Nito - two swords

An unknown man testing for kendo 5-dan using the two sword style.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• kendo
• shinsa
• godan
• nito

[kendomushi]

Its very rare to see someone testing using two swords. That's why I recorded & posted this.

Properly done, its very hard to disarm a nito swordsman. The short one is easily & firmly held, & the long one is out of range over the head. With the short one used as a buckler to block, you really get exposed trying to disarm the two sword user.

Most nito users these days are left handed & couldn't cope with the "normal" right handed kendo grip. I've no idea if that's this man's case. He did pass.

[walatalalaw]

@esubadog this technique was developped by the man considered to be the best japanese swordsman in all history, having never lost a duel in his entire life. As has already been said: read his book, you'll understand.

Musashi Miyamoto, Go Rin No Sho (the book of five rings)

[gazamisaska]

he looks a bit locked to me, he needs to switch hands likely

[ndk2k4]

"if you die with one of your swords still in its sheath, you have not fought with all that is at your disposal, and thus your death is not an honorable one"

[knoxundead]

@ndk2k4 Damn right

[ndk2k4]

@esubadog Miyamoto Musashi.... The book of 5 rings, read it, and you will understand how powerful this style is, and the reason behind using it in the first place.

[esubadog]

Usually the only reason you would sacrifice the power and grip of using two hands on one sword, would be to take on multiple opponents.

So yeah using 2 at once is probably not your best idea, and if you're facing a group of armed people, you should probably just run.

[topshonuff]

Why is the person using 2 shinai?? If the person hit's the opponents shinai hard enough they can loose control and maybe drop it..Needs to keep circling to the opponent's left side and block that head strike might have a chance..

[MrTvolaCZ]

Well in Iaido for example you have many single handed techniques, so I see no reason why it should not work in this case

[skylinegtst]

It's certainly possible to do nitou with katana and wakizashi. Yes, it develops an incredible amount of arm strength and control just to efficiently use a katana with both hands, let alone dealing with two swords. Hell, it's hard enough just doing nitou with shinai. However, when you are trained to use a sword since able to pick one up, after a while it would become quite easy.