Pretty sure that most people who think this is funny would poop their pants if someone with a 42" sword came running at them screaming like this fully intent upon cutting them down.
This is a demo, a snapshot of their methodologies. It is very formalized and rigid during a demo, also movements are sometimes made bigger or even changed to allow observers to see certain things...and not see others.
The Jigen Ryu was well represented on front lines with the Satsuma clan, who were feared.
As silly as Jigen ryu looks, imagine someone who trains by bashing full-force into a solid object for hours at a time. Now try to imagine parrying or deflecting that person's attack. Jigen ryu argues that the first hit is the most important. Damn hard to fight someone who breaks your arm when you try to deflect their attack.
@FatherLucho Very true. If I remember rightly, the Tokugawa shogunate released a warning to make sure that you always avoid the first strike from one of these guys, dont try to parry.
I would probably respond by dodging and trying to pick away at them with quick, small cuts (more like a western fencer than a Japanese swordsman to be honest). though, if they has a legitimate nodachi, I'd be a sitting tatami mat =P
Apparently Jigen-ryu's main idea is that the first strike should be enough and that a second strike is not even supposed to be considered. I think this is a practice demonstration more than a technique demonstration. Probably. But yes, the way Jigen-ryu is practiced can seem pretty hilarious even to someone interested in koryu like me.
@AllasterMg The area of Koryu (very old swordsmanship) is full of fairly abstract and unique schooling like this. Take the breathing of Jikishin kage-ryu for example.
believe me or not, this actually is a very strong technique. it is unblockable, due to the sheer force of the first strike which carries all the weight of the body and the force of the charge.
blind faith with sword fighting is kind of required these days...dont know too many with actual experience...nor would I...if you do a sword art purely for the hope you will one day be in a real fight then good luck to you..even kendo is sport and all the better for it...if you want "real" then hang around a bad part of town and if your lucky some nutter may come at you with a machete. then you may wish you had spent years doing some simple move until it became instinctive like they do
hahahahahaha you guys sayin that is stupid..... i bet my right hand sayin that you wouldnt survive a match against one of them. That is a satsuma style.....
anyone who finds this "amusing" has never done a sword base art otherwise they would get it........ignorance abounds if you think this form is not a real art
@Haartian its only one way of training,they have an extensive range of techniques and not just to cut through naginatas,look at other posts and you will find a little about a rather old school in kenjutsu......
I have searched long and deep into the delves of YouTube, yet have found no video of these people sparring; I have traversed the ominous depths of Google and came by no mention of them learning to fight, instead of just beating sticks with sticks.
As much as I value 'dry', purely technical training, a martial art without contact sparring is just a sophisticated form of dance.
And thus, it is bereft of its point - the *martial* part.
What I mean, is that their techniques don't look plausible. They lack proving, verification; they are based upon blind faith in the teachings of the previous masters.
I believe this school looked a lot different back in the times when it was actually applied in combat. I can even imagine, how those moves could be deadly, if they were modified just a little.
It is not people who made themselves ignorant, but those who did research that went down in the history of martial arts.
@Haartian well ive done Kendo for nearly 25 years and i think these guys know a thing or two,even without "sparring"...and as for t he comment about no joy..which Christmas cracker did you get that out of..and did it never occur that many of these schools never did "sparring" on the basis it could never be real enough...they trained hard repetitively to instil instinctive cutting skills with simple kata and raising the spirit in a way sparring cant..but i bow to your knowledge over theirs
Respond to this video... they don't look plausible...how many real swords fights have you been in.....no somersaults or spinning swords but i bet they would beat most in a real fight simply by having trained in walking in and delivering one powerful cut again and again when most over modern "samurai" would be bricking themselves once they realise this is for real....i would....
You are actually right about the "having trained walking in and delivering a blow" part; such a rush can often win fights that would not be winnable otherwise. So aye, that is a useful thing to train.
Still, combat skills, combat reliability cannot be achieved without sparring. Without making your body familiar with a situation where your oponnent does unpredictable things. I know not a single MA master who claims that you can learn to fight through kata alone.
