Mind Body & Kick Ass Moves Ninja Swords

[m0dster647]

ennit.

[ZZaiBoT2011]

The ninjas used so much more weapons than the samurais but i think the samurais was more better than the ninjas. ninja is a new word for the warriors the word before was "shinobi" = ninja

[luftwaffe789456123]

lol how do you expect to evade a No Dachi in a closed room...........and usually the No Dachi is not used indoors but only used in Open field battles.................i can really say that he can be the last living Ninja,who knows if he is an descendant of the Hattori Clan.

[MrDontstareitsrude]

he's not the last living ninja there is another grandmaster by the name of shoto tanemura

[Taud]

@MrDontstareitsrude i thot shoto said he only teaches jujutsu and claimed him and masaaki never learned ninpo and masaaki is a fake : P ?

[jadekayak01]

@MrDontstareitsrude

Ninja exist today in every country that has a military.They are usually called SAS,commandos,navy seals,spetnaz,mossad,or any other covert special forces unit.They train with any and every weapon of thiers and the "enemy",any style of unarmed and armed combat that works and any technological level from stoneage to high tech.They are usually nice guys if you meet them outside,but a little distant work and can blend in with the local population

[MrDontstareitsrude]

@jadekayak01 There not ninja's though.

[Arbolast]

@jadekayak01 well u sorta gotta a point after all ninja comes from the word ninjutsu which translate as the art of stealth thats why they called ninja cause they stuidy ninjutsu though doesnt mean they have to b any good lol

[FAUN99]

@MrDontstareitsrude yeah but he isnt the grandmaster masaaki is the 34th and official grandmaster

[randyroo2]

how the hell is rolling on the floor a legitimate defense to a samurai sword or any weapon? some things should be left in the movies

[KAZUSHIKIMINOUE]

British may speak English correctly, but I've never heard of a Sam-you-rye hahaha.

[IHateBarnett]

@KAZUSHIKIMINOUE That's what you ask a buddy in a cracker pub...don't worry, I'll wait

[Meteorman312]

should of learned aikido

[mst4nk]

wtf, when they showed that last replay of the comparison of dodge between that guy and hatsumi, that was mind blowing. SERIOUSLY WTF?

[sphoney]

@mst4nk Haha, I thought that too. I love how calm and minimalist the master is. It's almost like an animation of 'ninja dodging'. The other guy dodged the way I think I probably would unintentionally (and immediately before getting sliced through the guts).

[worderr]

2:24 wtf, not even a proper hit, disarming a samurai requires more than that.

[Peekingduck]

2:56 Why is the host guy moving forwards into the blow ?

[MrCommenterguy]

@Sconi71- LOL!

[Sconi71]

These moves will definitely help me when I run into those pesky Samurai that live down the block. Damn Them!!!

[KoriKitti]

LMAO!!! nice. xD I don't even have a block for the samurai to annoy me from. xDD M.O.N.

[IHateBarnett]

@Sconi71 Punk-ass samurai always fucking up a good day!

[jamnin94]

actully rather than "wat im doing is making a big movement where as dr. hatsumi is making a small one." it should be "the guy with the shinai is actully trying to hit me where as he has no intent on hitting dr. hatsumi, he just there to make him look good."

[Ieatbabyseals]

This is pretty legit

[gabbomushy]

can anyone tell me what his sword is?is it the zanbato (horse killing sword) or the ahan ma dao of china?

[80KungFu]

I am not against Taijutsu or the Ninjas in general. I think there are lots of great stuff in Taijutsu and that Ninjas are pretty cool! But still I have to point out that many things I have seen in Taijustu are very unpractical. If you like Taijutsu and if you study it then thats great but keep in mind to be critic, realistic and dont swallow all you learn without a question!

[Moviebro]

@80KungFu Taijutsu is in all martial arts. Taijutsu is moving your body as one.

[Taurus8763]

Where are those bloody Turtles...........

[Klaffveinz]

ninja's are the coolest. All black, cool boots or whatever they're called, ruthless, stealthy and assasins.

