Toyama Ryu Tameshigiri Demonstration
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holy crap... thats one asian man you don't want to mess with.
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Listen to all the people and kids talking while he's doing this. In another era there would have been a beheading. What a vanishing truly unique culture.
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Mr. Soga causes some serious harm to the poor bamboo rolly-thingies. :[ I hope one day I shall be as competent as him. :] I'm sure anyone who knows a thing about Iaido, can tell from the fact that I forgot what the targets are called, that I have a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG way to go. ha ha.
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That opening. Off to go play Shogun 2 it is.
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That a small piece of the round-up mat makes a pretty loud thump when it hits the floor at 2:14, I wonder how dense it is.
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Amazing demonstration. Does anyone know the song at the end?
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what katana is this, who is its' maker whare was it forged
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@octotango Pretty standard reiho for a lot of sword arts.
I'm very interested to hear if somebody has more info about the kata (name, ryu, etc) with batto at 3:19 and notto at 3:27. Specifically, I am interested in the chiburi at 3:22. I have never seen anything like it before, where the blade is drawn over the left leg. Though, I am familiar with drawing it over the right leg as shown at 2:29. Any help would be greatly appeciated!
ChaosNanite 1 year ago
@ChaosNanite hi. that series of cuts was just something to get him from his last target and across the floor to his next one. and the notto is just the left leg version of the right leg you noted. until i ask him, i want to say that Nakamura Taizaburo (Soga Sensei's teacher) employed several. This might have come to my teacher from him. I'll ask.
curlywolf 1 year ago
Was this purely a form demonstration to the public or was it a class or a contest?
whizzkid11k 2 years ago
short answer: yes. demo to the public.
longer answer: it was during a culture day to let foreigners (mostly U.S. servicemen and families) see and try Japanese culture.
curlywolf 2 years ago
I remember seeing his other performance, he always ends his performance with the cutting of the bamboo, gotta love it.
JesusFuckingChrist84 3 years ago
actually he ends it with shochu...
curlywolf 3 years ago