@Haartian how the hell do you get combat reliability in kenjutsu...i do kendo and it doesnt offer that...what school do you go to?and most sensei in most trad arts in Japan would disagree about the need to spar in an art where it cant be done for real...hence why they created kata
I thought the British had somewhat higher (as in: not so lowly) sense of humour. ;)
I do not train kenjutsu anymore; I train western martial arts. I did katori shinto ryu when I was a boy. Later, I fell in love with the european longsword. I believe it is a tool for combat superior to katana.
UK humour is firmly tongue incheek and never too harsh i hope...i see your video and okay i admit their is skill and we have similar schools in scotland that i have observed....but believe me those guys do more than bang sticks,they would take a sword and fight anyone with a degree of skill and commitment....try removing the headgaurd and use a stick and hit fully...dont pull anything....then you see why train the way they do..go to japan and watch them,its not that easy,they know their stuff
I've never claimed that they cannot hit hard - of course they can, it seems to be the core of their teachings. It's just that fighting is something far more complex than just hitting hard.
I know what fullforce stick blows feel like, I've been doing our national pastime known as "historical reenactment" for a time. Basically, it means two people in full armor hitting each other with full force till one yields. Sparring is the same, just without armor. Luckily, I never got headshot.
@Haartian exactly...all these guys do is train hard...nothing else....no wasted time sparring in an art they feel they cant replicate in a sport version....and they hva loads of kata and training methods that teach skill,stamina and a stoicism that sport cant.....now if they were boxers we can agree you need to spar as that does replicate that art!
Sparring is never a waste of time. The rules by which human body works remain the same, no matter what art we speak about: a human learns faster by direct, practical means (learning combat by sparring) than indirect, abstract or theoretical means (learning combat through set sequences of movement).
Why would soldiers train in drill operations on a regular basis if that wasn't true? If they could just, like the guys above, bash some sticks till "it becomes instinctive"...?
That is because, no kata will prepare you for a fight. You don't know how your body will react under an adrenaline rush, under circumstances that you have not familiarized it with. That is precisely the reason, why sparring will always be superior to kata - because it gives you at least a little peek at how combat may look.
Of course no amount of training will truly prepare one for a real-life situation, I guess we do agree on that.
@Haartian There is no choosing between kata and sparring because none exists without the other. Kata is strict and slow to help study the stance, movement, footwork, body-mind coordination, blade angle and the feel of a real sword (or as close as it gets to it). Sparring helps you put all the studying to practice under pressure in form of an opponent. Under stress and speed you can't have the clarity of mind to notice all the details kata manages to bring out.
The no dachi is not your normal katana. It's a much bigger and longer sword, the idea here is not slashing your opponent in graceful fencing, the concept here is to fiercely charge towards your enemy with the intention of splitting him in half from head to feet. There are different forms of art in fighting.
@TubersAndPotatoes do you mean head to groin idiot... by the way your the dumbest thing to be brought to this earth since the invention of nut ball how does that make you feel? i dont even know you and i hate you good job ass...now go take some sleeping pills whilst drinking a copious amount of alcohol
If you only take one serious look at what they are doing, you might understand that they probably are practicing cutting strength by screaming out all of their power in one blow, and before you troll this video, imagine fighting one of these guys and he is holding a four feet long Nodachi katana, you would get cleaved from head to toe through your own sword (armour or no armour doesn't matter), make sense of their screaming now? good
haaayz i am tired of this American and British people alike who doesn't have respect,if you want to see Samurai battles don't watch this,learning any sword skill is an art for the Japanese i respect them and if you think this is garbage if ever there is an time machine please go back to the era of Sengoku Jidai and see how they train and say it to them that this is garbage (they are gonna fucking decapitate you in a seconds)
They won't chop your head off if you have an shotgun in your hand, just saying.
I try to take this seriously, but really, whats more funny than seeing a bunch of japanese scream and hit a bunch of branches? Maybe if they leave out screaming, they be taken more seriously
@DikkeAnjer you know what if you doubt it and think its funny,challenge them and once they charge you will see what they mean this tactics is being feared by all warriors during the Senguko Era,1 charge and you can't stop it whatever you do.
Jigen-ryu is a tremendous technique when perfected. To most people It looks quite silly but what you're seeing here are just practice drills...When used decisively in battle It's nearly unstoppable, killing a man with one stroke like some perfectly timed hydraulic machine, a feat that should be nearly impossible considering how hard it is to kill a man with any weapon. All the greatest samurai and warriors of Japan were trained in Jigen including the infamous Izo Okada.