[lightningjackxxx]

i am not criticizing hatsumi. but please pay attention to the diffrence between the opponents move in 2:54 against the guy from kickass and against hatsumi. its not the same way the opponent moves against hatsumi. he is striking quickly and short on his shoulder. the move against hatsumi was from more distance,with a long step, he almost bends over at the end and stops. he doesnt bring the sword back to the primal position.that is not a demonstration of true skill, i think. a light taste of fake

[80KungFu]

Yes I totally agree with you! I have seen this problem in many martial arts, the strike is not delivered in a realistic way. It stops several inches from the target or they punch at the side, making it much easier to defend against. But that not how it happens in reality, in reality the assassin would not have strike hatsumi at the side like that. This makes the master look a little fake...

[StephenSLR]

If you look at the swordsman's move at 3:00 he does take a long lunge at Chris.

For most of it Chris was "offensive" and makes the mistake of moving into the sword's prime zone, the swordsman does not need to lunge at such close range. Hatsumi was being "defensive" and knows to keep his distance in order to make the swordsman lunge. Also keep in mind that they would've shot an hour of footage for a few seconds of actual TV time, editing to show only the best footage.

[chisacat]

sorry mate - meant give you the thumbs up for a great comment , I find this hatsumi character a bit flaky , if you want to see great swordsmanship check out Fumon Tanaka or Tetzuan Kuroda - these are world renowned japanese masters .

[DikkiSeamen]

those guys are samurai's, this dude's a full fledge ninja...so they have different styles...mate!

[femoman]

You'd be flaky too if you had been hard trained in ninjutsu by a teacher who didn't use warmups, for about 50 years.

But if you mean the way that he is striking slowly, that's for 2 reasons: 1, it's a practice, and 2, it's a real sword.

[lloveComedy]

OMG If he die then the ninja will be just a legend T_T

Please to all japanese people be his successor xD

[hirodagger]

he is the last one of a direct line..by blood he is of a ninja family, and has actual royal blood from the clan of his family

thats what they mean by last..

[Enjoisk8err]

veeox, com/live

[tkddiuryl]

that's a LONG katana.

[zenhkim]

[tkddiuryl] > that's a LONG katana.

The legendary swordsman Musashi (he of The Book of Five Rings) had a rival who was arguably not only Musashi's equal in skill, he also wielded a sword so long that it was nicknamed "The Drying Pole".

[gabbomushy]

is it zhan ma dao? or zanbato?

[mad0chesse]

yess tis about small movments and moving onlly slightly so that the enmy thinks he has striking you then you kick his ass =P ninjutsu for life i really wanna go meet him i go to ninjutsu and for 1000 pounds i could go to train with him =D

[Knightrox1337]

he's the last ninja..

[zenhkim]

[Knightrox1337] > he's the last ninja.

Specifically, Dr. Hatsumi is the last living *grandmaster* -- a title traditionally passed down within the family. He has trained many excellent students to become masters in their own right, such as Stephen K. Hayes (the first real American Ninja). Dr. Hatsumi broke with tradition to publicize ninjutsu and train non-Japanese students to ensure that the art of the ninja will never die out.

[TheKieranboy]

@zenhkim - Actually what he teaches is Bujinkan, it contains 8 samurai schools and one ninjutsu school, it does not contain the other ninjutsu schools as they are not relevant to learning martial arts, they contain, geography, disguise and other things of that nature, also the schools were not passed down by family he trained under takamatsu (not related), and takamatsu decided to give hatsumi the scrolls. also ninja is a word frowned upon as its hollywoods interpretation of these warriors

[darkfrenchy]

@Knightrox1337 agree !!! he's the last true no american ninja! the real one!

[dshrm]

@Knightrox1337 that just sounds soo cool

[Gneron2]

@Knightrox1337 no sir. ^^

[spilfster]

When did the turtles comes about then? :)

[GrimSolitude]

The sword disarming technique is a lot more impressive if you don't analyze what's going on. If you watch closely you can see that Dr. Hatsumi stands a good deal away, while Chris is very close and far too aggressive, and gets hit over and over. This simple approach makes one thing seemingly impossible very easy.

[ILOVESPEED25]

That is NOT a regular Katana! It is a nodachi! Hatsumi seems to enjoy it, haha.

