Sword Play

[sakkat22]

I wonder how much your katana weigh? Considering how heavy I think my sword is, I don't know if I can do that too...

[buffmedic01]

LOL. He is trying to look so cool. Emo Samurai.

[TheEmmanuelsanchez]

mind u it is a real sword ;)

[boulmote]

dudes really get off his back hell i bet none of you pricks could do any of that without chopping off a hand and i mean christ man u all are haters

[ShakaSamurai]

im sick to death of all these pathetic videos on youtube with all this lame arse dramatizing showcasing bullshit,

posers in this world that learn a couple of flashy techniques are suddenly inspired to upload their pathetic looking dramatized display of martial arts for everyone to see! if your gonna demonstrate your fighting ability, then mean it, dont be fake.Train and fight as if your going to die, this is the true martial arts way, because death is the only thing that can stop us! PATHETIC!

[come2me4raki]

i also can say that you have problems with the weith of the sword while using them single handed.

[hawnkblade]

DEVIL MAY CRY BATTLE THEME

[paparunner1]

This was a good vid, only sad thing is, you have alot to catch up with me and your prolly a good 2 or 3 years older than me ^.^

[anbolb]

I could kick your ass for one simple reason: I am better than everybody at everything

[DisneyandActionGuy]

@anbolb Dude, you're conceited. If you ever do fight that guy, here's a little tip. Your arrogance will be your undoing.

[paparunner1]

@DisneyandActionGuy Hes just joking around rofl dont take it so seriously.

[DisneyandActionGuy]

@paparunner1 Who's joking?

[VioletMauve]

Whats up with the emo haircut ? Don't cut yourself.....

[20skullkid]

Re4 leon

[TheMuggOst]

That is something i could do..... Not very implosive, sry -.-

[HellSpinner86]

im a swordsman til the day i die i wish do combat with someone as skilled as you to surpass my current skill level if your every in alaska challenge me im gonna the worlds number one swordsman this means cutting down my opponent no matter the damage ,but to you great show someday i hope we cross swords

[mikeyab88]

@HellSpinner86 Yes, I'm sure you tromp around Alaska cutting down every opponent you find in the street. God, I can't believe the level of stupidity and naivete you find on these "martial arts" videos- which are often just prepubescent teenagers imitating moves they saw in video games.

[TJPproductions1]

i would not mess with him if he had his sword

[TheDruzzT]

yyyy... this was made only for show i think. But nice hair style, like DevilJin ;)

[Falicon666]

херня



[eliotudino]

salut jaime bien

[LUKA17000]

CAN YOU DO IT FASTER ???

[CaelSeraphim]

@LUKA17000

I don't know.

I probably could now cuz I am a little stronger but then those swords were heavy.

I could see

[togurotoguro]

@CaelSeraphim a two sword technique must flow like the water and polish the soul of the fighter

[DisneyandActionGuy]

@CaelSeraphim Those swords seemed pretty light to me. Would you say a katana that weighs 2.3 pounds would be light enough to wield around so easily like you just did?

[DisneyandActionGuy]

@CaelSeraphim With one hand that is.

[DanteValentino2000]

@LUKA17000 i dont think he can with that fring, he cant see

just kidding u re really good men

[coskrinks]

Come on vergil kill em all !

[asadapa08]

he looks gay when swinging the swords.

[BOnEhEAdD]

ye no wonder theres no one else in the room xD

[kellikzard]

devil may cry 3 music

[dallasluvsyou]

Hmmm.... Where do you train at? Also what styles do you know?

Florentine is a fun thing, but Katanas? I much prefer short swords

[CaelSeraphim]

i train at Sidekicks, as for styles I train American Freestyle Karate, which is what I mainly train, Brazilian Jui-jitsu, Capoeira, Okinawan Kobudo(I think that's what it's called, bo-staff and nunchuku)

Kali-Escrima, Esshin-Ryu Iaido, and now a bit of Chain Whip. The 2 katanas were a bit much for me to handle at the time, and still are.all I did was fuse my knowledge of escrima with iaido.. I would like to learn how to properly use 2 katanas, which mean I need to learn hiten-ryu.