A demonstration of drills, what else. The wood beating is another form of suburi - body conditioning. That stick, that they use instead of nodachi is actually really heavy. An average person would be able to lift and strike with it a few times in a row, possibly 2-3 and relatively slowly. Here we see them doing it with full force - the nodachi was used to bring an opponent down from horse - explains the power of the strike. This demonstration is actually hardcore, not everyone is able to see it.
But i can bet hald the people that don't see what the trainings for couldn't swing a long that ways 3-4 times more than a suburi bokken that fast and absorb the impact in the arms without any tendon damage
This is true battlefield kenjutsu..the techniques and training methods have been around for hundreds of years..in real battles ..not in stylistic Iaido katas of today...you start practice by 1000 cuts...let me see how many today can cut 1000 times non stop with heavy bokken?
Jigen-ryū is one of the oldest martial arts still existing today. It dates back to the mid 1500's and it was also used to train soldiers for combat.
So while it looks like a bunch of guys howling and hitting sticks, imagine an entire formation of soldiers with swords charging at your ranks.
Not exactly the most graceful of martial arts, but practical for its time. They don't even consider 'second hits', which is why the do giant swings to the ground. The first hit should be fatal.
This style is supposed to be a 1 hit and 1 kill style.... so that's y they do this to enhance their swinging and spirit... they try to kill their opponents in 1 hit...
looks retarded
hawnkblade 2 days ago
jhahahahha
krzyweplecy 4 days ago
:D
zmo25 2 weeks ago
screaming isnt going to make your hits any harder its just annoying -_-
barret1able 1 month ago
@barret1able Screaming makes all strikes harder, faster, stronger lol. Japan 101 dude
HelixEthie 5 days ago
should have held the Nodachi stick one handed, would have won.
A1234567890J1 1 month ago
r they stupid or what?? or just simply retard??
dockkheren 1 month ago
я так понял, главное - это быть палкой по земле и кричать "ня"
Abelyarli 2 months ago
Ahh,they smashed that fine floor with heavy sticks .The owner wont be so happy XD
hoozentroger 2 months ago in playlist Koryu - Old school martial arts.
the first one says nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan
MultiFirespark 2 months ago 4
@MultiFirespark Like this /watch?v=QH2-TGUlwu4 ????
KendoWorld 2 months ago
do they use the nodachi sword?
sungyoproh 2 months ago
@sungyoproh As far as I know a shinken isnt used as part of their training syllabus if thats what you are asking?
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KendoWorld 2 months ago
I dont get it. loooool
JOlliBEE143xD 2 months ago
why do they do that?
sungyoproh 2 months ago
@sungyoproh They dont like sticks :)
KendoWorld 2 months ago 4
Pretty sure that most people who think this is funny would poop their pants if someone with a 42" sword came running at them screaming like this fully intent upon cutting them down.
This is a demo, a snapshot of their methodologies. It is very formalized and rigid during a demo, also movements are sometimes made bigger or even changed to allow observers to see certain things...and not see others.
The Jigen Ryu was well represented on front lines with the Satsuma clan, who were feared.
Iaazathoth 2 months ago
@Iaazathoth sorry I also know how to hold a sword. hehe. just joking only
sungyoproh 2 months ago
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@Iaazathoth sorry I also know how to hold a sword. hehe. joking only
sungyoproh 2 months ago
Hahahahahha, what is this? x) No disrespect but i really laughed :P
DGHProductions 2 months ago
Does Jigen-ryu cover more then just that weapon? Or is Jigen-ryu strictly the art for just the Nodachi alone..?
Kansutachi 2 months ago
@Kansutachi Only Nodachi :)
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KendoWorld 2 months ago
@KendoWorld Okay thanks, that's what I thought, I take Taijutsu :)
Kansutachi 2 months ago
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Galero15 3 months ago
2:20 prepare to die by glasses wearing old man with a stick...
seedotghost 3 months ago in playlist Liked videos
All the respect for the art. But giggling is unavoidable. XD
okix25 3 months ago
they didn't get that those are batons, not swords so they can't cut those woods
fenotipobombay 3 months ago
As silly as Jigen ryu looks, imagine someone who trains by bashing full-force into a solid object for hours at a time. Now try to imagine parrying or deflecting that person's attack. Jigen ryu argues that the first hit is the most important. Damn hard to fight someone who breaks your arm when you try to deflect their attack.