[crashoverride1345]

no 1 cares and he never sed it was a regular Katana

[brazil5784]

to see the sword coming and then get out of the way would be too late so what hatsumi did was predict the attack and respond in advance nothing new essentially

[jcb878]

not historically accurate

[sasukemoores]

yer but theres not a samurai in the world stupid enough to swing there sword like a madman :P there was a reason they lasted so long, although i like what the ninjas wear :D

[mario65214]

i always wanted to be a ninja

[owenspence]

The aspects of ninjutsu, such as assassination, sabotage, espionage, spying and thieving, are not used these days, by the modern ninja, because we are not a society plagued by a internal warfare, imposed by the socially elite. We train freely in this method and so, we are not in a position to implement assassination, or any of the above-mentioned aspects of the art,in order to maintain our freedom.

[fvaletudo06]

we are a world of terror, war and imposed by the socially elite

[owenspence]

I am not at war. I teach my craft, so that others may benefit from the self-defense aspect, for personal safety and by extension, if necessary, the safety and defense of others.

Do you then advocate the above-mentioned acts?

[Enysvar]

lmao

[owenspence]

What was that about?  Do I amuse you?

[Enysvar]

you did amuse me... got some more for me ? im kinda bored here

[owenspence]

If you are bored, are you not just wasting your time? And if you are referring to the video I made, then no. I was unable to complete the video.

[Enysvar]

Tell me about your society almighty ninja.

[Saemaey]

espionage and sabotage are still used today. perhaps not by what people would call a ninja but an agent or a spy..but then again a modern day ninja would probably not be much different then a spy or an agent

[owenspence]

I am referring to the burning of fields and buildings as destruction or a diversion. I am inclined to think that we are not quite the sameas a spy or secret agent and we are still called ninja

[Druchii68]

Indeed, ninjas sword have 3 different names:

Ninjato, Ninjaken or Shinobigatana.

Ninja swords idea is faster draw and easier carrying.

[Druchii68]

As a practicioner of bujinkan by myself, i hate to say it, but hatsumi is as much ninja as i'm barack obama, fighting skills are just small part of ninjutsu, and indeed ninjutsu isn't a martial art style or anything like that, it is a collection of many kind of skills, including in addition to fight techniques,assassination, sabotage, spying, thieving, distracting, medical treatment, moving undetected and so on. hatsumi can fight but nothing mentioned above.

[mrpickles478]

Firstly, it is a well known fact that most bujinkan practitioners (especially in the west) suck. And I say most because there some that certainly don't and obviously the students in japan are closer to the source.

Secondly, if your teacher was any good he would just kill you.

[ExtremeDeathman]

You are absolutely correct.

Druchii68 isn't doing anything properly and talking shit.

[motocrosser]

yes agreed, if druchii was wise he would understand hatsumi and everyone else interested in the art of ninjutsu even if they are bad or have the wrong image because if soeone has the wrong image without knowing it what is that person supposed to do tell teach themselfs the real art? so respect everyone for there is a reason to every action even if horrible actions are made

[chucknorrispranks]

mrpickles ur right, bujinkan sucks especially in the west....thats why the jinenkan and genbukan was started because of how shitty and watered down the bujinkan had gotten.

if u compare a jinenkan sandan to a bujinkan 'judan' (lmfao) the jinenkan guy will kick the bujinkan guys ass 10 times out of 10.

want proof? look at how greaaaaat a fighter stephen hayes and richard von donk are.

[come2c5ninjas]

Druchii68 is right.

[UchihaSilvan]

While Ninjas were masters of assassination/sabotage/intelli­gence, you're not exactly gonna find a ninja school that will teach you to stealth into someplace, assassinate a guy, steal his wallet, and find out where he lives.

As far as Ninpo teachings goes, this is one of the better schools i've seen. I love this series on BBC :D

[hughpearse]

3:02 what a dodge!

[motocrosser]

haha yes but his hyp would no longer be attached =P

[Sarva07]

that katana is really bigger than the normal! this sensei is very able, he's great!

[omniwelder]

have you seen a real katana in real life?

I'm sure I haven't the only ones I have seen is cheap chinese poor quality spurious ones.