[dallasluvsyou]

What state is Sidekicks in? I myself train in Krav Maga, Tae Kwon Do, Muay Thai, Basic submissions, and free style boxing

[CaelSeraphim]

it is in north texas

[dallasluvsyou]

Ah. We don't have anything that does martial arts to the extent that you are learning

[shihakai]

hmm the next TProach?

[greggoju]

cool thanks for sharing

[AndrewXDXD]

is dat themesong from devil may cry it sounds so familiar!!

[gromhellscream91]

probs done by the same person which happens to be shaun mcpherson i think

[gromhellscream91]

Shawn*

[ReignzOfBrainz]

Mmm, that's what I thought it meant.Ok, continue. :)

[ReignzOfBrainz]

You can shutup and go make babies? What is that supposed to mean?

[98nfsmw98]

Madd, how many years have you been doing martial arts/flashy martial arts or what ever you do?

[brantbkr]

im better and im self taught and i never even held a sword

[knarf1990]

i liked some of the two sword stuff i fight with two sometimes but mostly one because i only have one

[Sarinko]

Brilliant work my friend, though I do see the things you mentioned that were not so practical, but beautiful showmanship never the less. Bravo, bravo.

[bluesenight]

"devil may cry 3 special" sound track?

[Twilightdueler13]

Yo. I noticed that either this vid is slow mowed or this guy in the vid has a tendancy to hesitate when slashing in a few parts

[dantekicksdemonass]

u use daisho? AND left hand only? man, all i can do with a sword is listen to my instincts, and i never lose

[CaelSeraphim]

no it was 2 full length katanas I've played around with daisho a bit.

[L920920]

nice vid. love your skills man. work on your handling though dude. it seems like the sword is controllin you. you'd probably kick my ass in a swordfight though. lol

[lazychino2]

lol guys dont try to mess up with that guy.....if u do well........GOOD LUCK!

[shinigami136]

I've never seen a left handed swordsman before.

[xiaping1]

have you ever heard of link in the video game legend of zelda or the character rather dashing in the video game peasants quest?

[shinigami136]

link was right handed in twilight princess. i've never heard of the other guy though.

[lash83n]

do you actuall have a sword trainer?cuz if you do im like a master at it cuz i teach myself pretty much cuz im about your caliber.....thats a good thing for both of us i think

[wakatatga]

Stay with one sword, your two sword move is everything, out of control. The sword was controlling you vice you should be controlling the sword. you need to practice more on strength in weilidng heavy swords. practice makes perfect though... keep up good work

[RyuAthlete]

lol dmc music

[legohaloman30]

hay whats the song called

[mamatanisfat]

some time your going to cut your self baddley

[xiaping1]

i think you just beat up alot of people without touching them..........

[IPGT]

yes big emo and boy trenink katana's ufffff.i trenink real.katana :D coom boy

[hamptonhuskie60]

holy shit hès good with swords, dam i need to practise lol =)

[ImComanderBomber]

just unbelevable.

my fav scene was from 0:36, to 0:39

[tsenkai]

emo

[CaelSeraphim]

yeah my hair was kinda emo back then

[batmanneedssome200]

yo guy i just noticed your a lefty. im also a lefty and i also want to learn the ways of the katana. i was also wondering how long did it take to train to were you are right now?

[CaelSeraphim]

It was about 6 months prior to the posting of this video, if that answered your question

[batmanneedssome200]

yeah it actually did. thankx for replying!good luck with your training!

[aioloswolf]

Very impressive. Yeah, a lot of flash, but that still took an awesome amount of control and planning so you didn't skewer yourself. And plenty of it still could have killed someone. ^_^ I'm studying Satori Ryu Iaido, myself, and enjoying seeing other styles. Keep up the awesome work.

[DeinosElessar]

Humility to say: "I play with my sword".