FatherLucho 4 months ago 7
@FatherLucho Very true. If I remember rightly, the Tokugawa shogunate released a warning to make sure that you always avoid the first strike from one of these guys, dont try to parry.
KendoWorld 3 months ago
@FatherLucho
I would probably respond by dodging and trying to pick away at them with quick, small cuts (more like a western fencer than a Japanese swordsman to be honest). though, if they has a legitimate nodachi, I'd be a sitting tatami mat =P
raigekimaru 3 months ago
Apparently Jigen-ryu's main idea is that the first strike should be enough and that a second strike is not even supposed to be considered. I think this is a practice demonstration more than a technique demonstration. Probably. But yes, the way Jigen-ryu is practiced can seem pretty hilarious even to someone interested in koryu like me.
angelsoulblade 4 months ago
WTF???
AllasterMg 4 months ago 2
@AllasterMg The area of Koryu (very old swordsmanship) is full of fairly abstract and unique schooling like this. Take the breathing of Jikishin kage-ryu for example.
KendoWorld 4 months ago
@KendoWorld What is the breathing of Jikishin kage-ryu like? Is there a video of it somewhere?
angelsoulblade 4 months ago
@angelsoulblade Sorry I only just realised there is almost no content of proper Jikishin on youtube...
If you are interested, we could produce some video of it and explanations of its philosophy etc. in future?
We are looking to release new and original content soon so this could work well, let me know your thoughts.
KendoWorld 4 months ago
Jigen-ryu looks strange but whoa ... what a way to blast away stress D:
Priest105 4 months ago
...it's the country of the samurai after all...
SakuraChan14 4 months ago
Trololololol that made me laugh
H1TMAN930927 5 months ago
wtf is this?
420Rokn 5 months ago
They are dam retarded, but i admit, they could kick my ass anytime...
runingwolflexan 5 months ago
believe me or not, this actually is a very strong technique. it is unblockable, due to the sheer force of the first strike which carries all the weight of the body and the force of the charge.
BAKALOID02 5 months ago 2
WTF?
weaponsdrawn 5 months ago
I'm confused... what are they doing?
TheBicyclingman 6 months ago
@TheBicyclingman japanese masturbation practice?
quezcatol 6 months ago
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the japanese should be ashamed
navyteccs 6 months ago
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajakakakakakakakakakakakakakakkkakakakakakaheheheheheheheheheheheheheheeheheheeheheheheheeheheheheheehehehhohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohoohohohohohohhhahahahahaahahahahahahahahahahahahahhhahaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahgahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahha lol
navyteccs 6 months ago
I'm so sorry. I couldn't help but to laugh.
EToastE 6 months ago 9
@EToastE Me too. I felt sorry for that bundle of sticks.
Tiwaking 1 month ago
the best one is the old bald! XDDDDDDDDDDDD
Victorio667553 6 months ago
from 0:43 to 0:54 I just couldn't stop laughing
it just looked like a spoilt kid screaming about something he didn't get and to let out his frustration he smacks the sticks with a stick xD
Victorio667553 6 months ago 2
It may look strange, but it works. And that's all that matters.
It's like BJJ and wrestling. They look ridiculous to the untrained person. Like a hug-fest to some.
But I would say a BJJ black belt beats anyone specialized in those fancy moves you look in films that didn't train grappling.
lockedesu 7 months ago
this is hilarious XDD
Kaiserzel 7 months ago
eat lead, sucker!
wubs23 7 months ago
This is how they chop firewood in Asia.
evilagram 7 months ago
......I do not get this. like at all. the hell are they doing?
mager56723 7 months ago
stress reliever
chenxiaozhu123456789 7 months ago
Can someone explain to me what this is good for?
micolo123 7 months ago 3
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lockedesu 7 months ago
@micolo123 To defeat other guys in a sword fight, I would suppose.
lockedesu 7 months ago
@lockedesu or kill them with pure embarrassment :P
micolo123 7 months ago
They sure are angry on those sticks, they are...