I do remember seeing an episode of mind body an kick ass moves where they go some where and see some real old katanas that are worth like 80k or sumthing crazy like that.

[masterex01]

that is not the original katana blade size, that is really the trainig size for that session of training.. i have a katana set , short sword and normal size and i know that they are real for they are worth 6 grand, and are really sharp.

[helldude90]

nah, that sword is called

odachi its not catana.

[Sarva07]

thanks for the information!

[walatalalaw]

yeah I'd say so too, or maybe it's just extra big to train the person to dodge a longer blade...

[motocrosser]

its a samurai katana the ninja use shorter straighter swords for adaptability when stealthing =P

[ExtremeDeathman]

This is wrong as the ninja sword was as well curved, there have never been found straight katana or wakizashi, only straighter but still curved tachi, which were to long for ninjutsu.

[Saemaey]

doesnt ninja use Ninja-to swords?

[owenspence]

Yes the name of the sword favoured by the ninja, is ninja-to.

[ExtremeDeathman]

No, they are a modern invention (if you mean the straight short swords).

[masterdimsen]

I am sure they were used in old times too the problem is that actual ninjutsu wherent known untill the 1900

[SubliminalSin]

Well it is true that the ninja preferred short swords, faster and lighter. But because most ninja were poor, they mainly used broken swords and makeshift weapons that were discarded. The Ninja-to and similar short swords were more of a modern blade, very rare unless the assassin was very good. Most didn't live long enough to earn the kind of currency to afford good blades. Peace :)

[scottbaioisdead]

don't quote bullshit mythology. ninja weren't poor they were samurai.

[mexiforniarules]

Well, Ninja's weren't necessarily poor, but they definitely weren't Samurai based on the fact they were often feared outcasts. Samurai were often likened to knights. They had higher status in society than the regular footsoldier. Ninjas on the other hand purposely shrouded themselves in secrecy and invented myths about themselves and were generally not viewed well in society because they were dark, secretive mercenaries who lived in remote rural areas.

[scottbaioisdead]

so ninja openly advertised themselves as ninja. sure. do you understand how stupid that sounds? ninja were samurai.

[mexiforniarules]

I never said they openly advertised themselves as ninja, I said they encouraged mythology about themselves. People knew they existed, they just didn't know who. But that doesn't prove what you are saying is true about them being samurai. After all, since being a Samurai requires a certain code of honor and conduct, they would never go around sneaking and killing people in unorthodox ways.

[scottbaioisdead]

bushido didn't exist until 32 years after samurai stopped existing. samurai didn't kill people in unorthodox ways? explain the kakushibuki of nagao ryu. explain akechi mitsuhide's assassination attempt on nobunaga. watch my video atheists don't understand bushido then realize you're an idiot for commenting when you have no clue what you're talking about

[mexiforniarules]

I'm not talking about bushido (the Way of the Warrior), I'm just trying to say that ninjas were not samurai. I'm talking about what people refer to as Ninjas who developed a loose unorthodox system of espionage, sabotage, and assination that we have come to now call "Ninjitsu", "taijitsu" or "Ninpo" et cetera. Because guess what, a lot of what the assassins practiced was VERY unorthodox. And what the hell is this about atheists? I don't recall religion even being brought into this.

[scottbaioisdead]

you didn't watch the video. samurai is a caste, ninja were samurai. you're an idiot because taijutsu is a synonym for jujutsu and must jujutsu ryu ha contained ninjutsu. do some research before you comment. how long have you lived in japan? what ryu of bujutsu do you study? what japanese texts are you basing your knowledge one? where did you learn japanesE? respond to me in japanese please.

[mexiforniarules]

Ad hominen will not get you anywhere. First off, I know samurai were somewhat high in the caste system. I never claimed they weren't caste. That also doesn't prove that ninjas weren't samurai. And if you want me to watch a video, perhaps you should give me a name instead of expecting me to search all 180+ videos. And I merely referenced taijitsu as an art that was developed and utilized by ninja. I really don't see why you are trippin' balls about how its synonymous with jujitsu.

[mexiforniarules]

And in all due respect to your "expertise" in many things regarding japanese arts, all I'm trying to point out is that ninja's weren't necessarily samurai. But if you insist on questioning my authority and insulting me rather than actually proving my main point wrong directly, then I see there is no point in having a debate with a self righteous gaijin.

