I see a lot of comments about age and lack of aggressiveness...I wonder if the lethal quality of the sword is being slowly forgotten amongst all these "competitors." At 1:06 the strike is everything required for perfection and continuance of self preservation.
hmm i wonder why they hold the katana shinai at the end instead of near the tsuba? it seems like they would be able to control the shinai easier and use less energy.
my sensei taught me that you should hold the shinai by the middle of the grip... and also he taught me the kodachi is held by the left hand... unlike this guy
Left hand shoto Right hand daito is the original way of doing nito (like how Musashi did) but in Modern Kendo one can get more advantage by doing the opposite way. Well if you ever played both sei or gyaku nito you'll know the difference...
@TheNitoWay lol, that only makes sense when you're playing games like kendo and you're slapping people with shinai. when you've got heavy shinken in your hands you're gonna need the daito in your dominant hand and really drop into it with your hips if you ever hope to actually cut through anything. Nitojutsu against one person doesn't make that much sense anyway, hold one sword has more leverage. Nito is only strategic if you're fighting a group of opponents at once.
@TheNitoWay actually musashi did it both ways, daito rigth or left handed, if you read "Go rin no sho" you will see. Also most of the drawings/"pictures" of him show him with daito in the right hand. All the katas from the "sei ho mae" are sei nito.
I'm not saying you're wrong, don't take it like that. I agree that in modern kendo/kenjutsu you can use it both ways, most kendo senseis use it gyaku, most kenjutsu senseis use it sei. I'm just "correcting" it a little bit =)
I see a lot of comments about age and lack of aggressiveness...I wonder if the lethal quality of the sword is being slowly forgotten amongst all these "competitors." At 1:06 the strike is everything required for perfection and continuance of self preservation.
clocwirkoj 2 years ago
hmm i wonder why they hold the katana shinai at the end instead of near the tsuba? it seems like they would be able to control the shinai easier and use less energy.
wizaad 3 years ago
my sensei taught me that you should hold the shinai by the middle of the grip... and also he taught me the kodachi is held by the left hand... unlike this guy
pedritoelmalote 3 years ago
Left hand shoto Right hand daito is the original way of doing nito (like how Musashi did) but in Modern Kendo one can get more advantage by doing the opposite way. Well if you ever played both sei or gyaku nito you'll know the difference...
TheNitoWay 3 years ago 9
@TheNitoWay lol, that only makes sense when you're playing games like kendo and you're slapping people with shinai. when you've got heavy shinken in your hands you're gonna need the daito in your dominant hand and really drop into it with your hips if you ever hope to actually cut through anything. Nitojutsu against one person doesn't make that much sense anyway, hold one sword has more leverage. Nito is only strategic if you're fighting a group of opponents at once.
chucknorrispranks 1 year ago
@TheNitoWay actually musashi did it both ways, daito rigth or left handed, if you read "Go rin no sho" you will see. Also most of the drawings/"pictures" of him show him with daito in the right hand. All the katas from the "sei ho mae" are sei nito.
I'm not saying you're wrong, don't take it like that. I agree that in modern kendo/kenjutsu you can use it both ways, most kendo senseis use it gyaku, most kenjutsu senseis use it sei. I'm just "correcting" it a little bit =)
Izerath2 9 months ago
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lol , kodachi is held at right hand omg and shinai is held at left hand at the end ,, end of tsuka !! thats the right position
kendokaboy 3 years ago
maybe this guy is left handed?
bannappleburger 3 years ago
nah thats just the way most ppl do it in modern kendo.
Yondaime3490 2 years ago
@pedritoelmalote if he really said that you should hold the shinai in the middle then that is terribly messed up.
s3p41r0th 1 year ago
that's kinda boring. not much goin' on here... Nito is cool, but all I see here is defense...
scareglow 4 years ago
that is 8 dan after all. i think that he is very old, or he was tired.
he ackt like e exchousted
Patollus 4 years ago
i agree, the point in nito is to attack while you defend and he is only defending...
pedritoelmalote 3 years ago
He looks very old. Many old people will never pass 8th dan, but try every year anyway.
airbarracuda 3 years ago
Twice a year even :D!
Dalarae 2 years ago
I think you must be at least 46 to be able to take a 8th dan test. But yeah, some have tried for over 20 years with out succeeding.
supertotoro 2 years ago
Does anyone know if there are more 8 Dan Nito players apart from Toda Sensei?
cancerbero8 4 years ago
Not that I know of... But there are two people who does nito in Korea and they are 8 and 7 dan.
TheNitoWay 3 years ago
I was under the impression that there has never been a non japanese 8 dan.
twobitmage 2 years ago