YuriPRIME 8 months ago
blind faith with sword fighting is kind of required these days...dont know too many with actual experience...nor would I...if you do a sword art purely for the hope you will one day be in a real fight then good luck to you..even kendo is sport and all the better for it...if you want "real" then hang around a bad part of town and if your lucky some nutter may come at you with a machete. then you may wish you had spent years doing some simple move until it became instinctive like they do
greyzorro1 8 months ago
Soporifique
Michel301168 8 months ago
hahahahahaha you guys sayin that is stupid..... i bet my right hand sayin that you wouldnt survive a match against one of them. That is a satsuma style.....
OOFUJISAN 8 months ago
is it bad that i lol so hard at this?
rbrtchng 9 months ago
@rbrtchng nope, i love kendo, but i just pissed my pants from laughing xD
jabba969 8 months ago
tree huggers worst nightmare
PARASK8R 9 months ago
Im a Black Belt at hitting wood.
mch158 10 months ago 3
anyone who finds this "amusing" has never done a sword base art otherwise they would get it........ignorance abounds if you think this form is not a real art
greyzorro1 10 months ago
@greyzorro1
I think it is terribly limited, since it consists of only one technique, allegedly supposed to cut through naginatas.
Haartian 8 months ago
@Haartian its only one way of training,they have an extensive range of techniques and not just to cut through naginatas,look at other posts and you will find a little about a rather old school in kenjutsu......
greyzorro1 8 months ago
@greyzorro1
I have searched long and deep into the delves of YouTube, yet have found no video of these people sparring; I have traversed the ominous depths of Google and came by no mention of them learning to fight, instead of just beating sticks with sticks.
As much as I value 'dry', purely technical training, a martial art without contact sparring is just a sophisticated form of dance.
And thus, it is bereft of its point - the *martial* part.
Haartian 8 months ago
@greyzorro1
What I mean, is that their techniques don't look plausible. They lack proving, verification; they are based upon blind faith in the teachings of the previous masters.
I believe this school looked a lot different back in the times when it was actually applied in combat. I can even imagine, how those moves could be deadly, if they were modified just a little.
It is not people who made themselves ignorant, but those who did research that went down in the history of martial arts.
Haartian 8 months ago
@Haartian well ive done Kendo for nearly 25 years and i think these guys know a thing or two,even without "sparring"...and as for t he comment about no joy..which Christmas cracker did you get that out of..and did it never occur that many of these schools never did "sparring" on the basis it could never be real enough...they trained hard repetitively to instil instinctive cutting skills with simple kata and raising the spirit in a way sparring cant..but i bow to your knowledge over theirs
greyzorro1 8 months ago
Respond to this video... they don't look plausible...how many real swords fights have you been in.....no somersaults or spinning swords but i bet they would beat most in a real fight simply by having trained in walking in and delivering one powerful cut again and again when most over modern "samurai" would be bricking themselves once they realise this is for real....i would....
greyzorro1 8 months ago
@greyzorro1
You are actually right about the "having trained walking in and delivering a blow" part; such a rush can often win fights that would not be winnable otherwise. So aye, that is a useful thing to train.
Still, combat skills, combat reliability cannot be achieved without sparring. Without making your body familiar with a situation where your oponnent does unpredictable things. I know not a single MA master who claims that you can learn to fight through kata alone.
Haartian 8 months ago
@Haartian how the hell do you get combat reliability in kenjutsu...i do kendo and it doesnt offer that...what school do you go to?and most sensei in most trad arts in Japan would disagree about the need to spar in an art where it cant be done for real...hence why they created kata
greyzorro1 8 months ago
@greyzorro1
As for my sword or real-life experiences, you wouldn't believe my words alone anyway. A video response is a good idea; I'll consider making one.
As for the "Christmas cracker" part, I won't even bother to answer.
Haartian 8 months ago
@Haartian whats wrong with the christmas cracker line..i thought that was quite funny...you did say no joy.... no master.......
greyzorro1 8 months ago
@greyzorro1
I thought the British had somewhat higher (as in: not so lowly) sense of humour. ;)
I do not train kenjutsu anymore; I train western martial arts. I did katori shinto ryu when I was a boy. Later, I fell in love with the european longsword. I believe it is a tool for combat superior to katana.
