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Kancho Hirokazu Kanazawa demonstration with katana

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Uploaded by on Oct 9, 2007

This video from the 9th SKIF world championship (Tokyo, november 2006). Kancho Hirokazu Kanazawa shows technics with katana. http://www.skif-russia.com

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  • @blackbunnyhops You're simply an idiot.

  • @akira080483 actually if they got disarmed they'd have to use jujitsu instead, considering the armour they're wearing (that's why old jujitsu did not have so many striking techniques). Modern Karate (such as shotokan) was a later art developed in an era when heavy armour was no longer in fashion, and old karate did resemble jujitsu in many ways.

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  • Boy oh boy what can I say about this demo without being rude to a wonderful karate master? Why in hell did he do this demo? It just adds weight to the total BS that karate was for defence against a Japanese katana. Facts are a katana (sword) in the hands of a complete novice will defeat a highly trained karate master 99.9% of the time. Katana in expert hands = karate is dead once in the striking zone.

  • @akira080483 - Er no! This is the sort of BS that gives karate a bad name. Name one samurai that knew karate. They may well have know similar systems of unarmed combat but karate wasn't around then.

  • @neko2808 - Best comment on here. Kanazawa Sensei is a legend and has a done a great to deal to develop & spread karate around the world. However, when we get old we need close confidants to tell us 'enough is enough'.

  • @IEKUKATAKA

    ya what a shame, better to dont show grap like this in public, after 3 days a beginner would do it better lol

  • @Xiox047 The no to was terrible and he is very umpracticed.

  • @moshe1000000 Before I answer, I want to comment on Akira... fucking AWESOME i love how he trys to defend himself with "a boxer's a karateka" awesome. ok so anyways, yes the sword got caught, it happens, the tip of the blade problably cut and got caught into the bamboo layer inside the saya. but oh well. the cuts themselves were impressive.

  • Karate - Empty Hands, Do The way, and the only way is the Bushido!! Oss

  • @akira080483 a boxer is a boker. a thug/streetfighter is a thug/streetfighter. a karateka is an individual that STUDIES the japanese eastern martial art of Karate.

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