Iaido - 居合道 -Eishin-ryu Battou kata

The 7 Battou kata (junto sono1 & 2, tsuigekitou, shatou, shihotou sono1 & 2, zantotsutou) being performed by members of Niryama Iaido Dojo (MusouJikiden Eishin-ryu Iaido) at a demo at a small Buddhist temple in Nirayama, Japan, in 1999. I'd been training less than 2 years when this was shot; thus it shows my great need for improvement at the time, but there's also some good footage of Kojima sensei - 8th dan Kyoshi in the brown hakama directly behind me (I'm the bumbling gaijin) And at 2:05 you can see Shibayama sensei (2X All Japan Iaido Champion, now a 7th dan Kyoshi I'm not sure what his rank was when this was taken), doing shihoutou sono2. Alas the guy I asked to tape it shot most the video of the least skilled in the group, that being me of course. So goes being the guy w/ the camcorder what'dya gonna do.

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[KaiNogard]

your moves are kinda dead dude..

the only move is good is the slice cut.. straight.. normal (up to down)

the rest seems dead.. slow, and untrained.

you should train that more.

i know this video is old and maybe you already realize that, but still...

[caseysan39]

@apparatus20  time, skill and knowledge of the art (e.g. history, lineage, parts of the katana/koshirae, etc for written test portion of dan rank tests) 2-3 years? better stick with the aerospace engineering plan, 10th dan ain't happening, shodan....?? maybe. thx for watching

[caseysan39]

@maceioninjutsu I got my 4th dan around my 10th year of training, thx for watching

[apparatus20]

@caseysan39 Do they give Kyus and Dans by time in the Dojo or by skill?

I mean even the aerospace or the electronics engineering faculty is only 4 years, so Can I be 10Dan in 2 or 3 Years :P?

[maceioninjutsu]

How many years id it take to achieve 4th an for you? I'm thinking about checking and iaido and kenjutsu school out (I'm a ninjutsu artist) I have alway had a passion for japanese arts...Arigato

[caseysan39]

I was a few months away from testing for my shodan when this video was shot - 4dan now and save for any monkey wrenches thrown in the training schedule will test for 5dan in November of this year

[maceioninjutsu]

what kyu or dan are you?

[caseysan39]

HA! thanks for the laugh and watching, but you'd do well to recognize a facetious reply before commenting seriously on it.

[Proton1]

Clearly you've missed his point. He was referring to your weak tenouchi. :)

[caseysan39]

Hi thanks for watching/commenting. Yeah I'm still training, though I understand missing Japan life I had to return home in 2001 for a couple years too. I kept training but really suck at being my own sensei - the scar on my upper left forearm to reminds me of that! Note to self; keep the elbows in when stabbing the enemy behind you! but back to my dojo here and still got all my moving parts so all is well. Thanks again.