Clemson University Sport Kenjitsu Fall 08

Training session from the Fall 2008 Liesure Skills course of Sport Kenjitsu offered a Clemson University (Clemson, SC, USA). Sport Kenjitsu, known as Sports Chanbara in Japan, is an exciting & fun combative sport which utilizes padded weapons. Although the traditional bogu & shinai of Kendo are not used, elements such as strategic focus & good sportsmanship are shared with the more traditional budo. Thomas Urso, SC state rep for the All Japan Goshindo Federation & World Kum Do Association, is the instructor.

Please do not attempt these exercises without proper instruction.

http://www.samuraisports.com/
http://www.internationalsportschanbara.net/e/
http://www.wka.org/
http://www.youtube.com/user/tomurso

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• chanbara
• spochan
• kenjitsu
• kenjutsu
• clemson
• actionflex
• samurai
• sports

[JacobEliRossSC]

No offence, but is not Kenjutsu,or anything like Samurai Martial Arts. Sport Kenjutsu? . Just say, hitting each other with foam sticks. Sure its fun, I get that, but, to learn Kenjutsu is to try and carry on a tradtion. Its a responsability.This is not that. Its a farce.Please, call it something else, but dont try to tie yourself to nearly a thousand years of Samurai heritage.

[tomurso]

In Japan, this is called Sports Chanbara (Spochan for short) & is part of the Zen Ninhon Goshindo Remnei. Tananbe Tetsundo sensei, a student of the late Nakamura Taizaburo sensei, is the kaicho & the hombu is located in Yokohama, Japan. Spochan has many, many participants in over 20 countries & is taught through the Japanese Department of Recreation.

This particular class is a Leisure Skills course at Clemson University designed to be a fun activity for college students...

[tomurso]

...The students learn a little about combatives, sweat a little & make friends. You are right that this is not classical bujutsu, but that is not the course's intention nor something that can be covered in a 3 month course.

Goshindo's other aspects such as battodo & tameshigiri are also part of the instruction but for advanced students. With these students, sparring is done with bogu & hatswari. I also teach Kum Do (Korean Kendo) through the World Kum Do Association...

[tomurso]

With all the many different styles that have ever existed, both Koryu & Gendai, it is obvious that Budo does not just have one expression. The different system's curriculums & traditions may vary; however, they all encourage rei (respect) above all.

I wish well in your endeavors.

[tomurso]

BTW, if you feel that this is still a farce or that I am falsely speaking, I encourage you to view the Youtube clip "The Way : GO SHIN DO". This is short interview of Tabuchi Kosen sensei. He is a senior All Japan Goshindo Federation  instructor in Japan & a wealth of knowledge concerning Japanese Sword Arts.

I hope you will enjoy it.

[Thesodypopkid]

I'm at Clemson. Do they teach kenjitsu with the wooden sword at the class or is it all this padded stuff?

[Thesodypopkid]

@scratchyrice You have a library of your own moves? That's stupid. You idiot. Learn a real martial art.

[timmyhaier]

Furthermore, what I see is that they are practising actual sword techniques and not just blindly swinging. If they were just hitting each other with foam swords, we should be seeing a lot of 'blindly-rushing-in-and-whacki­ng', which is evidently not the case here.

[timmyhaier]

@JacobEliRossSC

While I do agree about martial arts being serious, please do note the use of 'Sport'. As such, this is more of a sport-based activity than a actual martial art

And furthermore, what we see here is a mere section of what they do, and it is quite harsh to judge based on this alone.

[scratchyrice]

Sorry if i offended you, I realise now what i said was a bit harsh.

Anyway, Me and my closest friend have duels using bokkens, To test for move effectiveness. Those which are non-effective are of course forgotten very quickly.