And: " There is just stuff I don't do in actual combat that I do in these videos cuz I know it won't work."

For these reasons, you have my respect, nice vid m8, and you got a sense of reality for what I can read.

I like to play too...and to combact when it's possible.

5 star, for your left-handed forms and your personal description.

:)

[purplesaxark]

I would have to right from the start that there were NO left handed swordsman if we are talking samurai swords. None whatsoever. Anyone saying otherwise is just plain wrong. You have the saya(scabbard) on the wrong hip.

[CaelSeraphim]

I can do all of the stuff right handed, it's just not vary stable I'm better off with my Left hand, because I AM left handed, and every tournament I've gone to have actually praised me for doing sword left-handed.

[Hawaiianstile]

well, your not fighting, your not a fighter

[monteroboy0]

XD hahah your gay lmfao rofl cakes

[98nfsmw98]

How long have you been doing martial arts for?

[Hawaiianstile]

lol play is right at least he didnt put martyial art or any bull discription like some do.

[blingers321]

nice runing double slash it actualy wsa perfect

[cq9702]

get some hitten misurugi ryu!

[mexicangamer7]

ya know I would Love to learn Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu aka Kenshin's style but there's no kendo/laido schools in Fontana, California T_T

[lllHanzolll]

that technique is not even true and im japanese.

[knarf1990]

it is not real you kenshin fag

[fraitoz]

Every sword school needs legs, a proper use of taijutsu, no official kenjutsu, iaijutsu and battoujutsu style was meant to be flashy, practice the basics, they will save your life, even without a sword.

[iflyforsj]

keep your chin up and lock your stances a lil more and you could be pretty good, nice effort man

[slipknotcrazy56]

this guy is good but no kidding a coupe of the spinny moves with one sword i was able to do at the age of 13 but thats pretty much all the=is guy is awesome

[dragonianxx]

great video, u should watch mine on my profile... i need views

[chookulian]

Good flow! Sword work is definitely a practice in relaxed energy, I love to go full speed with a sword for as long as my breath will enable. It truly places the mind in the moment..Check out my vids and keep up the good work..

[grammaticaal]

There are two cults of Angels

Cherubim

and Seraphim

the Seraphim are the angelst that went with Satan when he was cast from the Heavens

and dude

you're better off doing flashy things with a Bo

Japanese martial arts aren't as good as Chinese when it comes to flashyness

[CaelSeraphim]

Good point, but the style of staff I learned is Okinawa, I know very, very little Chinese style staff, but katanas are much harder to do flashy tricks that's why you don't see many people do katana in open specialty, I myself, not to brag or anything, actually placed with my katana form in open specialty.

[grammaticaal]

True

mainly because a katana is better then the chinese broadsword.

you should check out this vid on youtube bij ChosonNinja doing thw Whirlwind with a staff

so awesome

[Seraph4]

good job, the stance and grip was very steady and controlled and on top of that you know how to use 2 katanas with perfect control. great job.

one question though, do you know what the Seraphim is? I met alot of people who use that and don't even know what it is.

[CaelSeraphim]

Thanks, the seraphim is an angel with 3 sets of wings and like 2 faces or something it also means something else in hebrew but I don't remember all the details about it, but it fits well with Sera which is another reason why I picked that name

[Seraph4]

I'm glad to know you know what a Seraph is but I have never seen a picture or read about a Seraph having 2 faces.

Well, again, great work with the Katanas, keep at it!

[iloveyouvanessa]

was the music necessary :o

[UtahShotokan]

Im glad to see that you realize this is not real swordsmanship. But then I have to ask, why put any time into this flashy stuff when you could be training in something legit?

[CaelSeraphim]

I do train legit, I just thought I might try something else, no harm no foul.

The base style is Esshin Ryu Iaido (spell check)

With me I look to have technique and flash together, so it keeps it exciting.

[DaCootMan]

great answer, I was gonna ask the same question. I noticed that your battojutsu in the form was excellent. Do you have any vids posted of the Enshin ryu?

