Hyoho Niten Ichi Ryu on History Channel - Part 1 - Tameshigiri

[gamblemadman]

"Imagine this being tissue... muscle... bone... blood .."

Let him just stick to the rolls of straw you psycho ... lol.

[lovefunbeer]

it takes no skill to cut that with that blade that sharp!!!!! man i have done it with a broad sword non sharpen jijiji dont give in to what this guy says bros!!!!

[VladiSSius]

@lovefunbeer wow cool story bro!

[FerJH2]

先制 せんせい preempt; head-start (of several runs) (baseball)-

先生 せんせい 1: teacher; master; doctor; (Suffix)

2: with names of teachers, etc. as an honorific

[mightydagon]

Most people have it all wrong. Sensei isnt the word for teacher. It has a translation closer to "one who has gone before". I don't know what the exact word for teacher is, but sensei is more an honorific for a a person who has obtained a certain level of mastery or experience with a given subject/skill. You can address someone who isn't your teacher or anybody's teacher as sensei.

[Kurogasa55]

i could not have said it better myself

[23runner4]

@mightydagon

are you dwight schrute from the office?

please say yes :)

[SonofSunTzu]

@mightydagon - You got it right, and sensei are came from kanji of "sen" it meanings ahead or literally a way ahead and "sei" that had a meaning student. So in Japanese culture if you met someone who had experience a head (in some certain of skills subject or occupation) than yours, you can call him/her sensei. Because in their culture seniority is much respected than skill.Experienced are wisdom.

[MushashiMiyamotoSama]

@mightydagon Actually you are wrong, sensei, 先生 is the Japanese word for teacher. A Japanese high school teacher is 高校先生, koukou-sensei. It is incorrect to refer to yourself as sensei, it comes across as arrogant. In that case you use kyoushi, 教師. Yes, one reading of 先 is before or ahead and 生 could mean fresh or raw, and is the kanji in the word to be born, 生まれる umareru. But in Japanese it isn't lofty as you are making it out to be.

[MushashiMiyamotoSama]

@mightydagon The problem is that in the West people like to make Asia exotic, also without actually studying Japanese and communicating in the language, one can't understand how the language is used. A teacher used to be highly respected in the past, but these days in Japan, people don't give a teacher the same respect. Often martial artists tend to disconnect words, like sensei, from its present context.

[theanimegod]

When did this air? I though the day would never come when the history channel would do something about Musashi.

[Shibumi1979]

I think it was april or may this year.

I wonder if the show will be renewed.

[JacobEliRossSC]

What an incredible honor, most practicing swordsman would kill for the chance.

[Kunstdesfechtens]

With regards to cutting ability, it's an interaction of blade geometry and sharpness. Durability is also a factor. The sharper the blade, the more fragile the edge. Historical European medieval blades surviving from the time are sometimes VERY sharp, other times less so. It depends on what the individual user wanted to do. Some blades were sharpened most at the tip (nearly razor sharp), becoming blunter towards the crossguard.

[Eljapano]

no no no ;) the europeans often didnt even sharpening their blades. because you have to pang to interfuse a european armor, you couldnt even make him feeling if you would try to cut^^ samurai often fought just in kimono so they could use to cut. katanas are made of foulded steel(sry i dont know if foulded is the right word in here) so they are very strong and give a good condition to sharp the edge like a razor. its not a myth just take a look at tameshigiri no way with a broadsword

[DigitalityKnight]

@Eljapano folded steel is not better. The Japanese had to fold their steel because it was of such a low quality that folding it to create durability was a necessity. Especially when compared to European steel that was of a much higher raw quality.

[Eljapano]

@DigitalityKnight the way japanese blacksmiths fold steel is useful if you want to sharp the edge, the various level of the steel make the sharpness last longer. at least thats what I've heard about it...

[Nezeni]

Western broadswords and the katana are starkly different in their purpose. A samurai fought with armor made of small, steel or iron plates and tied together by leather laces, often, and sometimes bamboo. European knights wore thick, large plates of iron, and because of this the broadsword needed to be strong enough to withstand striking shields and armor again and again; it's the same reason why they were usually under three to five pounds, controversial to what many believe.

[agreyfox]

western swords cut through these straw bundles as well as Japanese swords...its a myth they were not as good as their Japanese counterparts....also Americans seem to make anything seem crass and soporific thus losing the aesthetic of Japanese arts!

[haha7755]

I really liked this video. Also I didn't know that the grandmaster of Hyoho Niten Ichi Ryu had to be called sensei all the time. Of course I wouldn't think of not doing so. If I were the U.S guy I would have bowed deeper than what he did.

[TimmonsCello]

"Sensei" is an honorific word that carries more connotations than the English word "teacher".  In Japan it's not uncommon for ordinary people to use the term "sensei" when addressing someone with a high degree of accomplishment or status, such as a doctor or a lawyer.

[etothedubl]

@haha7755

Yes, and not only bowing much deeper, but also (with most respect) properly return the sword BEFORE continuing with his narrative or whatsit.

[kendoka666]

thanx again mate