[scottbaioisdead]

i'm not a gaijin i'm in america, if i was anywhere else i would be a gaijin. you are not japanese, you don't speak japanese. so shut your mouth before you insult the language by using more words incorrectly. ninja is a job requiring training in 36 specific skills, the only people who had time to train in these skills were samurai, the records of iga which name every ninja and their salary shows all ninja had samurai names. taijutsu developed by ninja? too much naruto for you. just give up

[mexiforniarules]

If you know Japanese, you would know that Gaijin generally often applies to non-Japanese and weeabos such as yourself. So perhaps you shouldn't jump to conclusions about what I'm trying to say. To be a ninja you need to work at 36 specific skills? I suppose they should go to ninja college for that (oh wait I think maybe it's YOU who is perhaps watching too much Naruto). And yes, Taijitsu/jujitsu is a martial art. I have no doubt that ninja contributed to its development.

[scottbaioisdead]

gaijin means outside country person. am i outside my country? no. are you outside my country? no. you can't say gaijin referring to me japanese people may use the word gaijin to refer to me if i'm in japan, though they wouldn't, they'd say gaikokujin. there you go with that weeabo word. i googled it and found out the only people who use it are shut ins who hang out on message boards that share child pornography. sounds about right for you with the video games and cartoons in your profile.

[mexiforniarules]

You are far too concerned with the literal meaning of the word. Considering that it can refer to not only nationality, but also actual ethnicity, I would say you are wrong, but I'm afraid that that would just lead into another pointless debate. And for such a devout researcher and practitioner who actually reads text, you sure seem to respond to me rather quickly almost as if you are on the internet quite a lot. I wouldn't be surprised if you turned out to be a shut in yourself :]

[scottbaioisdead]

i run an internet business. it's my job to be on the internet. you don't speak japanese, leave the japanese language to people who speak it. you don't understand nuances of the language. you copy and paste internet translations. you fail at arguing. you haven't provided one historical text to back up any of your points. you're an idiot. it's that simple.

[mexiforniarules]

Oh you run an internet business, good for you. You haven't provided anything either. Rather than being a hypocritical douchebag, mind actually showing me the name of the DAMN video as well any texts? Perhaps consider the role of a teacher rather than a pompous dick and correct my grammar? I am only still learning, apparently.

[scottbaioisdead]

hit view all comments and type the phrase watch my video. i already named it. use your eyes

[mexiforniarules]

BTW last I checked (my memories a bit foggy, so feel free to correct me), many of the tasks that ninja were used for violate the Virtues of Bushido. Few if any samurai would name themselves a ninja on official documents. Talk about being dishonored.

[scottbaioisdead]

i already addressed bushido didn't exist at that period in time to which you responded "I'm not talking about bushido (the Way of the Warrior)" looks like you're backpeddling. you have no idea what you're talking about. you're a fucking retard arguing with someone who's so far beyond you in this research. name the text you're using to substantiate this ninja weren't samurai bullshit. and google isn't a text sorry.

[mexiforniarules]

I reread all comments just to make sure I am not missing key points. Nothing wrong with that. And you are right. Google isn't a text, thank you Captain Obvious. It's a search engine for information available on the internet. And I'm sorry that most mainstream websites say things like "Samurai are/were bound to bushido, whereas ninja are/were not". It's all over the place. Perhaps you should consider correcting these websites with your copious use of the internet, my enlightened fellow shut in.

[mexiforniarules]

However, you may call me a retard, yet you are the one arguing based solely on authority rather than traceable facts yourself. I don't care who you are or research you have accomplished. JUST SHOW ME! Where's that video I asked you for? Can you name some texts for me to check out? You are the one claiming that ninjas were Samurai, if you know anything about debating, then you would know that the burden of proof is upon the claimant. I'm only challenging that claim.

[scottbaioisdead]

actually no. you're asking me to prove samurai weren't ninja. you can't prove a negative. i stated that all historical documentation referring to ninja lists them with at least two names. something only occuring in the samurai class. as i said once again the family records of iga which is a historical text lists all ninja from iga they are all samurai and were paid highly. i gave you the name of my video, you can't search? you talk about going all over the internet but you can't find my video?