[CaelSeraphim]

Thanks, but I don't have any videos on Esshin Ryu

[tonysoda]

wow, thats good ^^ but if you were to face me, i'd so beat you, but still, your style is pretty good ^^ and using 2 katanas....not even i could do that ^^; o well, great video btw!! =D

[samuraijake1985]

What the hell was that? Martial Arts? I sure hope not!

[CaelSeraphim]

so I suppose you'd rather see me do traditional sword as opposed to some freestyle, I've placed in tournaments many times with my style of sword, now the 2 swords was just something I just felt like putting in there. I would never do it again because have you ever try to use 2 katanas

[jackerblaster]

youre doing good, i hope youre improving with the comments and feedback you get at your performances, still i could notice with both the single and double katana your stances need stability, spinning trusts need more grae and agresivity and thoug the backstab its not a common move as you use it, backstabing though the left edge close to your chest is the usual but its still a good one youre making

[fredthemighty]

hmm, ur moves are good and would put fear into the enemy, however you need to work on the speed and the defence, i saw several moments were someone could of struck a fatal blow, excellent dexterity though

[GuiLongUmar]

You watch too much Anime.

You are disrespecting that sword and dishonoring the arts which practice it with reverence.

utter nonsense

[CaelSeraphim]

O.o what the hell are you talking about,

I hardly get anything I make from anime or anything else on tv, hell I don't even watch TV

second of all, you have no idea what style of martial arts I am in and yet you tell me I'm disrespecting the sword, I'll let you know something, I take 2 perspectives in martial arts the practical and the theatrical, and obviously this is theatrical

[TigerofKai24]

good answer

[InsaneVideos]

i think you did a realy good job :D

[SoaShield]

I noticed that one Katana was a little heavier than the other. Nice job, I think you'd do better with the heaviest one.

[sakazaki]

...those moves...looks kinda easy...gonna practise...^^...but seeing you making a back thrust with one katana...its very beautiful...using double...looks kinda unstable...but spinning around with a double katana...makes your moves elegant...

[cures12345]

Take the sword out already!

[ilovejawas]

Meh, pretty good, the backwards stab is really not some thing you do with a katana though. other wise pretty good

[johnnyp19812005]

NERD!!

[CaelSeraphim]

How am I a nerd, so being a martial artist makes me a nerd. If that's the case then I love being a nerd.

[InsaneVideos]

why is he a nerd he did realy well and who are you to call him that

[mexicangamer7]

Shut up you idiot he would kick your ass before you could say nerd again.

[killmekissme1988]

Thats cool that you use uver world GOOD song and doulble sword nice!!! i can weild one at a time but nice moves...

[CaelSeraphim]

Actually that music is from the group that does the music for DMC3 Shootie HG

[rokrntrainin]

even if your a lefty

[rokrntrainin]

at my dojo everyone is right handed lol

[Vorlord1]

These kind of styles I love doing. 2 swords is also something im good at as well. But you my friend are VERY talented in this sword tachnique. I can probably do the same but doubt with real swords cause I only practiced with bokens.....but eehh better than nothing ^^'; I gotta hand it to ya bro. You got style! I thought I would never find another person with these kind of sword plays. You kick ASS!

[rokrntrainin]

thats awesome ... imagine ambudexterist* major spell check their lol

[rokrntrainin]

a lefty?

[CaelSeraphim]

damn straight ^_^

[LordEikasia]

Were you using a proper sword or one made for XMA?

[CaelSeraphim]

They weren't XMA katanas those things are too damn expensive X_X

It was and aluminum alloy katana and a carbon steel katana

With the AA being the heaviest and in my left hand, and the CS in the right

[marz12aug]

A meaningless spin

[infernalsv]

Use only 1 katana :D

[syaoranchic]

Is this a form from a particular art?

[CaelSeraphim]

Nah.

I was just playing around with what I knew from esshin ryu

[rickmaff]

i can tell you were messing around because when you are truely fighting with a katana you dont change directions so much, it justs flows

[bladerunner555]

not bad