Nakamura Sensei Tameshigiri

My sensei's sensei: Nakamura Taizaburo, 10th Dan Hanshi Battōdō, 7th Dan Kyoshi Kendo, 8th Dan Hanshi Jukendō and 8th Dan Hanshi, Tankendō. He was awarded the highest cultural award in Japan of National Living Treasure by Imperial decree in 1992.

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• nakamura
• toyama
• batto
• tameshigiri

[stevengargoyle]

Thanks my brother for post this beautiful art of Iaido from Nakamura Sensei, for me O-sensei.

[curlywolf]

no problem.

stay safe.

[kenpachi316]

thanks for uploading this.

[curlywolf]

no problem.

[pxlspot]

This sensei was an avtive soldier in WW2. He taught Toyama ryu in Northern China during the conflict. Yes, you would have to have this power and cutting skill to survive. The clip is from a TV show giving the public a first time taste of tameshigiri.

[curlywolf]

and a gun ;)

[mattbodomtully]

madness? THIS IS SPARTA!

[MathewJoki]

This man is a OG killa!

[Hamking1]

@curlywolf word on the street is, this badass didn't use guns. He was part of some sort of special forces unit who only used knives and swords I guess...

[vitalislaci]

Excellent skill!

[svipal]

Yes he has good skill. But remember that he practiced this by cutting helpless asians during ww2. He tied them up and cut them like he did in this clip. Disgusting.

[IEKUKATAKA]

Never seen a no to like that, he must use a lot of saiya. Some of these older batto practitioners actually did a lot of cutting during WWII. Japan actually had a group in China that killed by cutting in order to further develop modern knowledge of the technique.

[ForDizzyAndMe]

So....efficient!

[qaj321]

No wasted movement or energy. Thanks for posting this.

[gnoynix1]

Sometime a mat, sometime the air.

[aqx770]

I met Nakamura San about 1984 when he was in Seattle. At that time he was about 80. He was a completely delightful and pleasant man, about 5'4" and maybe 140 pounds.

He had a wonderful smile, which once he drew his sword, completely dissapeared. When the blade came out he became a completely different human being. Anyone, gun or not, within up to 10 feet of him would not have a prayer.

By they way, I'm a Nanadan ( 7th degree ) in karate so I think I know what I was looking at.

[tomurso]

@batmusings Though some may make a clear distinction, others may not. The terms iaido, battodo, iaijutsu & battojutsu have been used interchangeably. For example, the very man in the clip (Nakamura Taizaburo sensei) formed the All Japan Toyama ryu Iaido Federation; however, this same system is also referred to as battodo such as in the All Japan Battodo Federation (Hataya Mitsuo kaicho). If your school sees a difference, that is fine but please be aware that others may not.

[batmusings]

@stevengargoyle Just a point of clarification: this is not Iaido, but battojutsu. Iaido tries to de-emphasize the jutsu (fighting) aspect unlike this demo which is pure jutsu and gives a perspective of how to actually cut with a sword.