Iaido Class with boken drills

Scott Silverthorn gives one-on-one instruction to student, Bob. This footage include the bow-in and some bokken drills

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Sports

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• iaido
• bokken
• sword
• samurai
• katana
• training
• class
• martial
• arts

[emdog2564]

... treat the bokken like a live blade at all times. put it under your armpit, you loose a arm.

[TomoeMichieru]

Suihei I can see, but those two lower cuts? Are you trying to actually cut at the ankles or just striking bokken together?

[Cloatroklopiner]

this form of training is really hard after some time when you get 5 angels to atack and speed up. we do it with shinais and the last time it was so fast i couldn't read his movements anymore and got hit at my head. It would have been hard if it was a real Bokken xD

[bassistoftheyear]

at the end they look like they're going edge to edge... or what would be with live blades... or am i seeing things? and yes i know edge to edge is the worst way to defend

[jesuskopp]

Do you block with the side of the blade (the flat side)?

[daemocoles]

I attended iaido a few days ago for the first time and was taught in many times more detail the etiquette towards the sword, particularly the handling of the sageo. I was astonished to see the 'playfight' at the end!  Can anyone recommend a detailed video regarding the bowing in/bowing to the sword with emphasis on handling the sageo?

[daremoagain69squared]

I agree, HidaBiff; anyone who has not read of him, the creator of the Book of 5 Rings, should seek him out...and his famous duel wooden bokken vs sword to become the greatest samurai of Japan; the history channel made a great documentary of him.

oh, and as for these 'karate guys', commenting is pointless; every aspect of it is amatuer, from ettiquette to hand/foot positioning to line of sight.  Everything is of the poorest demeanor for one to be called an Artist of the Martial Way. they r not

[HidaBiff]

If you are questioning the bokken's effectiveness as a weapon in its own right, check out the life of musashi miyamoto, the most famous kensei...

[CleverDjembe]

@emdog2564

That is your obinion.

[samuraiquest7]

Get real! It just a boken. The difference between the two is great . I don't think that I would mistake a boken for a live blade.

[samuraiquest7]

The block cancels out the cut. That is why it never hits the ankle . Also the defender is backing up to avoid the cut .He is then putting his sword in the way of the attackers sword so that the sword never reachs him.