Haartian 8 months ago
UK humour is firmly tongue incheek and never too harsh i hope...i see your video and okay i admit their is skill and we have similar schools in scotland that i have observed....but believe me those guys do more than bang sticks,they would take a sword and fight anyone with a degree of skill and commitment....try removing the headgaurd and use a stick and hit fully...dont pull anything....then you see why train the way they do..go to japan and watch them,its not that easy,they know their stuff
greyzorro1 8 months ago
@greyzorro1
I've never claimed that they cannot hit hard - of course they can, it seems to be the core of their teachings. It's just that fighting is something far more complex than just hitting hard.
I know what fullforce stick blows feel like, I've been doing our national pastime known as "historical reenactment" for a time. Basically, it means two people in full armor hitting each other with full force till one yields. Sparring is the same, just without armor. Luckily, I never got headshot.
Haartian 8 months ago
Oh, and I share your disdain for people who want to just play samurai instead of training hard.
Haartian 8 months ago
@Haartian exactly...all these guys do is train hard...nothing else....no wasted time sparring in an art they feel they cant replicate in a sport version....and they hva loads of kata and training methods that teach skill,stamina and a stoicism that sport cant.....now if they were boxers we can agree you need to spar as that does replicate that art!
greyzorro1 8 months ago
@greyzorro1
Sparring is never a waste of time. The rules by which human body works remain the same, no matter what art we speak about: a human learns faster by direct, practical means (learning combat by sparring) than indirect, abstract or theoretical means (learning combat through set sequences of movement).
Why would soldiers train in drill operations on a regular basis if that wasn't true? If they could just, like the guys above, bash some sticks till "it becomes instinctive"...?
Haartian 8 months ago
@Haartian
That is because, no kata will prepare you for a fight. You don't know how your body will react under an adrenaline rush, under circumstances that you have not familiarized it with. That is precisely the reason, why sparring will always be superior to kata - because it gives you at least a little peek at how combat may look.
Of course no amount of training will truly prepare one for a real-life situation, I guess we do agree on that.
Haartian 8 months ago
@Haartian There is no choosing between kata and sparring because none exists without the other. Kata is strict and slow to help study the stance, movement, footwork, body-mind coordination, blade angle and the feel of a real sword (or as close as it gets to it). Sparring helps you put all the studying to practice under pressure in form of an opponent. Under stress and speed you can't have the clarity of mind to notice all the details kata manages to bring out.
sublimestyle21 7 months ago
@Haartian Katas improve form, they never meant to replace sparring.
GoGoVengo 4 months ago
@greyzorro1
And yes, I have trained sword-based arts and still find this amusing.
Haartian 8 months ago
@Haartian then you haven't trained enough if this is amusing rather than inspiring
greyzorro1 8 months ago
@greyzorro1
Training that takes away your sense of humour is not training, it's making yourself ignorant; a man who knows no joy will never be a true master.
Haartian 8 months ago
The no dachi is not your normal katana. It's a much bigger and longer sword, the idea here is not slashing your opponent in graceful fencing, the concept here is to fiercely charge towards your enemy with the intention of splitting him in half from head to feet. There are different forms of art in fighting.
TubersAndPotatoes 10 months ago
@TubersAndPotatoes do you mean head to groin idiot... by the way your the dumbest thing to be brought to this earth since the invention of nut ball how does that make you feel? i dont even know you and i hate you good job ass...now go take some sleeping pills whilst drinking a copious amount of alcohol
oreyukiryu 9 months ago
they wear nicer clothes than most other tribes. from what i see onteh discovery channel.
maxgunn555 10 months ago
Are ridiculous lol
JJKD91 10 months ago
hahaha, what is this? XDD
JJKD91 10 months ago
rofl wtf r these noobs doing in america we use a chainsaw
ribzifixxion 10 months ago 3
@ribzifixxion Troller.
jung567 10 months ago
I'm down with budo having odd training exercises but this takes the cake.
Locothrope 10 months ago
If you only take one serious look at what they are doing, you might understand that they probably are practicing cutting strength by screaming out all of their power in one blow, and before you troll this video, imagine fighting one of these guys and he is holding a four feet long Nodachi katana, you would get cleaved from head to toe through your own sword (armour or no armour doesn't matter), make sense of their screaming now? good
MrSNULVIN 10 months ago
Bunch of kids that cant respect the traditions of japanese martial arts.
worderr 10 months ago
@worderr
very true, Nuff' said.
