The late Yamaguchi Katsuo

Demonstrates Eishin-Ryu Iaido. Complete DVD available at http://artofjapaneseswordsmanship.com/shopping.php
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• iaido
• swordsmanship
• yamaguchi
• eishin

[2redstick]

If I am not mistaken, there is another 4 kata after these. Very good clip. Thanks for posting it.

[youngnbs]

@2redstick - you are right. The other 4 kata (called "waza" by most mainstream Eishin-Ryu practitioners in Japan) are considered intermediate or advanced - called "oku no waza."

[cocy3000]

wat does batto ho means and wy is there no saya biki?... thnx

[youngnbs]

Batto Ho means "sword drawing methods." Sayabiki can be done in various ways. There is sayabiki in these waza, but it is not exaggerated as in some other styles.

[EishinRyu]

I believe batto-ho was created by one of the headmasters of EishinRyu in the early 20th century to teach basic techniques to Japanese Naval Officers from the Imperial Navy. It is a synthesis of most of the movements found in the older wazas in the system, all done in "tachiai" or standing form. It is the newest of the Eishin Ryu sets and some practitioners dont consider it "Koryu" or authentic old style. In my lineage we do practice this but some Tosa iai schools don't include it in their system

[youngnbs]

Excellent, well-informed comment! Thanks for watching!

[fastitslol]

This style seems a little to slow passe for me.

[fmn2628]

Shoden iai batto ho: 1 Junto sono ichi, 2 Junto sono ni, 3Tsuigekito, 4 shatto, 5 shihoto sono ichi and ni, 6 zantotsuto.

[felixlinquist]

These are the seven (kihon) Batto Ho no Bu

1) Junto Sono Ichi

2) Junto Sono Ni

3) Tsuigekito

4) Shato

5) Shihoto Sono Ichi

6) Shihoto Sono Ni

7) Zantotsuto

[GRAWCAM]

Its great to see my old Sensei again.

God bless him.