[mexiforniarules]

Okay right now I'm looking at your video. Quite funny. I'd believe you, but at the moment, it's quite hard to believe someone who tends to insult you, especially when he is saying something that seems to be contradictory. I'll end this retarded back and forth and look for some sources to show you, obviously pure rhetoric is just crap words and thinking without anything to back it up.

[scottbaioisdead]

you don't speak japanese. i name my sources. you only know an american romanticized version of japanese history. you think samurai actually fought with swords on the battlefield.

[mexiforniarules]

lol indeed. I do believe in a more "romanticized version", but eh that's all I've been exposed to, even throughout my search throughout texts like the story of Musashi (for example). But eh, I'll lurk around your channel and see what I can learn from you. I frankly don't care anymore whether you think I'm a retard or if you or I are wrong or right in this pointless argument. At this time, I'm just interested in learning more about this subject, so you're a bit more of a different perspective.

[homeboyteddyisaliar]

Is this really all you do.......

[mexiforniarules]

And btw to address an earlier point you made, Bushido was developed between the 9th and 12 centuries, although the term itself is a more recent invention. Samurai's definitely existed WAY past that. So if you'd like some japanese from me, and excuse my rusty skills, *ahem* ふざけんなよ。 あなたが印象的ではない。 それだけは、インターネットの。

[scottbaioisdead]

sorry copy and past japanese doesn't impress me. especially with the bad grammar there.

[caveymoley]

oh cmon they were obviously showing him up, theyre not going to smack the teacher and theyre not going to let some western tv presenter pull it off are they

[swordsman1584]

My thoughts exactly.

[batmanflcl]

i noticed that when striking at the teacher they kind of lunged forward, but when attacking the tv guy... they just struck without large exaggerated movements...prolly cuz he was walking towards them

[huwifkk]

altho your right about showing the foreigner whos boss kinda thing...they are teaching him whereas the sen sai is simply demonstrating for the cameras.

[samthespartan]

masaaki hatsumi = legend

[Steps1000]

is it just me or does the sword at the beginning look kind of fake

[BenIsPretend]

just you

[whitey6380]

cant he just come down with the sword sort of diagonally?

i bet the students dont want to hit the teacher anyway lol ( i wouldnt!)

[shasla1]

the trick is to wait until the very last moment when your opponent cant change the direction of his strike you need to be fast agile and have nerves of steel to pull it off

[blackdragonUK]

the guy with the shinai attacks chris differently to his sensei

[Aikidopoi]

Hmm, the whole premature strike thing, the guy with the shinai is striking in a very strange way, he's using the middle of the blade (as opposed to the last few inches) and he's extending his entire upper body forward, overcomitted attack? I'm not saying the technique wouldn't work otherwise, I'm sure it would work.. but the way he is striking is highly unusual and ineffective.

[yuna238]

He's using middle of the blade for some reasons. Sometimes the tip of the shinai isnt effective if you want a clean deadly one hit chop unless you lunge the sword. For example if a ninja grabs someone from behind and does a neck slice what good will it be with the tip. Striking using middle of the sword increases power than the tip. The longer the weapons are the weaker it is on the end than the middle. If you look at samurai strikes, they use the middle of the sword to pressure the enemy.

[Aikidopoi]

If you try to 'pressure' someone with your sword, they're going to kill you. Half minute Kendo duels isn't how it goes with live blades.

[PzYck]

I agree, but it depends on the 1 that you are pressuring.

maybe because a shinai and a nihontou is different, even though kendo practices on how to do sword duels, for 1 thing the nihontou is heavier, so you must secure that "single blow" to hit the enemy or it will be your last strike.

[rashin]

A kind person and gentle person will slit another man's throat given the pressure.

Pressure is pressure it doesn't matter on the person. Just how much of it.

[PzYck]

i was taking the vid serious until he said ".....their usual targets, the 'sa-myu-rai'" at 2:17

i was LOL-ing until the end

[yuna238]

ur pretty stupid arent you? Hello this is a BBC production which is British. You idiot cant you tell the difference between British accent. Your fucking speaking their language too.