MrSNULVIN 10 months ago
"YEEEEEAHHHHH YEAHHH YEAHHHHH. YEAAAH YEAHHHH YEAH!"
magnetjam 10 months ago 3
If you know one cut perfectly, the man who knows a whole book of cuts imperfectly will not defeat you.
p1t1o 10 months ago
this is the first hit when i searched "kendo retard"...
chuck8726 11 months ago 34
@chuck8726 I always defend asians when it's about culture things but
I agree with the fact that it's stupid haha
TheWesker22 10 months ago
@chuck8726 Sorry, tags have been fixed. XD jks
KendoWorld 4 months ago
Eiiegh*smack*iieegh*smack*iieegh*smack*! Iiiiegh*smack*iiegh*smack*iiiegh*smack*! Iiieegh*smack*iiegh*smack*iiiegh! Iiioow*smack*oooooooohghghghghg!
dusthillguy 11 months ago 2
Keep bowing.
Kulmataklaus 11 months ago
lol siily japs.
rahulpower 11 months ago
Looks like they are practicing ther Nerdrage skills
rometotalwarftw 11 months ago
Suicide bomber: I wanna join in!
ALALALALALAZLALALALASLLAALALALALALAL *KABOOM*
yshabash 11 months ago
it looks silly to an outsider, but being attacked with a sword of that size and weight with that much power and control would cleave you in two.
Turicus 11 months ago
@Turicus i could tell, their battlecry makes me wanna bleed from the ears jsut through the video
narutolover101 11 months ago
lol
Soviless99 11 months ago
Man! This is intense and real! Only perfect idiots and genuine nincompoops can laugh at this…
jhamelaa 11 months ago
These battle cries will scatter armies.
lordofyesteryear 11 months ago
haaayz i am tired of this American and British people alike who doesn't have respect,if you want to see Samurai battles don't watch this,learning any sword skill is an art for the Japanese i respect them and if you think this is garbage if ever there is an time machine please go back to the era of Sengoku Jidai and see how they train and say it to them that this is garbage (they are gonna fucking decapitate you in a seconds)
luftwaffe789456123 11 months ago
@luftwaffe789456123
They won't chop your head off if you have an shotgun in your hand, just saying.
I try to take this seriously, but really, whats more funny than seeing a bunch of japanese scream and hit a bunch of branches? Maybe if they leave out screaming, they be taken more seriously
DikkeAnjer 11 months ago
@DikkeAnjer you know what if you doubt it and think its funny,challenge them and once they charge you will see what they mean this tactics is being feared by all warriors during the Senguko Era,1 charge and you can't stop it whatever you do.
luftwaffe789456123 11 months ago
@DikkeAnjer
Sure, and your shotgun would be useless if I was in an Apache gunship, just sayin.
Perhaps they don't care about people who cant take them seriously?
p1t1o 10 months ago
watch?v=ii7QiFXJqns
JigenRyu1 11 months ago
Umm, nice sticks, but I'd rather see them cut stuff with the titicular sword.
PureZOOKS 11 months ago
Looks like a real good way to strengthen your suburi.
By the way, the way they hold the sword high, kinda like hasso but higher.
Is that a certain type of kamae? (Tombo no kamae was it?)
Priest105 11 months ago
Looks like a real good way to strengthen your suburi.
Priest105 11 months ago
as a half japanese im ashamed....
even though there is nothing to be ashamed of
gatorback65678 11 months ago
Eat my Zornhau.
Haartian 1 year ago 9
I like the part when they scream
570y3n 1 year ago
Jigen-ryu is a tremendous technique when perfected. To most people It looks quite silly but what you're seeing here are just practice drills...When used decisively in battle It's nearly unstoppable, killing a man with one stroke like some perfectly timed hydraulic machine, a feat that should be nearly impossible considering how hard it is to kill a man with any weapon. All the greatest samurai and warriors of Japan were trained in Jigen including the infamous Izo Okada.
Show some respect kids.
fossegrimen13 1 year ago
this is some serious shit man
TheoGhostify 1 year ago
A demonstration of drills, what else. The wood beating is another form of suburi - body conditioning. That stick, that they use instead of nodachi is actually really heavy. An average person would be able to lift and strike with it a few times in a row, possibly 2-3 and relatively slowly. Here we see them doing it with full force - the nodachi was used to bring an opponent down from horse - explains the power of the strike. This demonstration is actually hardcore, not everyone is able to see it.
