you are right..

[hatamoto68]

Then he was probably 9. Dan at the time this was recorded. Anyway, he was one of the few 10. Dan in Kendo history.

[PAVN]

This would have actually been the 30s if it's before WWII.

[lordtains]

It is like with real swords. One hit and you're dead. During their long(very long) wait they tried to read their opponent. Read their minds.

If you make a move, the opponent will probably find a way to counter it. They had to find a move that had perfect speed and timing cause they were putting their entire life behind that one move.

[wakerofwind88]

@lordtains the problem is that real swords aren't made of wood and would'nt be as fast... and i don't think it's mind reading... but rather to make the opponent nervous and unconcentrated. as you can see the head attack took the right one completey by surprise, there was no defensive action

[joemanflyerepic]

@wakerofwind88 you dont know what your talking about so stfu

[wakerofwind88]

@joemanflyerepic i do know what i'm talking about because i train swordfighting myself and i do shotokan karate. so i guess u should be the one to "stfu"

[joemanflyerepic]

@wakerofwind88

u dont know what your talking about still. You can be the grand swordmaster of the world you still dont know what the your talking about.

[wakerofwind88]

@joemanflyerepic yeah ok... makes no sense little trollibob

[A1HitterQuitter]

@wakerofwind88 its the rhythm of your soul if you are preoccupied about keeping your head then your dead. if your preoccupied of letting the opponent think of keeping his head hes dead. kendo is the art of no comprehension

[RogueChinchilla]

@lordtains yeah at first I approached this video with too much of an action oriented perspective. I was disappointed that "nothing much" went on. I imagined putting myself in that scenario and doing flashy things or how i'd make a vicious counterattack. But I realized that this how you get killed; creating an opening for the other to utilize. I realized the movements were so small and calculated because they weren't wasting anything. you're absolutely right!

[satoribox]

I cried by seeing this! (wimp!!!)

He's the perfect example of a human being!

He's living Budo!

Zanshin and Fudoshin became human qualities!

This is one of the best videos I've ever seen.

I pratice Aikido, but I respect every Gendai Budo.

[Ishiku]

Hate to break it to you but Aikido is also Gendai.

[satoribox]

I was trying to say that I respect "every other" Gendai Budo.

Thank you for your effort.

[ivicazdravkovic]

in Japan there is actually NO gendai and Koryu division, hey don't make the difference that much at all...

[aikidoryugent]

@satoribox i must be a wimp to,this is perfect kendo.the sports feeling is completely non excisting here.

[motolorax]

yes, the apparent level of awareness and control looks fantastic, and so relaxed. So different to competition shiai, inspiring, thanks for up loading.

[dervish108]

great seme ... I wonder what it would be like to feel it from the business end of a shinai?

[FredDude27]

Fear and terror. ;)

[rclarked]

i think a feeling of great privilege . great example of patience