[PzYck]

shame, i just say something about the "accent" and sum1 has to go and bite my head off. i know its british, it just reminded me of a movie titled "american past-time" where the announcer read the name "TAKESHITA" as "'take-a-shita' well folks! excuse my 'I-Talian'"

about the show, well surprise! i am quite a fan of his show, how often do you see a foreign guy that takes my country's culture this serious?

have a sense of humor, will yah? :)

[AgentSpiral]

Sheesh calm down.He was just laughing because he said Sam Myu rai like super hard.Any other time he said Samurai it didn't sound like that.

[Kendomaster215]

is that a monster size katana or a odachi? probably its an odachi can get big! oh hanwei mastered the making of the odachi $985 67 inches!

[lordtains]

it looks like a pretty large nintou...

it could be called a ougatama as well..

[yuna238]

No katana's are way longer than those. Ninjas usually uses shinai smaller and mobile. All Japanese warrior carry two type of swords (ninjas carry one or two usually one). One for attacking and one for close range attack/defense. Shinai's are the ones for close range (ninja swords) and the other is either katana or shorter versions of katana's.

[brwnshadow]

this brit sucks and cant even say ninjutsu

[Steps1000]

well... 1 thing for sure is that it would'nt be that easy to take a samuri's katana. Most Samuri would'nt rush into the premature strike out of rage or anything beacuse samuri studied a code to keep their minds calm during all situations also it would be kind of hard if it was the "poor chap" was wearing the full armour, which included gauntlets. Maybe slicing his arm off or stabbing him in the wrist would do the trick but thats different.

P.S That katana is huge!!!!!!! Nice vid though thanks

[yuna238]

I dont understand why you got a negative thumbs down but you are right. Japanese warriors study on focus and keeping the mind clear. Its a spiritual teaching. Thats why when samurais or ninjas get into the fight, their eyes are focused on the enemy. If people took kendo lessons they would know.

[Aikidopoi]

Also, read the book of five rings; focusing on your enemy is discouraged. I know kendo people who follow this.

[Steps1000]

he he... i spelled Samurai wrong

[alexhughes24]

Is it me or at the start does he say ninjItsu?

[aldrei9]

tht katana is freaking huge

[SuperNinja8000]

They can get up to 58" overall

[Hyoujinsama]

The longest Japanese sword on record is 148.5" overall, an odachi made by Norimitsu of the Osafune school. 89.25" cutting edge. The shortest katana is a cutting edge of 24". Any shorter is considered chisagatana and wakizashi. Just some trivia. ^_^

[RockAndRollWillie]

Tbh i fucking love the show and when u appreciate how Chris is in comparrison to the martial arts movies which are coriographed he has some definate skill and whats best is while doing the show he is broadening his horizons which is one of the main motivations to study martial arts in the first place.

[wizardkraxis]

Very good show and good exposure for a lot of different styles of martial arts.

[Madulamblongata]

What do you mean by "alot of different styles of martial arts"? Its called Ninjitsu

[sashc777]

he's talking about the show..

And ninjitsu is bullshit its been re-made the real art was lost in heroshima the bomb

[mrpickles478]

I like how some guy in the UK is suddenly an expert on the authenticity of ninjutsu today as a martial art.

[Th3Mavr1ck]

seriously eh?

[ShadowWhiteHawk]

Lost in Heroshima the bomb? That's new. First of all, the place is called Hiroshima. And secondly, Ninja didn't all live in Hiroshima.

As a matter of fact most ninja were gone way before WW2. The most prominent ninja villages used to be Iga and Koga. That was a long time ago.

[nicktheone118]

how would u no, you couldnt possibly no anyone who died in the bomb, common sense !

[sashc777]

Well common sense is someone knew the guy and he lived in hiroshima.. hiroshima got bombed.. so he was said to be dead and no one who knew him saw him again...Common sense!

[drunkenmonkey64]

lol the opening is the biggest ripoff kill bill but nonetheless the show gives us a great insight of all martial arts.

[ebeneezzer]

If by great insight you mean bullshit and trying to pass of myth as fact then it certainly does

[sdtfb]

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