VladPayne 1 year ago
I thought the guy at 2:25 was gonna do some outlandish shit, but naw :(
AClarkCabair 1 year ago
Yep. They beat their wood pretty well.
Physhi 1 year ago 2
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion.
But i can bet hald the people that don't see what the trainings for couldn't swing a long that ways 3-4 times more than a suburi bokken that fast and absorb the impact in the arms without any tendon damage
MusoJikidenEishinRyu 1 year ago
They're beating their wood, if you get what I mean.
dusthillguy 1 year ago 3
Hilarious
RAMPKORV 1 year ago
Gotta agree with Herc. To an outside it looks fucking hilarious. AAAEEAAAEEAAAEEAAEEE
I know any one of those guys could kick my ass, but damn it looks silly.
eatersthemanfool 1 year ago
poor sticks!!!!!
Illidari1221 1 year ago
Destroying the Budokan's nice floor....
Aikidopoi 1 year ago
Haters gonna hate. Watch from 4:00 to see what that used for.
newtubetubetube 1 year ago
This is true battlefield kenjutsu..the techniques and training methods have been around for hundreds of years..in real battles ..not in stylistic Iaido katas of today...you start practice by 1000 cuts...let me see how many today can cut 1000 times non stop with heavy bokken?
Dojocho 1 year ago
they are hitting a damn stick with another damn stick. WHAT THE FUCK?
azreal289 1 year ago
this must be the "Special" Olympics of japan
catra195 1 year ago 2
what the hell is this garbage,
cycrone 1 year ago
@cycrone It's real stuff... i know... trust me... the samurai police in the old days were scared shitless of people who knew this style...
mikeymarshful 1 year ago
Jigen-ryū is one of the oldest martial arts still existing today. It dates back to the mid 1500's and it was also used to train soldiers for combat.
So while it looks like a bunch of guys howling and hitting sticks, imagine an entire formation of soldiers with swords charging at your ranks.
Not exactly the most graceful of martial arts, but practical for its time. They don't even consider 'second hits', which is why the do giant swings to the ground. The first hit should be fatal.
NeinWunOne 1 year ago
@NeinWunOne Because evasion never happens.
voodooKobra 1 year ago
keep up the good work!!!
DonRubinjo 1 year ago
Wow- I can see why they have such high walls for the audience- I mean, if those sticks get loose- what a nightmare!
rowanshole 1 year ago
thats right that pile of sticks aint talking shit no more!
LoMo420 1 year ago 18
dude wtf is this.
waddupnoob 1 year ago
Do you need a saw?
waloopyman 1 year ago 4
That is... uh... interesting Kiai...
Aikidopoi 1 year ago
how can they hit anything if they dont even open their eyes?
slayergut 1 year ago
yea fuck those sticks !
Tenshihou 1 year ago
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@Tenshihou in my opinion Comment of the Year 2010. "yea fuck those sticks !"
enkkidu 1 year ago
i wouldnt wanna fight the man at 3.40
FraterAeternus93 1 year ago
dude what the fuck ?
is this a comedy show ?
Shetyre 1 year ago
This is the real deal. The Jigen-ryu train hard. Their cutting mechanic is really quite technical and different from any other JSA I'm aware of.
Kunstdesfechtens 1 year ago
listen to all the people in the audience trying not to laugh...
seriuosly, put on headphones and listen lol
northeasteg6 1 year ago
3:32.. i think he's about to laugh at himself xD
iPrince92 1 year ago
im sorry.. i couldnt watch it seriously.. i keep breaking into laughter..
iPrince92 1 year ago
strange but interesting.
juxtapoz98 1 year ago
haha that yelling was funny as fuck
vitasG99 1 year ago
This style is supposed to be a 1 hit and 1 kill style.... so that's y they do this to enhance their swinging and spirit... they try to kill their opponents in 1 hit...
jung567 1 year ago
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IaidoPeople 1 year ago 2
Dems is some crazy ninjas
DBelement 1 year ago
D FUCK IS DIS?
PhatProductinz 1 year ago
what did those Sticks do to deserve that ?!
belicula 1 year ago 4
whats happening o.o
xxMEATSWORDxx 1 year ago
I was about to laugh, but then i felt scared... very scared
365fg 1 year ago